IPL 5: Mumbai demolish Rajasthan by 10 wickets

May 21, 2012

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A 163–run partnership between Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Smith for the first wicket has ensured Mumbai Indians cruise to a ten-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League match at Jaipur. The Mumbai duo bettered the previous best of 159 by Chennai Super Kings' Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay in IPL 4.

Chasing a challenging total of 163, Mumbai were given a solid start by openers Tendulkar and Smith. The duo were involved in an unbeaten partnership that steered visitors past the target in 18 overs. Rajasthan bowlers didn't seem to have any answer to the big partnership of Mumbai openers.

Luck was also with Mumbai as both Smith and Tendulkar got a few reprieves. While Smith was let off when wicketkeeper Dishant Yagnik missed an easy stumping off Brad Hogg in the left-arm spinner's first over, Tendulkar had a close shave before the ball went through a diving Watson's hands.

Earlier, Dhawal Kulkarni staked his claim for a place in the Mumbai Indians line-up ahead of the playoffs with a superb three-wicket spell but still Rajasthan managed to score 162 for 6. The right-arm medium pacer ended with the figures of 3 for 18.

Shane Watson top-scored for Rajasthan with 45 off 36 balls that included four boundaries and two sixes before Owais

Shah and Ashok Menaria provided the late flourish to post a challenging total. After winning the toss and opting to bat first, Rahul Dravid lasted just five deliveries before sending a thick edge off Kulkarni to Dinesh Karthik behind the stumps for five.

The hosts were dealt another blow in the sixth over when Ajinkya Rahane (13) was sent back as he pulled a short ball straight to midwicket. Watson along with Stuart Binny added 53 runs for the third wicket to stabilise Rajasthan's innings, before Kieron Pollard struck to remove both men. Pollard ran Binny out and Watson ended up holing out to deep midwicket after mistiming Pollard's final delivery in the 14th over.

Shah then produced a few hits to the fence, including a six and a four off Pollard, to prop up Rajasthan's innings. He along with Ashok Menaria (21) shared a 43-run stand and kept the scoreboard ticking over with the home side setting target of 163.




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August 5,2020

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News Network
April 8,2020

London, Apr 8: England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler has raised more than 65,000 pound (USD 80,000) to help fight the coronavirus by auctioning off his World Cup final shirt.

Buttler's shirt, which he wore when completing the last-ball run-out that saw England beat New Zealand at Lord's last year, was sold to raise money for specialist heart and lung centres provided by the Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals in London.

Buttler, who earlier in the showpiece match had hit a fifty and batted in the Super Over, put his long-sleeve keeping jersey up for sale on eBay a week ago.

By the time the auction closed on Tuesday, the shirt had attracted 82 bids with the winner paying 65,100 pound.

Buttler, speaking on Monday, said: "It's a very special shirt but I think it takes on extra meaning with it being able to hopefully go to the emergency cause.

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April 7,2020

London, Apr 7: Bowling coach Waqar Younis feels that it was the absence of pacers Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir which saw Pakistan getting whitewashed during Australia tour last year.

Amir and Riaz had quit the red-ball format ahead of the matches against Australia in 2019.

"Just before the Australia series, they ditched us and we had the only choice to pick youngsters.

We were the new management and decided to go on with taking in the younger lot and groom them. ESPNcricinfo quoted Younis as saying.

Pakistan was not able to win a single match in Australia as they got defeated both in T20Is and Test series.

"It's not like we have lost a lot, but yes they left us at the wrong time. But anyway, we don't have any grudge against them," Younis added.

"We cannot control players' choice on what they want to play, but then there should be a mechanism so we all are on board. "It's not like I am saying we could have won in Australia but we could have done better than what we have done," he opined.

Amir gave up the red ball format in July in order to manage his workload and extend his white-ball career for Pakistan as well as in T20 leagues around the world, while Riaz took an "indefinite break" from Test cricket in September last year.

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