Ganguly's men not only disappointed the few supporters in Mumbai crowd, but the entire cricketing fans.
The record low score in T20 history belongs to Kolkata Knight Riders lead by Ganguly.
The team which curtailed Delhi Daredevils witin 134, once again did not show their batting skills and were all out for half of what they scored in their previous match.
Put into bat by Sachin, Butt and Chopra opened the innings. Butt started the scoring with a for over Pollock's head in the first over.
He then hit a six of Nehra over cover. The start was good with 12 on the board at the end of 2 overs.
The slump started in the 3rd over. Pollock gave the break through with his brilliant bowling.
The well pitched ball took the outside edge and went straight to Tendulkar.
Ganguly, the new batsman, played the next ball to point and was watching the ball. Chopra looking for a run didn't see Ganguly watching the ball was almost near the batting crease.
Uthappa field it niecely and sent the ball back to Pollock, who collected it easily and knocked the stumps to send Akash Chopra back to pavilion for 1.
From 16 for no loss in 2 overs to 16 for 2 in 3 overs.
The inform batsamn David Hussey was dismissed by a superb outswinger by Pollock. Pollock was rocking with his line and length with a good amount of swing.
The ball pitched on a good length outside the off stump, drawing Hussey forward to drive the ball, but takes a light edge to Takawale. Big wicket for Mumbai, Hussye out for 3.
The sudden fall of wickets put Kolkata on the back foot. The run rate slowing down and at the end of 6 overs, Kolkata were 27 for 3.
Mohammad Hafeez was caught by Uthappa at second slip, rightly placed by Sachin off Pollock. It was a normal delivery pitched on off stump and swung away. Hafeez not sure whether to come forward or backward, steers it to second slip and was caught by Uthappa. 3rd wicket for Pollock.
Man of the Match ListPoints TableSachin used Pollock's full quota continuously and that was a good move. He was taking wickets and the right option by the skipper. He finished his spell with 4-0-12-3.
If it was raining sixes and fours for Mumbai Indians in the match against Chennai Super Kings, it was raining wickets for them in this match.
Saha was caught by Tendulkar off Bravo. It was a regulation catch at slip and 2nd catch for Tendulkar.
Raje struck in his first ball by bowling Shukla for a duck. The ball pitched on the middle and off, Shukla tried to play it on the leg side, misses the line and lost his off stump.
Agarkar hit two fours of the first two balls he faced. Ganguly was standing alone at one end, not able to go afer the bowlers.
At the end of 10 overs, Kolkata were 44 for 6.
Ganguly hit his 2nd four in the 12th over, the 16th ball he faced. He finally got out by a thick edge off Thornely, caught by Takawale. It bounced off the glove, but he took it at the end.
Bravo took his second wicket by sending Agarkar to pavilion. It was pitched on the outside off stump and Agarkar steered it to third man, but Sachin was standing in second slip to take a easy catch, his 3rd.
Ishanth Sharma gave an easy return catch to Thornely.
Final wicket of Shoaib Akhtar did not pick the slower delivery from Raje and gave an easy lolly pop catch to Tendulkar at short mid wicket.
Kolkata were dismissed for 67, the 5th lowest score in the T20 History.
As far as IPL, Bangalore Royal Challengers score was the lowest and now they have been pushed to the second spot.
Chasing a very easy target of 68, Mumbai Indians finished the formalities in just 5.3 overs, creating another history in terms of finishin the match quickly.
This is the fastest completed match in T20.
Jayasuria hit 3 sixes and 6 fours to remain not out on 48 off 17 balls. If he had scored another 2 runs, he would have created a record for fastest 50 beating Yousuf Pathan's rcord.
The chasing started with a drop catch at slips by Chopra. The ball was pitched short on the leg stump, and Jaysuriya tried to pull. The ball hit the glove and went over Chopra head in slip. The ball touched his fingers but he couldn't hold on to it and went for a four.
In the same over, Tendulkar was out for a duck in the first over, caught behind of Akhtar. The ball pitches on a good length around off stump and seams away from the right-hander, Tendulkar moves back and swishes away from his body, he gets a thick edge through to Saha who takes a simple catch.
He hit two fours off Ishant Sharma and 23 runs in Shoabit Akhtar's over.
He hit a four of the 2nd ball, a six of the next ball over long on. That was a superb shot and stunned Akhtar.
The next ball was two runs, followed by a four over extra cover.
The last ball was a six! That was incredible. A short ball on the leg stump, Jayasuriya moved across and plays a short arm pull and the ball soaring over deep midwicket.
With 17 more overs in hand, Mumbai needed just 24 runs to register their fifth successive victory.
Ishanth Sharma got the wicket of Uthappa caught by Ganguly. Tryint to play a half valley, he gave a simple catch at mid off.
At the end of 5 overs, Mumbai were 53 for 2 requiring another 15 runs.
Jayasuria finished the match in the next over bowled by Ishanth Sharma. First ball was a four, no run in the second ball.
Third ball was a no ball, but it was hit for a six over mid wicket. That is 17th six of the IPL, which is the highest by any batsman.
With a free hit, and four to win, the ball was pitched on the leg stump, rubbed the pads and went to four in fine leg. SM Pollock was declared man of the match for his wonderful bowling performance.
After the four successive loss and stamped as one of the poor teams, Mumbai has bounced back with five continuous wins.
Tendulkar mentioned this as a team effort and thanked the spectators for their full support. He said, the decisions were taken as a team and whenever needed Jayasuriya and Pollock are pitching in to help him.
As far his form, he said that he need to middle the ball instead of edging them.
Match 38
Venue: Mumbai
Date: May 16, 2008
Teams: Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders
Captains: Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly
Toss: Mumbai Indians and decided to field
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets with 87 balls remaining
Man of the Match: SM Pollock off Mumbai Indians (South Africa)
Points: Mumbai Indians-2; Kolkata Knight Riders-0
Score:
Kolkata Knight Riders 67 all out in 15.2 overs (Salman Butt 13, A Chopra 1, SC Ganguly 15, DJ Hussey 2, Mohammad Hafeez 5, WP Saha 1, LR Shukla 0, AB Agarkar 15, Shoaib Akhtar 2, I Sharma 4, AB Dinda 1 not out, Extras-8 (lb 2, wide 6), SM Pollock 4-0-12-3, A Nehra 3-0-17-0, DJ Bravo 3-1-13-2, RR Raje 2.2-0-16-2, DJ Thornely 3-0-7-2) lost to Mumbai Indias 68 for 2 in 5.3 overs (ST Jayasuriya 48 not out, SR Tendulkar 0, RV Uthappa 9, DJ Thornely 1 not out, Extras-10 (lb 5, wide 4, nb 1), Shoaib Akhtar 2-0-29-1, I Sharma 2.3-0-29-1, AB Agarkar 1-0-5-0)
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