Punjab survive Duminy scare
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Lasitha
Malinga of
Mumbai Indians
celebrating after taking
the wicket of Kings XI Punjab batsman W.A. Mota. AFP |
Mumbai Indians’ Jean-Paul Duminy smashed a solid half-century but
failed to stop Kings XI Punjab from posting a tense three-run win in the
Indian Premier League here on Wednesday.
Punjab, defending a modest 120-run target, restricted Mumbai to 116-7
despite South African Duminy’s 59 under pressure. Punjab now have three
wins and Mumbai two from five matches.
Mumbai needed 12 runs to win off the last over but Punjab seamer
Yusuf Abdulla conceded only eight, also claiming the prize wicket of
Duminy who was caught in the deep while trying a big shot.
Mumbai were tottering at 45-4 in the 10th over before Duminy raised
hopes of victory with a responsible 63-ball knock containing four
boundaries. He put on 49 for the fifth wicket with Abhishek Nayar (15).
Punjab owed their early advantage to pacemen Irfan Pathan, Vikramjeet
Malik and Abdulla, who grabbed three of the first four wickets,
including those of hard-hitting openers Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath
Jayasuriya. DURBAN, AFP
KINGS XI PUNJAB innings
RS Bopara c Tendulkar b Bravo 6
K Goel st Shah b Harbhajan Singh 12
KC Sangakkara not out 45
Yuvraj Singh c Khan b Duminy 10
DPMD Jayawardene c Dhawan b Jayasuriya 7
IK Pathan c Bravo b Khan 7
WA Mota b Malinga 5
PP Chawla b Malinga 0
RR Powar run out (Shah) 10
EXTRAS: (b 4, lb 2, w 11) 17
TOTAL: (8 wickets) 119
FALL OF WICKETS:1-18 , 2-18 , 3-41 , 4-52 , 5-84 , 6-97 , 7-97 , 8-119
BOWLING: Z Khan (4-0-19-1), SL Malinga (4-0-12-2), Harbhajan Singh (4-0-23-1) DJ Bravo (3-0-24-1),
JP Duminy (3-0-23-1), SR Tendulkar (1-0-7-0), ST Jayasuriya (1-0-5-1)
MUMBAI INDIANS innings
ST Jayasuriya c Yuvraj Singh b Pathan 0
SR Tendulkar c Jayawardene b Malik 1
S Dhawan lbw b Abdulla 3
JP Duminy c sub (T Kohli) b Abdulla 59
DJ Bravo c Mota b Powar 15
AM Nayar b Pathan 15
Harbhajan Singh c Goel b Chawla 6
SS Tiwary not out 6
Z Khan not out 0
EXTRAS: 11
TOTAL: (7 wickets) 116
FALL OF WICKETS:1-1 , 2-4 , 3-12 , 4-45 , 5-94 , 6-101 , 7-113
BOWLING: IK Pathan (4-0-20-2), VS Malik (2-0-12-1), RR Powar (4-0-23-1), YA Abdulla (4-0-19-2),
PP Chawla (3-0-26-1), K Goel (2-0-11-0), WA Mota (1-0-3-0)
Malinga best bowler so far at the IPL, 2009
Player Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Best Ave Econ SR
SL Malinga 4 14.2 1 57 11 3/11 5.18 3.97 7.8
(Mumbai Indians)
RP Singh 4 14.4 0 98 9 4/22 10.88 6.68 9.7
(Deccan Chargers)
YA Abdulla 5 15.0 0 110 9 4/31 12.22 7.33 10.0
(Kings XI Punjab)
PP Ojha 4 14.0 0 73 8 3/21 9.12 5.21 10.5
(Deccan Chargers)
A Kumble 6 23.1 1 127 8 5/5 15.87 5.48 17.3
(Royal Challengers Bangalore)
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