Rajastan strangle Mumbai !

Can you believe it ? The formidable Mumbai strangled for 94/8 by the wiles and guiles of Warne & Co ?

MI is a team fancied by many experts to win the IPL Trophy ! They were strangled by some superb spin bowling by Menaria who got 2/20 and Botha 3/6. The pacer Amit bowled well for 2/14 and Mumbai could not even cross 100.

Amit bowled Jacobs with a beauty and Sachin danced down the wicket to young Menaria and was stumped. A Rayudu, who was in great form, was caught and bowled by Menaria and Mumbai were 46/3! Then Rohit Sharma was out to Warne and Pollard was trapped lbw by Botha. Symonds was bowled by Botha for 17 and Mumbai were in dire straits at 81/6. Satish holed out to Botha, Malinga was bowled by Amit. The only consolation for Mumbai was the six hit by Bajji off the last ball and Mumbai finished at an abysmal 94/8 !

When Rajastan batted Dravid was caught by Sachin off Munaf and Shane Watson fell to Malinga. Those are the only two wickets which fell and now Botha is playing well with 34 not out and Ross Taylor on 11. Rajastan are now 78/2, needing 15 more to win !

When Munaf finally got Botha, it was too late. Now RR needs only one run to win. Ross Taylor top edges and is dropped by Pollard. Rajastan win !

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