- 21/05/08
Match as expected was a nailbiting one and excitement lasted till the last ball of the match. Punjab batting first posted a decent total of 189 setting target of 190 for Mumbai team. Jayasuriya and Sachin got off to a flying start and at one point it seemed if they stay on the crease for long match will be a cake walk for the Mumbai team. But Jayasuriya lost his wicket when he was on 20(12 balls)... After this Sachin took the match in his control and it was for everyone to see, superb display of strokes and drives by this master batsman. At no point of time he looked in any sort of trouble and match was going away from the Punjab team. But the beauty of T20 cricket is it switches side very quickly and it does not allow any team to be relieved at any point of time. At one point of time Mumbai needed only 32 of 4 overs with 7 wickets in hand, most important Sachin and Robin Uthappa on crease. But in quick succession Punjab got wickets of Sachin and Uthappa and match turned in favour of Punjab. Punjab could manage victory by 1 run. This was the most interesting and thrilling match of IPL and full paisa vasool for the people.
Chennai Vs Bangalore
Bangalore, a lot was expected from this side when IPL started but Dravid's team dissappointed every one. But yesterday night they finally brought smiles on the faces of their supporters with this consolation win. Dravid must be a relieved man with this unexpected win. This match again showed you can never be complacent in T20 game. One point of time match looked in complete control of Chennai, with score 60 for no loss in 8 overs and only 128 to chase no body in the world would have thought that Chennai will throw the match like this. Superb display of disciplined bowling from the senior cricketer Anil Kumble turned the game in favour of Bangalore. Kumble got Man of the Match for his impressive bowling. Chennai can only blame their batsmen for not able to continue the good work done by their bowling. Finally they lost the match by 16 runs and Chennai crowd where dissappointed to see their team losing the way they did.
We hope to see many more matches of this type....
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