Deciding to bat first, Deccan Chargers started well and utlized the conditions well. They added 63 for the first wicket in 41 balls. Both Gilchrist and Gibbs played sensibly, especially the round-arm action Malinga.
Gibbs has come out well in this edition so far. He scored brilliant 58 off 44 with 6 fours and 2 sixes. Gilchrist, for his part, had 3 sixes and 3 fours in his 35. The only other double digit scorer was DR Smith with 35.
Malinga bowled really well with tight line and length. I think he is the only player to have bowled a maiden over with two wickets in the last over of an T20 innings. He picked Edwards--clean bowled and Ravi Teja leg before.
At one stage, DC were expected to reach 200 run mark. They were 113 for 1 in 12 overs scoring at 9.41 runs per over. Gibbs was in full form and he scored 18 runs in Kulkani's over which included 2 sixes and a four.
The quick wickets of D Smith, Rohit Sharma and Laxman reduce the run rate. Gibbs got run out in the 16th over for 58. At the end of 16 overs DC were 142 for 5. Even a 10 per over in the last 4 overs would have taken them to 180, but Malinga and Harbhajan gave just 12 runs in their two overs and Malinga took double wicket maiden over in the 20th as DC ended with 168.
Mumbai's start was not good as they lost Jayasuria for just 1, but Tendulkar and Duminy handled the situation well as they put on 82 in 9.1 overs. Tendulkar fell in the first over after strategic break and that changed the match. Dhawan fell immediately for 3. Bravo scored 21 while Nayar had 10. Duminy got out at the crucial stage for 47. The last 5 overs required 61 with 5 wickets in hand. Bravo and Harbhajan managed to bring it down to 26 from 12 balls.
RP Singh bowled the 19th over. Bravo moved across to play it over short fine leg, but missed the ball and was plumb in front of the wicket. He gave away just 4 runs and increased the between the number of balls and the runs required.
Last 6 balls needed 22 runs. Zaheer and Harbhajan tried their best, but couldn't meet the necessary target though Bhajji hit a six in the 2nd ball. MI ended with 12 runs short.
With this victory, Deccan Charges have won all their three games played so far and lead the table with 6 points.
DC v. KKR
DC v. RC
Ojha took 3 crucial wickets for Deccan Chargers. He dismissed Tendulkar, Duminy and Dhwan. All three crucial wickets turned the match in favor of DC and earned him the man of the match award.
Scoreboard:
Match # 12
Date: Saturday April 25, 2009
Teams: Hyderabad Deccan Chargers v. Mumbai Indians
Captains: Gilchrist and Sachin
Toss: DC, elected to bat
Venue: Kingsmead, Durban
Result: DC won by 12 runs
Points: DC 2; MI 0
Man of the Match: Ojha of DC
Deccan Chargers Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Gilchrist | c Shah b Bravo | 35 | 20 | 3 | 3 |
| Gibbs | Run Out (Bravo / Z Khan) | 58 | 44 | 6 | 2 |
| D Smith | b Jayasuriya | 35 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
| Rohit Sharma | c Dhawan b Bravo | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Laxman | c Nayar b Bravo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Venugopal | b Malinga | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravi Teja | lbw b Malinga | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| RP Singh | c Jayasuriya b Harbhajan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Edwards | b Malinga | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ojha | Not Out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 7, w 5) | 14 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 9 wkts in 20 overs | 168 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-63 (Gilchrist, 6.5 ov), 2-124 (Smith, 12.5 ov), 3-136 (Sharma, 14.4 ov), 4-137 (Laxman, 14.6 ov), 5-141 (Gibbs, 15.4 ov), 6-156 (Venugopal Rao, 17.4 ov), 7-161 (Singh, 18.4 ov), 8-163 (Edwards, 19.2 ov), 9-168 (Ravi Teja, 19.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Edwards | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| RP Singh | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| Harmeet Singh | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| DR Smith | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ojha | 4 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| Rohit Sharma | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Venugopal | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
Mumbai Indian Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Jayasuriya | c Gilchrist b RP Singh | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Tendulkar | c Gibbs b Ojha | 36 | 27 | 3 | 2 |
| Duminy | c D Smith b Ojha | 47 | 40 | 4 | 2 |
| Dhawan | b Ojha | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bravo | lbw b Edwards | 21 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| Nayar | c Gilchrist b Harbhajan | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Harbhajan | c D Smith b RP Singh | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Z Khan | Not Out | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| PR Shah | Not Out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 6, w 6, nb 1) | 13 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 7 wkts in 20 overs | 156 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-4 (Jayasuriya, 1.4 ov), 2-86 (Tendulkar, 10.5 ov), 3-92 (Dhawan, 12.3 ov), 4-105 (Duminy, 14.3 ov), 5-120 (Nayar, 16.2 ov), 6-144 (Bravo, 18.2 ov), 7-154 (Harbhajan Singh, 19.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| S Akhtar | 7 | 1 | 32 | 0 |
| Umar Gul | 10 | 0 | 51 | 1 |
| I Anjum | 9 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| S Afridi | 10 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
| S Ajmal | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| S Malik | 2.1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
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