Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya rolled back the years with a thrill-a-minute 127 run opening partnership to power the Mumbai Indians to a 92-run win over the Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League T20 match at St. George’s Park here on Sunday.
Chasing an unlikely 188 on a ground where the highest second innings total in a T20 game was 144, the Kolkata side subsided to 95 all out, despite a middle-overs partnership worth 54 for the third wicket between former India skipper Sourav Ganguly and Australia’s Brad Hodge. It was never enough against the mammoth ask posted by Mumbai.Knight Riders eventually totalled xx to subside to their third defeat in five matches that includes one no-result.
Earlier, the 36-year-old Tendulkar scored a 45-ball 68 which included six hits to the fence and four over it. His opening partner, the 39-year-old Jayasuriya scored 52 off 32 balls with four towering sixes and two fours.
The right-left combination had the bowlers on the ropes, with respite from neither end. Tendulkar started off with an exquisite flick off Ishant Sharma and then dispatched Ashok Dinda over third man for a six.
With Tendulkar on song the Sri Lankan was content playing second fiddle. Jayasuriya then joined the party in the fifth over, bowled by Ganguly. The southpaw hit two towering sixes, as the former India skipper was helpless in keeping a check on the rocketing run-rate — which hovered around the 10 runs an over mark almost the entire time the duo were at the crease.
Sri Lankan Ajantha Mendis also failed to curb the enterprising strokeplay on display. Tendulkar hit him for a massive six, which landed out of the stadium, to bring up his half-century. After 10 overs, Mumbai were 111/0.
However, the Knight Riders managed to claw their way back into the game thanks to some disciplined bowling from medium pacer Laxmi Ratan Shukla and part-timer Hodge.
Shukla returned for his second over and this time picked up the dangerous Jayasuriya. He was the most effective of the Knight Riders’ bowlers, taking 3/25.
Scores: Mumbai Indians 182/6 (Tendulkar 68, Jayasuriya 52; Shukla 3/25) bt Kolkata Knight Riders 95 (Ganguly 34; Malinga 3/11, Nayar 3/13)
Chasing an unlikely 188 on a ground where the highest second innings total in a T20 game was 144, the Kolkata side subsided to 95 all out, despite a middle-overs partnership worth 54 for the third wicket between former India skipper Sourav Ganguly and Australia’s Brad Hodge. It was never enough against the mammoth ask posted by Mumbai.Knight Riders eventually totalled xx to subside to their third defeat in five matches that includes one no-result.
Earlier, the 36-year-old Tendulkar scored a 45-ball 68 which included six hits to the fence and four over it. His opening partner, the 39-year-old Jayasuriya scored 52 off 32 balls with four towering sixes and two fours.
The right-left combination had the bowlers on the ropes, with respite from neither end. Tendulkar started off with an exquisite flick off Ishant Sharma and then dispatched Ashok Dinda over third man for a six.
With Tendulkar on song the Sri Lankan was content playing second fiddle. Jayasuriya then joined the party in the fifth over, bowled by Ganguly. The southpaw hit two towering sixes, as the former India skipper was helpless in keeping a check on the rocketing run-rate — which hovered around the 10 runs an over mark almost the entire time the duo were at the crease.
Sri Lankan Ajantha Mendis also failed to curb the enterprising strokeplay on display. Tendulkar hit him for a massive six, which landed out of the stadium, to bring up his half-century. After 10 overs, Mumbai were 111/0.
However, the Knight Riders managed to claw their way back into the game thanks to some disciplined bowling from medium pacer Laxmi Ratan Shukla and part-timer Hodge.
Shukla returned for his second over and this time picked up the dangerous Jayasuriya. He was the most effective of the Knight Riders’ bowlers, taking 3/25.
Scores: Mumbai Indians 182/6 (Tendulkar 68, Jayasuriya 52; Shukla 3/25) bt Kolkata Knight Riders 95 (Ganguly 34; Malinga 3/11, Nayar 3/13)
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