Sachin nearing the twilight of his career, shows no signs of it, rather, he looks like being at the peak of his batting form. Every time his team is in trouble, he produces a special knock. Tonight, he desparately wanted to win it for his side. The Mumbai Indians, after coming to the verge of making it to the semi finals, had lost two consecutive matches and it looked as if they had lost momentum even in the begining of this match as they lost three wickets with not too many runs on the board. At this point, Tendulkar took over. Sensing that MI's fortune is entirely dependent on him, he decided to do what he does best, dominate. He found a sensible partner in Duminy(31) and then in Pollard (25). He then batted through the innings scoring 89 runs off 59 balls making sure his team reaches a good total (174-5).
Rajastan Royal, coming out to bat, started disastrously. Warne then delayed sending in Yusuf Pathan to such an extent that, when he came in, he had to smash every ball out of the park. He caould not, and the Royals lost royally(137, lost by 37 runs). Well, Yusuf scored a 100 off just 37 balls in the opening stages of the event, he can hit the ball hard and long, but that no way means he should be sent in only when your side needs 100 runs out of 37 balls. This is where the RR are struggling.
They have to win all their remaining matches hereafter.
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