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IPL: The McCullum-Smith Show Sends Mumbai Crashing to Fourth Defeat

April 17, 2015 22:15

Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith joined forces to decimate the Mumbai bowlers in a mammoth run chase as Chennai registered their third successive win of IPL 2015.

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The Brendon McCullum-Dwayne Smith show made a mockery of Mumbai Indians' big total as Chennai Super Kings galloped to their fourth win-on-the-trot. Mumbai suffered their third straight defeat. (All images BCCI)
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Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bat against Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede stadium. Lendl Simmons was roped in for the injured Aaron Finch while Harbhajan Singh made a return.
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Mumbai had the worst possible start as they were reduced to 12/3, losing Simmons, Parthiv Patel and promoted no. 3 man Corey Anderson.
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Ashish Nehra's early strikes pegged the Mumbai Indians back.
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Harbhajan Singh was promoted to no. 5 and he joined skipper Rohit Sharma in a bid to pull Mumbai out of misery.
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Harbhajan continued from where he left off but his cameo came to an early end. He fell for 24.
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Rohit Sharma fought valiantly but threw his wicket away right after reaching his fifty.
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Kieron Pollard came to Mumbai's rescue! He smashed 64 off just 30 balls as Mumbai Indians posted 183/7 in 20 overs.
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Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard were having a bit off a 'friendly' banter going on against each other. The West Indian in yellow had the last 'dance' as he dismissed Pollard.
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Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith started in fifth gear against the Mumbai Indians, amassing as many as 90 runs in the first five overs.
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Dwayne Smith smothered the Mumbai bowling, smashing a 22-ball fifty. Harbhajan removed both - Smith (62) and McCullum (46) - in the 9th over.
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After the Smith-McCullum Show, the spotlight was on Suresh Raina to take the power-hitting forward.
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Dwayne Smith's 30-ball knock of 62 included eight fours and four sixes.
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Brendon McCullum hit six fours and two sixes in his 20-ball carnage of 46.
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A rare consolation for Mumbai was a fabulous Lasith Malinga yorker which castled Faf du Plessis' middle stump.
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Raina, however, did not let Mumbai make a late dramatic return into the game as he plundered the Mumbai bowlers in his 29-ball knock of 43.
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Dwayne Bravo sealed the game in style with a six as Chennai chased down Mumbai's 183/7 in 16.4 overs.

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