Indian Premier League 2011 Photos

IPL 4: Mumbai vs Kolkata

May 26, 2011 00:29

Kolkata began on an edgy note and Mumbai finished on an equally edgy note as well. It was Mumbai Indians however who edged ahead to book a place in the virtual semi-final of IPL 4 against Bangalore. A look. (AFP images)

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Kolkata began on an edgy note and Mumbai finished on an equally edgy note as well. It was Mumbai Indians however who edged ahead to book a place in the virtual semi-final of IPL 4 against Bangalore. A look. (AFP images)
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Munaf Patel struck the first blow of the day after his team opted to field. He removed Jacques Kallis in the second over and returned to remove Shreevats Goswami.
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The top-order was evidently destroyed when Harbhajan came in to get rid of skipper Gautam Gambhir to reduce Kolkata to 15 for 3.
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It was not until Ryan ten Doeschate that the visitors looked to have any teeth. The Dutch slammed his way to an unbeaten 70 in 49 deliveries.
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He was given good support in the middle-order by Yusuf Pathan who slammed 3 boundaries in his 24-ball 26.
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Shakib Al Hasan too played a useful knock worth 26 runs off 16 balls with four boundaries to take Kolkata to 147 runs in the allotted overs.
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The Mumbai openers gave the hosts the perfect start once the chase began with Sachin Tendulkar knocking the ball around with his usual class and confidence.
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Aiden Blizzard was the highlight however as he raced to his fifty in 30 deliveries with two sixes and seven boundaries.
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The duo had already put on 81 runs on the board for the opening wicket when Blizzard was removed by Brett Lee.
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Rohit Sharma was run-out soon after and Jacques Kallis managed to send Tendulkar back to the dug-out.
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Shakib Al Hasan (left) too chipped in with two wickets eventually but Gambhir's pain was just beginning with James Franklin still to come.
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The Kiwi walked in to smash his way past the fielders and remained unbeaten on 29 off 25 balls to take his team through.
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Mumbai Indians registered the win with four balls to spare and 4 wickets in hand to stay alive in the tournament.

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