It was yet another perfect day at office for the Mumbai Indians. They batted, bowled and fielded as well as they would have liked and closed out the match as professionally as you would like.
While batting, it was a collective effort, but Rayudu's knock stood out. He scored 55 in 29 balls, helping Mumbai put up a decent-to-big total of 178 for five. Sourav Tiwary's 44 and Sachin's 35 were the other significant cntributions.
Just to mention a point on Rayudu, this talented lad has come a full circle in his young career. Touted as the next best thing in Indian cricket as a under 17 player, he grew in stature, as well as attitude, which eventually saw his downfall, and joining the so called rebel ICL. That he is back and performing, augurs well for his future. He is still young, still hungry and still talented. If he can put mind over matter, we would have yet another option at our hand.
Back to the match, in reply, the Deccan innings fell apart all over the place. With no significant contributions, the story of the last time winners has been as volatile as it has been for all other teams except for MI and KXIP at both the extremes. They were eventually all out for 115 in the 19th over, in effect slipping to the bottom of the points table, figuring just above the KXIP.
This has been a tough tourney for the Deccans.
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