Tendulkar announces IPL retirement!IPL spot-fixing: More players likely to be arrested after final?
IPL 2013: Mumbai beat Chennai to lift maiden IPL title
New Delhi: Three to four Indian Premier League (IPL) players are likely to be arrested after the final match being played between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Kolkata`s Eden Gardens stadium, said Delhi police on Sunday.The Delhi Police had launched a manhunt for these players just after the questioning of Mohammed Yahya alias Yusuf, 45, one of the bookies who was arrested on Friday morning from Hyderabad airport in connection with the IPL spot fixing scandal when he was trying to flee to Dubai.
A Delhi Police source said that Yahya revealed some names of the players who were also involved in the spot fixing.
"A team of Delhi Police has arrived in Kolkata," said the source, adding that police is also in search of some more punters and bookies who contacted the three arrested players of Rajasthan Royals - S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan.
"Now, we are in search of three to four players whose name came during the question of Yahya," another senior official associated with the probe revealed.
The official did not rule out the names of any foreign players but he did not expose the names of the players who are under Delhi Police`s scanner.
Till date, Delhi Police has arrested 19 people.
Chavan was sent to judicial custody Sunday by Saket court till June 4 after police told the court that he was not required for any further questioning by it. However, Sreesanth, Chandila and two bookies - Chandresh Patel and Ashwani alias Tipu - were sent to two days police custody.
"A team of Delhi Police has arrived in Kolkata," said the source, adding that police is also in search of some more punters and bookies who contacted the three arrested players of Rajasthan Royals - S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan.
"Now, we are in search of three to four players whose name came during the question of Yahya," another senior official associated with the probe revealed.
The official did not rule out the names of any foreign players but he did not expose the names of the players who are under Delhi Police`s scanner.
Till date, Delhi Police has arrested 19 people.
Chavan was sent to judicial custody Sunday by Saket court till June 4 after police told the court that he was not required for any further questioning by it. However, Sreesanth, Chandila and two bookies - Chandresh Patel and Ashwani alias Tipu - were sent to two days police custody.
Tendulkar announces IPL retirement
ESPNcricinfo staff
May 26, 2013
| Sachin Tendulkar's last sighting as an IPL player © BCCI |
Moments after Mumbai Indians won their first IPL title, Sachin Tendulkar announced he had played his last IPL. The last ball he played didn't come in the victory in the final, but a fortnight ago in a league match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. That ball was sent over long-on for a six, but in the process Tendulkar also injured himself. He retired-hurt after that, and didn't recover in time to play another Mumbai game.
"This is my last IPL," Tendulkar announced casually in a TV interview after the win. "This has been a fantastic season. I thought our third IPL season was the best before this.
"I think this is the right time to stop playing the IPL. I am 40. Got to accept it. I had decided this was my last season."
Tendulkar had retired his ODI retirement towards the end of the last year. With the IPL retirement, it is unlikely he will play any more cricket other than first-class. India's next first-class assignment is towards when Ranji Trophy begins and India go to South Africa for a full tour.
More to follow...
প্রথম বারের জন্য আইপিএল চ্যাম্পিয়ন হল মুম্বই ইন্ডিয়ান্স। আজ ইডেনে চেন্নাই সুপার কিংসকে হারিয়ে আইপিএল সিক্স চ্যাম্পিয়ন হল মুম্বই।
স্পট ফিক্সিং কাণ্ডে টালমাটাল পেপসি আইপিএল। আইপিএলের ভবিষ্যৎ এখন প্রশ্নের মুখে। পুলিসের স্ক্যানারের তলায় প্রতিটি দল। ভারতীয় ক্রিকেটের একচ্ছত্র অধিপতি বিসিসিআই প্রধান শ্রীনিবাসনের চেয়ার নড়বড়ে। জেলে তাঁর আদরের জামাই চেন্নাই সুপার কিংসের একদিন আগে প্রাক্তন হয়ে যাওয়া সিইও গুরুনাথ মায়াপ্পান। রোজ নতুন নতুন ক্রিকেটারের নাম উঠে আসছে গড়াপেটা কাণ্ডে। কেন্দ্রও নতুন আইন আনার পথে। বি কোম্পানি থেকে বলিউডি কানেকশন, উপস্থিত সব ধরনের মুচমুচে উপাদানই। এই সব কিছুর মধ্যেই আজ ইডেনে এবারের আইপিএলের শেষ ম্যাচ। ফাইনাল। মুখোমুখি মুম্বই ইন্ডিয়নস এবং শ্রীনির চেন্নাই সুপার কিংস।
ইতিমধ্যেই বিসিসিআই সাসপেন্ড করেছে গুরুনাথকে। গতকাল পর্যন্ত চেন্নাইয়ের ফাইনাল খেলাই অনিয়শ্চিয়তার মধ্যে চলে গিয়েছিল। তবে বোর্ড সভাপতির ছোট্ট চালে আজ পরপর চার বছর আইপিএল ফাইনালে সচ্ছন্দে খেলবেন ধোনিরা। তিনবার চ্যাম্পিয়ন হওয়ার পথে ধোনিদের সামনে খোলা চোখে একমাত্র বাধা সচিনদের মুম্বই। তবে ধোনি বাহিনীর অন্তরমহল যে গড়াপেটা কেলেঙ্কারি ঝড়ে বিদ্ধস্ত সেটা বলতে জ্যোতিষী হতে হয় না। কলঙ্ক মুছে আইপিএল ট্রফিটা বগলদাবা করতে ক্যাপ্টেন কুল সর্বশক্তি নিয়ে ঝাঁপাবেন সেটা সহজেই অনুমেয়। তবে যদি আজ ধোনিরা জিতেও যান তবুও তাদের জয়ের পিছনে বেশ কিছু বাঁকা চোখের চাহনি গলার কাঁটা হয়ে থাকবে তাঁদের। আর এই বিষয়ে কৃতিত্বটা শ্রীনির জামাই দাবি করতেই পারেন।
অন্যদিকে, মুম্বই ইন্ডিয়নস এই ইডেনেই রাজস্থান রয়্যালসকে হারিয়ে বেশ চনমনে। বিশ্ব ক্রিকেটের অবিসংবাদী সম্রাট কিন্তু অনিল আম্বানির দলের সদস্য। এই আইপিএল ট্রফিটা ছাড়া তাঁর ঝুলিতে জয় করার মত আর কিছু অবশিষ্ট নেই। তাই তিনি যে এই টুকু শূন্যস্থান পূরণ করতে চাইবেন তা বলাই বাহুল্য। আর তাঁর টিমমেটরাও চাইবেন সচিন রমেশ তেন্ডুলকরের এই ইচ্ছাটির সম্মান ইডেনের ২২গজে দেওয়ার চেষ্টা করবেন।
এবং আজ ট্রফিটা যেই জিতুন না কেন ট্রফিটা বিজয়ী দলের হাতে তুলে দিতে ইডেনের পোডিয়ামে আজ কিন্তু আসবেন অধুনা বোর্ড প্রেসিডেন্ট শ্রীনিবাসনই। গতকালই তিনি এসে পৌঁছেছেন কলকাতায়। ক্রিকেটের লজ্জা এই ঘটনায় ঠিক কতটা বাড়বে, সেই বিতর্ক না হয় আপাতত তোলা থাকল।
Scorecard» I Highlights» As it happened...»
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The Mumbai Indians successfully defended a modest 148/9, to hold an error-prone Chennai batsmen to 125/9 and extract sweet revenge for their 22-run defeat to the same rivals in a summit clash three years back.
For Chennai, skipper M.S. Dhoni ploughed a lonely furrow (63 not out; 45 b 3x4 5x6), as he joined in the middle with half the side gone and only 36 on the board into the seventh over.
Dhoni began by playing cautiously, but hit three sixes in an attempt to turn the game, but in the end that was not enough.
The one-sided game, played before packed galleries at the iconic venue, saw the Chennai Super Kings batsmen mostly go out to poor shots, though opener Mike Hussey was unlucky to be at the wrong end of a beautiful yorker length delivery from Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga that swung back into the Australian.
Once Hussey got out, the floodgates were opened, and Malinga was on a hat-trick by claiming new man Suresh Raina with the next ball.
The Kings' woes continued, as S. Badrinath needlessly edged an offering wide outside the off stump from Mitchell Johnson. Inside two overs, Chennai were 3/3.
Opener Murali Vijay, seeing the procession from the other end, tried to rectify the damage in the company of Dwayne Bravo, but the Trinidadian departed after picking up some boundaries with lofted strokes.
Ravindra Jadeja fell to another soft dismissal without bothering the scorer, reducing Chennai to 36/5 in the seventh over.
Vijay (18), who earlier got a "life" when he was dropped on 14, went back in the very next over, worsening Chennai's position.
Earlier, backed by a spirited bowling and electric fielding, Chennai Super Kings restricted Mumbai Indians to a gettable total.
However, thanks to a quickfire unbeaten 60 from Kieron Pollard (32b 7x4 3x6), Mumbai recovered from a disastrous start to reach a position of respectability after opting to bat first.
Apart from Pollard's blitzkrieg, only Ambati Rayudu (37) and Dinesh Karthick (21) made useful contributions. For Chennai, Dwayne Bravo (4/44) was the most successful bowler followed by Albie Morkel (2/12).
The big match did not have exactly the sort of build up that one would have expected it to have.
The raging spot fixing scam seemed to have pushed into the background the on-field happenings as the scandal snared cricketers, an administrator and a small time Bollywood personality.
What is worse, as the game was on, there came reports that a Delhi police team was in the city and three to four IPL players were likely to be arrested after the final match.
Probe all IPL matches, demands former BCCI boss Manohar
New Delhi: Former BCCI president Shashank Manohar on Sunday urged the BCCI to hand over the investigations into the IPL spot-fixing scandal to a central investigative agency which will probe all the matches of the cash-rich league.
"BCCI must come clean in wake of the recent spot-fixing scandal. They must cleanse the system completely and a central investigative agency must look into the aspect during any or every tournament including international fixtures," Manohar said in an interview to a news channel on Sunday.
Manohar also advised that "every match of the sixth edition (before the final) should be probed. The call details of not only all the players but also the members of the support staff, officials should be tracked in order to carry out a smooth investigations."
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 ================================================================================Zee Media Bureau Scorecard» I Commentary» Match Report» I Also Read: The Best XI of IPL Season 6» ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs to clinch their maiden Indian Premiere League title. ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 20 II Score: 125/9 Pollard to bowl the last over. He starts with a wide down the leg side. Dhoni drives the next ball to long on, no run taken. Dhoni gets hold of this one and the ball flies over deep mid wicket for a six. Another one, this time straight over the head of the bowler for a six. This one is short and Dhoni looks to flick it over the keeper, but can't connect. Dhoni hits the next one to mid wicket, does not take a run. This one is wideoutside off stump. Dhoni hits the last ball to long on for a boundary. ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 19 II Score: 107/9 Malinga comes back into the attack. Dhoni hits the first ball past the bowler for a boundary. Dhoni slaps this one to sweeper cover, does not take the single. This one is wide outside off stump. This is a good yorker and Dhoni misses with a big swing. He gets two runs this time to deep extra cover. He misses with the hoik, very good death bowling from Malinga here. He takes a single off the last ball. CSK need 42 in 6 balls. ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 18 II Score: 99/9 Pollard comes into the attack as Ashwin gets a single off the first ball. Dhoni works the next one to fine leg for another single. Ashwin tries to paddle sweep this one but can't connect, no run taken. Ashwin chips this one straight to the man at mid wicket. Mohit Sharma comes into the attack. He lets the first one go through to the keeper. No run off the last ball as well. Ashwin c (sub)Patel b Pollard 9(18) ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 17 II Score: 97/8 Johnson comes back into the attack to bowl his last over. Ashwin plays this one to mid wicket, no run taken. This one is wide down the leg side. He works this one to third man for a single. Dhoni picks up a quick single this time to cover. Ashwin strokes this to Harbhajan at point, no run taken. Ashwin drives this one to sweeper cover for a single. No run off the last ball. CSK need 52 runs in 18 balls. ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 16 II Score: 93/8 Pollard comes back into the attack as Dhoni gets a single off the first ball. Ashwin hits the next one to long on for a single. Short one this time and Dhoni misses with the pull, huge appeal but the umpire says no. Dhoni hits this straight over the bowler for a six. Takes a single off the next ball. Ashwin nudges the last ball to mid on for another single. ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 15 II Score: 83/8 Ojha continues as Ashwin gets a single off the first ball. Dhoni goes big and the ball flies away to deep mid wicket for a six. Dhoni refuses to take a single this time, he seems to have picked Ojha as the bowler to go after. This time he gets two runs to sweeper cover. A single this time to long off. No run off the last ball. ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 14 II Score: 73/8 Malinga is back into the attack. Dhoni flicks the first one to deep mid wicket for a boundary. The next ball is driven to cover, no run taken. Dhoni lets a slower ball bouncer go through to the keeper. He gets a single this time to sweeper cover. Ashwin works this one to fine leg for a single. Dhoni defends, no run taken. ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 13 II Score: 67/8 Ojha continues as Ashwin gets a single to mid wicket. This time Dhoni hits this towards long on for a six. He gets a leading edge this time towards sweeper cover for two runs. He gets a single this time to long on. No run off the next two balls. CSK need 82 runs in 42 balls. ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 12 II Score: 59/8 Chris Morris is the new batsman in the middle. Harbhajan continues as Dhoni defends the first one to mid wicket, no run taken. Gets a single this time to mid wicket. Morris goes for the big one and the ball turns away from the right hander, takes the edge and Karthik takes a good catch. Ashwin is the new batsman in the middle. He defends this one to cover, no run taken. Defends the next ball as well, no run again. He works this one to short third man for a single. Morris c Dinesh Karthik b Harbhajan 0(1) ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 11 II Score: 57/7 Ojha is back into the attack. Dhoni pushes this one to cover, no run taken. Dhoni gets this one to sweeper cover for two runs. No run of the next ball. This time he gets the ball to long off for a single. Morkel hist this one to short fine leg, no run taken. This one is flighted and Morkel trying to make room yorks himself and the stumps are knocked out. Albie Morkel b Ojha 10(10) ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 10 II Score: 54/6 Kieron Pollard is into the attack. Dhoni works this one to point, no run taken. He works this one to mid on for a single. Morkel pushes this one to long off for another single. This one is wide down the leg side. Dhoni slaps this one hard but can't get it past the fielder at cover. This time he gets the ball away to sweeper cover for a single. No run off the last ball. ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 9 II Score: 50/6 Harbhajan Singh continues as Dhoni pushes this one to mid wicket, no run taken. He pushes this one to mid off for a single. Morkel defends this one to cover, no run this time. Morkel hits this one high in the air and the ball flies over the man at long on for a six. He works this one to the leg side for two runs. Last ball is defended back to the bowler. ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 8 II Score: 41/6 Johnson comes back into the attack as Dhoni works the first one to square leg for a single. Vijay leaves a short one through to the keeper. This one is short and Vijay chips this one for the man at mid on to take a simple catch. Albie Morkel comes to the middle now. Johnson works it to deep backward square leg for a single. Dhoni works this one to deep square leg for a single. No run off the last ball. Vijay c Rohit Sharma b Mitchell Johnson 18(20) ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 7 II Score: 38/5 Ravindra Jadeja has come out to the middle. Harbhajan Singh is into the attack. Vijay defends the first one. Gets a single off the next one to mid on. Jadeja defends the first one to cover, no run taken. Jadeja hits this one high in the air and Pollard takes an easy catch. MS Dhoni comes to the middle now. Vijay gets two runs off the next ball. Last ball is defended to cover. Ravindra Jadeja c Pollard b Harbhajan 0(2) ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 6 II Score: 35/4 Rishi Dhawan is into the attack now and Bravo hits the first one over mid off for a boundary. This time he is beaten outside off stump. Bravo works this one to deep mid wicket for a single. Vijay gets an edge on this one and an outstretched Karthik misses to hold on to it, batsmen take a single. Next ball is pushed to point by Bravo, no run off this one. Bravo chips this slower one straight to the man at mid on. Dwayne Bravo c Mitchell Johnson b R Dhawan 15(16) ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 5 II Score: 29/3 Pragyan Ojha comes into the attack now. Bravo hits the first one over mid on for a boundary. This one is driven to cover for a single. Vijay works this one to the leg side for another single. This one is driven in the air but the ball falls just short off Rohit Sharma at cover. This one is worked on the leg side for another single. Next one is worked to point, no run taken. ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 4 II Score: 22/3 Vijay defends the first one from Johnson's second over, no run taken. Vijay drives this one and the man at point gets some hand on it, batsmen get two runs. He finds the gap with this drive through covers for aboundary. Yorker this time and Vijay dabs it to point, no run this time. He gets some bat on this one down the leg side and the ball races away for a boundary> Good over for CSK. ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 3 II Score: 12/3 Malinga continues with a wide one down the leg side. Short one this time and nicely directed, goes just over Bravo. Short one again and this time he gets some pad on it for a single to short fine leg. Another good yorker and Vijay gets some bat on it and takes a single. Another short one and Bravo ducks again. Bravo has not looked comfortable in the middle. He gets some inside edge on this slower one and the ball flies away for a boundary. This one is solidly defended back to the bowler. ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 2 II Score: 5/3 Mitchell Johnson to bowl the second over. Badri leaves the first ball outside off stump. He pushes this one to mid off for a single. Vijay pokes at one outside off stump, Johnson goes up in appeal, umpire unmoved.Badrinath gets an outside edge on this one and Karthik takes an easy catch. Dwayne Bravo comes to the middle now and defends the first ball he faces back to the bowler. This one is wide down the leg side. Gets a leg bye off the last ball. Badrinath c Dinesh Karthik b Mitchell Johnson 0(3) ================================================================================ Chennai Super Kings Over: 1 II Score: 2/2 Lasith Malinga to bowl the first over. Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay are in the middle for CSK. Hussey pushes the first one to cover and takes a quick single. Direct hit and Hussey could have been in trouble. Vijay defends the second ball back to the bowler. Vijay gets another quick single off the next ball. This is a perfect yorker and Hussey's stumps are knocked out. Suresh Raina is the new man in the middle.Suresh Raina flicks a short one straight to the man at square leg. Malinga is on a hat-trick. BAdrinath is the new batsman in the middle. This one takes the outside edge but falls just short of second slip. Raina c Dwayne Smith b Malinga 0(1) Michael Hussey b Malinga 1(2) ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 20 II Score: 148/9 So final over of Mumbai innings and Bravo to shoulder the responsibility. On strike is new man Mitchell Johnson. OUT! And he has nicked the first ball from Bravo. Dhoni has taken it cleanly. Bravo is delighted! Johnson goes back for a duck. In walks Lasith Malinga. And he greets the Sri Lankan with a bouncer. OUT!Off the next, Bravo gets his fourth wicket after Malinga is caught by Dhoni after edging the third. In walks Pragyan Ojha. Pollard is livid. He is still off strike. Now, Ojha on strike. He somehow manages to steal a single largely thanks to Pollard who was already running as soon as the ball was delivered. And he shows why he wanted the strike so badly as he ends the innings with two powerful strokes for consecutive maximums! The first one straight over bowler's head while the next over long on. What a finish to the innings. An eventful over this from Bravo. 13 runs and two wickets in it. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 19 II Score: 135/7 Morris to bowl the penultimate over of Mumbai innings. A single to start with. Good thing for Mumbai is that Pollard has the strike now. He can only manage a single. He was looking for a second though but changes his mind for good. OUT! Rishi Dhawan is run out. He scored 3 (3b). Dhawan on strike and he completes a couple. They attempted a third as the Dhoni failed to collect the throw. However, a miscommunication between Pollard and Dhawan let the latter being run out at the bowler's end courtesy an alert fielding from Mohit Sharma. Six runs from the over.================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 18 II Score: 129/6 Bravo into his third over. He starts it with a wide. Off the next, Bhajji gets a boundary as the ball eludes Dhoni after taking an outside edge. Bravo isn't pleased. Off the third, Bhajji gets another thick inside edge and the ball again ends up crossing the fine leg fence. The next is full and outside off, Bhajji guides it to third man region for yet another boundary. He is turning the heat on! And OUT! Bhajji has been caught by Michael Hussey at sweeper cover. He scored 14 (8b, 4X3). He made some room and ended up playing it straight into the hands of Hussey. In walks Rishi Dhawan. And Pollard ends the over with a powerful stroke as the ball races past the bowler's end to the fence for another boundary. An expensive over from Bravo. 17 runs from it. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 17 II Score: 112/5 Chris Morris is back. No runs off his first. Off the second. the bat slips out of the hands of Pollard and ends up crashing at short midwicket. The ball goes to long on and Pollard takes a single. The penultimate delivery of the over is a dropped short and Pollard pulls that to deep square leg region for a boundary. Six runs from the over. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 16 II Score: 106/5 Dwayne Bravo into his second over. And straight after the time out, Bravo strikes! The first delivery of the 16th over and Rayudu's middle stump goes for a walk. Rayudu came down the ground and wanted to drive this through cover but the ball eluded him and he was cleaned up. The batsman is gutted as he walks back to the dug out after scoring 37 (36b, 4X4). In walks Harbhajan Singh who gets off the mark with a single off his first delivery. Bravo's third delivery is full and Pollard punches it hard and it races past the bowler for a boundary. That shot brings Dhoni to place a fielder at mid on - right from where Bravo begins his run up. The next is a slower one and gets hit on the unmentionables. He still manages to offer a smile but looks in some pain. Six runs from the over. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 15 II Score: 100/4 Jadeja is back. And a boundary to Pollard as Murali Vijay puts in a valiant effort at sweeper cover but cannot prevent that from reaching the fence. He ran quite a distance to save it but that still went to the boundary after a deflection. The next from Jadeja is outside off and Pollard swings his arms and gets another boundary. Not a very convincing shot though but he'll take it. A single off the sixth dleivery takes the score to 100-run mark. 10 runs from the over. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 14 II Score: 90/4 Dwayne Bravo comes in to bowl his first over. A single to Rayudu as he edges the first from Bravo to third man region. The next is a cut shot from Pollard but Michael Hussey in the deep prevents that from crossing the fence as he dives and pulls off a superb save. Six runs from the over. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 13 II Score: 84/4 Ashwin continues. An over that was turning out to be another tight one is ruined as Pollard swings his arms and deposits the sixth delivery into the stands for a maximum over long on. 10 runs from the over. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 12 II Score: 74/4 Ravindra Jadeja into the attack now. He is sporting a mustache. His second delivery produces an edge and just like on the previous occasions today, this one also runs down to the third man fence for a four. In fact, it is a dropped catch as the Ashwin fails to gobble it. Nine runs from the over. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 11 II Score: 65/4 Ashwin continues. Facing him is Rayudu. A cut through point and a single to Rayudu. Pollard comes on strike and CSK put a slip from him. Pollard takes a single off the second. The fourth delivery is floated up and Rayudu plays it over extra cover region for a four. Seven runs from the over. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 10 II Score: 58/4 Morris continues. A single off his second delivery brings Karthik on strike. His next is a wide and he immediately apologies to Dhoni for that. And OUT! Morris has bowled Karthik. He was looking to drive this one but a thick inside edge and the ball took off the bail. Morris is delighted! Karthik scored 21 (26b, 4X3). In walks Kieron Pollard. And the big man gets off the mark with a four as he pushes it back past the bowler's end to long off. Eight runs from the over. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 9 II Score: 50/3 Spin in R Ashwin introduced. Five singles from his first over. The fifth from the tweaker was a carrom ball and Rayudu failed to pick it up and got beaten. MI reach 50-run mark. Time for a strategic break. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 8 II Score: 45/3 Chris Morris introduced into the attack. Two runs off his first delivery as Rayudu plays it through backward point region. The next is a bouncer and Rayudu leaves it. The over ends with a couple to Karthik as an overthrow from Raina allows MI to add one more to their total. Five runs from the over. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 7 II Score: 40/3 Mohit Sharma to bowl his fourth and final over. On strike is Karthik. He picks a single off the first. Rayudu edges the third delivery and it runs down to third man fence for a boundary. Six runs from the over. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 6 II Score: 34/3 Morkel continues. Rayudu hits the third delivery over the bowlers' head and scores a boundary. Off the fourth delivery, Rayudu uses his wrists to send that to deep midwicket fence for another boundary. Nine runs from the over. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 5 II Score: 25/3 Mohit Sharma into his third over. Karthik ended Mohit's last over with a boundary and he begins the fresh over with another boundary. He punches the first delivery through covers and scores a boundary. A brilliant effort by Dwayne Bravo off the final delivery at point saves a certain boundary. Seven runs from the over. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 4 II Score: 18/3 Morkel continues. And OUT! Morkel gets the prized wicket of Rohit Sharma! He has caught Mumbai skipper off his bowling! Sharma came forward and checked his short at the last moment. A soft dismissal in the end. Rohit scored 2 (5b). In walks Ambati Rayudu. More trouble for the Mumbai team. A bad start for them after their captain won the toss and elected to bat first. Just two runs in the over and the big wicket of Rohit. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 3 II Score: 16/2 Mohit Sharma continues. Rohit is on strike. And he guides the first delivery to third man for a single. The second is pitched on good length and Karthik gets hit on the pads. A loud appeal for lbw. This looks close but umpire thinks otherwise. The height may have been the issue here. MI batsmen are facing difficulty in picking Mohit. And just as I type this, Karthik plays the final delivery through covers for a boundary. This must make him feel a lot better and at home. Five runs from the over. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 2 II Score: 11/2 Albie Morkel will share the new ball with Mohit. Facing him is Aditya Tare. And OUT! Morkel has cleaned up Aditya Tare as the stump is uprooted. He was looking to flick this but missed it completely. What a start for CSK! Tare walks back for a duck. In walks MI skipper Rohit Sharma. MI rocked early. Just three runs from the over. ================================================================================ Mumbai Indians Over: 1 II Score: 8/1 Now to the business folks. Mohit Sharma has the new ball. On strike is Dwayne Smith. First up from Smith is a flick to leg but Jadeja quickly fields it to eliminate any opportunity of a quick single. And here comes the first boundary of the Mumbai innings as Smith cracks the third delivery from Sharma through point. OUT!And Sharma has got the big wicket of Dwayne Smith! A brilliant comeback from the young pacer as an inswining delivery traps Smith in front of the wickets. Umpire had no hesitation in raising his finger. Smith scored 4 (4b, 4X1). In walks Dinesh Karthik. And an edge off the final delivery runs down to the third man boundary for second four. Eight runs from the over. ================================================================================ Right! Here we go for one last time as the two umpires walk to the middle amid a guard of honour formed by kids followed by fireworks. And amidst a loud cheer from the capacity Kolkata crowd, Chennai captain MS Dhoni walks to the middle followed by his soldiers in yellow. And here we have the Mumbai openers -- Dwayne Smith and Aditya Tare -- sprinting towards the pitch.================================================================================ TOSS: Mumbai Indians have won the toss and will bat first. ================================================================================ Tell us what you think The Best XI of IPL Season 6» # Still and humid evening here at Kolkata, says Ravi Shastri. # Shastri asks Dhoni about the mental state of the CSK team in the backdrop of all that has transpired in the past one week. MS Dhoni coolly replies the boys are doing well. ================================================================================ Welcome to our live coverage of the IPL final between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings that will start in about an hour from now in Kolkata at Eden Gardens. The past week has seen the premier Indian domestic T20 tournament being in the news for all the wrong reasons and this in a way has, somehow, overshadowed all the excitement and the frenzy that this slam-bang version of cricket is about. READ THE MATCH PREVIEW HERE» However, keeping aside all the off-field controversies, let's just focus on the two teams that'll be battling each other for the IPL crown. On one hand we have Chennai Super Kings appearing in their fifth IPL final while the other team, Mumbai Indians, will be playing in its second final. The last time these two teams faced each other in the final was in 2010. Chennai defeated Mumbai by 22 runs to clinch their first title at the DY Patil Stadium. Will the history repeat itself? Or will Mumbai overcome their demons and become the second team to have won the Champions League T20 and the IPL title? Stay with us we take you through to the final of the sixth season that promises to be a thriller of a game between evenly matched sides. Mumbai Indians: Dwayne Smith, Aditya Tare, Dinesh Karthik(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga, Pragyan Ojha Chennai Super Kings: Michael Hussey, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, S Badrinath, Dwayne Bravo, Albie Morkel, Chris Morris, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Mahipal Sharma http://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/indian-premier-league-2013/ipl-2013-final-mumbai-indians-vs-chennai-super-kings-as-it-happened_762062.html |
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