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Friday, May 27, 2011

Bhajji could get the better of Gayle

It was an exciting win in the end for the Mumbai Indians, after it had looked for most part that they were going to cruise through to an anti-climatic, almost one-sided victory. Credit must be given to the way that Kolkata fought in the game through their spinners and Jacques Kallis, but a score of 140 odd on a track where 170 had been chased down only a day before, was never going to be enough.

The Knight Riders fought well with both, the bat and the ball. Losing four wickets for next to nothing, they did a good job in getting to where they did in the end, through Ryan ten Doeschate. Then, after they had nipped the stunning innings of Aiden Blizzard, they came back strongly to push the game into the final over of the match. Sify