Mumbai indians win first match of dlf ipl season two against chennai superkings convincingly by 20 runs

@pratik87 (1927)
India
April 18, 2009 9:22am CST
Mumbai indians have got off to a winning start this season. Sachin tendulkar didnt play in the first few matches in the last season but this time his team has reaped the benefits of him playing from the first match. Malinga bowled very well at the beginning and chennai lost two early wickets. But hayden and flintoff combined well and looked to put the chennai team on the road to victory as hayden hammered raje in what turned out to be his only over. I would say it was good captaincy from tendulkar and he made very good bowling changes. Harbhajan bowled extremely well too. It was a very good bowling performance as a whole actually. In the end mumbai indians proved to be too hot to handle for the chennai superkings. Even dhoni could not bail out his team this time and got bowled by a reverse swinging delivery from malinga. Let us see if they do any better the next time.
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3 responses
• India
18 Apr 09
Yes a lot of bang-bang was expected from dhoni in the ipl as his reputation is of a smash-hitter and that he is now the captain of the indian team. But this time was of tendulkar who showed his captaincy and showed how to tackle even the toughest cricketing brain.
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@coolmailraj (2459)
• India
19 Apr 09
Hi. Superb performance from Mumbai Indians all around but the victory was of 19 runs I think and not 20.
@rashmie (947)
• United Arab Emirates
19 Apr 09
But really a nice match report...ain't that?
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@pratik87 (1927)
• India
20 Apr 09
One run here and there does not make much of a difference now, does it? And, thanks rashmie.
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@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
18 Apr 09
I'm glad things are going so well for them. Kathy.