May 26, 2008

MUMBAI FUMBLE ON THE FIELD - PUTS DELHI INTO SEMIS

Indian Premier League's match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals was a crucial match for Mumbai Indians and Jayasurya and Tendulkar did thier bit ,  but then the middle order collapsed until Vijay Takalwale came and fired 24 off 8 balls taking Mumbai to 145 for 7 . Rajasthan Royals had nothing to lose and they could afford to experiment - so G Smith was rested . This could have almost lost them this game but Jadeja and N Patel steadied the ship by adding 63 runs between them - the beauty being the last two runs off the last ball . It was more like Mumbai's fumbles that let them make the last two runs and so Rajasthan Royals won yet again . Rajasthan Royals are now the only team in the Indian Premier League to have beaten all the other teams . This says so much about Shane Warne's captaincy ; and it seems that besides Kolkata Knight Riders ,  Rajasthan Royals will be the only franchise to break even / make a profit this year .

Mumbai Indians have now to win their next match against Chennai and even if they lose , if their run rate is good they may go into the semi-finals .

The first Indian Premier League semi-finalists will be : RAJASTHAN ROYALS , KINGS XI PUNJAB , DELHI DAREDEVILS and most likely MUMBAI INDIANS ( or maybe CHENNAI CHALLENGERS )

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