To be frank, Mumbai panicked and lost the crcuial points in hand. Chasing 146, MU fell short by 2 runs losing all the wickets with one ball still in hand.
The match swung like pendulam starting with Mumbai as the favorites during RR's innings. Later, at the end the total was competitive, so kept it balanced.
While Mumbai batting, it swung in favor of RR but towards the end, until Sachin was in the crease, it was in Mumbai's favor. In the last ball, it stopped with RR.
Bravo and Takawale opened the innings, but Bravo fell in the 2nd over trying for a pull of a short ball which he miscued. Though two people trying for the catch, the bowler Munaf himself finally took it.
Rahane and Takawale added 14 in 21 balls for 2nd wicket. Rahane lost his wicket to Warne. Takawale followed him in the next over.
Jayasuriya and Tendulkar added 33 runs for the 4th wicket in 35 balls. The two experienced players had to ensure that they don't lose their wicket. Jayasuriya going for big hit over squre leg of the ball pitched on the leg stump was caught by Yusuf Pathan.
Mumbai needed 82 from 8 overs. Tendulkar opened up his shoulders with a six of Yusuf Pathan over long on.
Big blow came for Mumbai when Duminy dragged the ball to the stumps when he tried to cut to third man. Nayar joined Tendulkar for the 6th wicket.
66 runs required of 6 overs at 11 per over. Tendulakr hit 3 continuous over--all going straight back past the bowler and brought down the equation to 48 from 30 balls.
Tendulkar had to blame himself for playing a poor shot of Warne. With 5 runs coming in 2 balls including 3 wides, he moved across to sweep, missed it and trpped plumb in front of the wicket. Warne and RR delighted! Crucial wicket was lost for Mumbai.
39 required of 4 overs with Harbhajan and Nayar taking the challenge. Botha, who was cleared of the bowling action with a restriction on his doosra, went for two continuous fours by Nayar.
28 from 18 balls, 4 wickets in hand. Munaf Patel went for two continuous fours as well from Nayar.
14 from 12 balls, match in favor of MI. Botha had the ball in hand and went for 2 singles and a six in his first three balls. 6 from 9 balls. Nayar made a mistake when he tried to dig the ball and go for a run. The ball did not go far as expected and keeper Ojha picked it and removed the bails. Crucial wicket for RR as it put pressure on new batsmen.
Kulkarni didn't score the first ball he faced, next a wide and then a single was given to him. Tactical move by Warne as he moved fielders to deep to give single to Kulkarni and keep Harbhajan away from strike.
Last over, 4 runs, 3 wickets in hand. Munaf Patel bowled it superbly when he beat Kulkarni of the first ball. He tried to cut the ball to third man and missed it.
Kulkarni was trapped plumb in front of the wicket of a wonderfully bowled yorker.
4 balls, 4 runs, 2 wickets. Nanda, tried to swing a full toss, took the edge and went to midoff. He went for a run to give strike to Bhajji. Yusuf Pathan picked it cleanly and threw at the stumps.
3 balls, 4 runs, 1 wicket. Bhajji should not have done it with his experience. He pushed the low full toss to cover and went for a single.
2 balls, 3 runs, 1 wicket. Full toss on middle, Malinga hit it to cover and went for a single, but the fielder picks it easily and throws to Munaf who remove the bails, 2 points for RR.
Earlier, RR included Botha in the squad in place of M Morkel. The first wicket Quiney and Smith added 43 for the 1st wicket in 6.3 overs. A good start!
Yusuf Pathan was caught by Malinga of Nanda for 17. Quiney and Jadeja added 61 for the 6th wicket. Quiney scored a brilliant 51 off 40 balls which had 5 fours and 2 sixes. Jadeja contrbuted 42 in 32 balls.
Scoreboard:
Match # 45
Date: Thursday May 14, 2009
Teams: Rajasthan Royals v. Mumbai Indians
Captains: Warne and Sachin
Toss: RR, decided to bat
Venue: Kingsmead, Durban
Result: RR won by 2 runs
Points: RR 2; MI 0
Man of the Match: Shane Warne off RR
Rajasthan Royals Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Quiney | b Malinga | 51 | 40 | 5 | 2 |
| G Smith | c Duminy b Harbhajan | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| Y Pathan | c Malinga b Nanda | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| RA Jadeja | c Bravo b Jayasuriya | 42 | 32 | 4 | 1 |
| Chitnis | c Nayar b Bravo | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| N Ojha | c Rahane b Jayasuriya | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| J Botha | Not Out | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| S Warne | Run Out (Harbhajan/Jayasuriya) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 4) | 7 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 7 wkts in 20 overs | 145 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-43 (Smith, 6.3 ov), 2-65 (Pathan, 9.5 ov), 3-126 (Quiney, 15.5 ov), 4-141 (Chitnis, 18.3 ov), 5-142 (Jadeja, 19.1 ov), 6-144 (Ojha, 19.4 ov), 7-145 (Warne, 19.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Kulkarni | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Malinga | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Bravo | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Duminy | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Harbhajan | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Nanda | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Jayasuriya | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Mumbai Indians Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Bravo | lbw b A Morkel | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Takawale | lbw b A Morkel | 18 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| Rahane | c Badrinath b Tyagi | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayasuriya | c Dhoni b Oram | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Tendulkar | c Oram b Balaji | 40 | 30 | 4 | 1 |
| Duminy | c Hayden b Muralitharan | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nayar | Run Out (Muralitharan/Dhoni) | 35 | 18 | 4 | 1 |
| Harbhajan | c Tyagi b Oram | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Kulkarni | Not Out | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nanda | Not Out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Malinga | Not Out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 14, nb 1) | 18 | - | - | - |
| Total | all out in 19.5 overs | 143 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-9 (Bravo, 1.3 ov), 2-23 (Rahane, 4.6 ov), 3-23 (Takawale, 5.2 ov), 4-56 (Jayasuriya, 11.1 ov), 5-76 (Duminy, 13.1 ov), 6-103 (Tendulkar, 15.3 ov), 7-140 (Nayar, 18.4 ov), 8-142 (Kulkarni, 19.2 ov), 9-142 (Nanda, 19.3 ov), 10-143 (Malinga, 19.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Y Pathan | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| M Patel | 3.5 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| Trivedi | 4 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Warne | 4 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| Potha | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| RA Jadeja | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
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