Kieron Pollard drives Mumbai to help first victory

When 3 top range bowlers hit in their starting over, and 2 others in their 2nd in this blink and you miss the structure, anybody can securely presume that the mixed attempt, generally, will hand their team the succeeding benefit. It is undoubtedly shown up so for 2 time winner Chennai in their beginning competition at Chepauk on Weekend, until West Indian Kieron Pollard changed it almost all for Mumbai having an amazing 57 not out 38 balls to pick up his team to a combating 148-6.

Batting heavy Chennai lagged in early stages with their pursue because they handled merely thirty six for the losing 2 wickets in the Power play period of the 1st 6 overs, and had never been very in the hunt till MS Dhoni flipped the competition on its head having a gorgeous 26 ball 51. Chennai necessary twelve in the last over through pacer Munaf Patel when off the 1st ball when Pollard experienced the act once again, tugging away a mind boggling catch on the midwicket boundary to dismiss Dhoni as Chennai dropped by 9 runs after completing at 139-9. Chennai has to have sensed the lack of South Africa Allrounder Albie Morkel, but the new ball couple of Dirk Nannes and Ankit Rajpoot couldn't get off to a greater start their debut for Chennai after sending back Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting in their 1st and 2nd overs respectively.

Dwayne Bravo then hit in effective overs to dismiss Rohit Sharma and the in-form Dinesh Karthik (37) to derail star-studded Mumbai, which experienced dropped a cliffhanger to Bangalore on Thursday. Aussie pacer Ben Laughlin had Ambati Rayudu trapped at third man to push Mumbai nervous at 75-5, and it seemed to be shuttered when India team spinner Ashwin had Dwayne Smith held by Bravo in his 1st over. Only, it's never very over if Pollard is around, because the big smacking West Indian made 5 sixes and 4 boundaries in his 38 ball knock and added to 65 out of 48 balls for the 7th wicket with Harbhajan Singh. Indian team spinner Ravindra Jadeja let it go off a hard caught and bowled chance that Pollard given in 18 and the trouble-free striker that Pollard is, struck Bravo and Ashwin for 2 sixes each and one off Jadeja and he served Mumbai add 52 runs in the last 5 overs lacking dropping a wicket.

Mumbai were besides their Lankan pacer Malinga, but pacers Mitch Johnson and Munaf Patel hit early blows just before off-spinner Harbhajan Singh clean bowled Hussey for 20. Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha hit in quick succession to dismiss Badrinath and Bravo.