timber and out! Malinga fires an off stump yorker and it's too quick for RP to dig it out, swings in late and pegs the off stump back
MI vs Chargers, 25th match at Navi Mumbai, IPL, Mar 28 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Mumbai dominated the game ever since Harbhajan walked in. He set the record straight with a thrilling display of clean hitting and he got under Deccan's nose when he removed Gilchrist first over. Tendulkar deserves credit for that strategy. Harbhajan turned it around and Deccan were shaken up. Oh and btw he took 3 for 31 too. Good on him. So Mumbai are now on 10 points. Stay with us for the presentation.
Gilchrist: "Harbhajan's innings totally changed everything, opened the bowling and knocked me out. You try not to set targets in your mind bowling first. I didn't do my job at the top. It doesn't matter if we play on the moon or Sachin's backyard, we have to play better than we did today."
Tendulkar: "This is home for us. Difficult match initially, Harbhajan was the turning point. We had planned for Harbhajan opening the bowling. We don't want to lose the momentum."
Harbhajan is the Man of the Match: "When I went in to bat I knew we needed more runs and thank you Sachin for giving me your bat. That's the way I platy my cricket, I just need to pick the right ball, it was my day, I took the ball and took three wickets. It's a big challenge opening the bowling. You have to be ready for anything In T20 cricket. Sachin took a blinder, it was a special day for us."
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makes room and tries to swing, he misses the ball completely
takes his eyes off a fast bouncer and the ball hits his forearm and rolls away
the middle stump is flattened! Roach exposes all three stumps and tries to launch that anywhere, swing and a miss and the middle stump lands a couple of yards back and takes the stump mic wire with it
fires it on a good length and he tucks it to fine leg
quick yorker and Rohit has to go, he makes a bit of room and the ball hits the bottom of the bat and deflects to the base of the off stump, the bails are down
drops it in front of cover to quickly get off the strike
Roach looks clueless, all he can do is push it back to the bowler again
high full toss and Roach can only push it back to Zaheer
44 off 24. Deccan need to pull off a 'Harbhajan'
another yorker and he digs it out on the full and Sathish does really well at deep midwicket to cut it off
nice inswinging yorker, he can only dig it out back to the bowler
full on the pads and clipped to fine leg
superb yorker, Rohit just manages to squirt it out with his bat and the ball lobs over the stumps, Malinga appeals thinking it clipped his boot
clips it away down to fine leg
well played a well fielded, just opens the face to run it wide of the keeper, McLaren dives at third man to save 2 runs
Time Out
no turn this time, he opens the face and dabs it to short third man
turn and bounce, Roach shuffles and gently tickles it past the keeper, good attempt by sachin to try and cut it off
squirts out a yorker to the off side
Harbhajan's having a dream night! Jaskaran sashays down the track hoping to deposit it over deep midwicket but finds substitute Duminy
drives a low full toss to Malinga at deep cover
turns it down to square leg
Over 18 • DCH 131/10