Sri Lanka struggled to contain the flow of runs in sunny conditions after lunch as Latham cruised to his 29th Test half-century
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It was one of the best matches in the competition . Mumbai started terribly, losing three early wickets and struggled to score quickly before the strategy break. Tendulkar then cut loose to bring the asking rate down before Nayar took Mumbai to the brink of victory. Nayar was dismissed at a crucial time. A great win for Royals. Rajasthan go up to No.3 on the points table, and Mumbai slip to sixth.
Fine attempt by the Mumbai Indians in the last few overs. Jadeja and Quiney were threatening to take the attack to Mumbai and get to a challenging total. But they were removed at just about the right time. Nothing is very easy. Pitch is very slow. Mumbai face a stiff challenge. It will be an interesting run-chase.
The Sachin Tendulkar led team have recovered from a hat-trick of losses and have registered two back-to-back wins over Bangalore and Punjab to put their campaign back on track. The team’s batting looks solid with Tendulkar, JP Duminy and Dwayne Bravo being among the runs. In the bowling department, the absence of Zaheer has not affected the team with Malinga and Harbhajan leading the attack well. However, Sanath Jayasuriya’s form remains a concern and Tendulkar would expect the Sri Lankan to wriggle out of the bad patch and play his natural, adventurous cricket against Rajasthan.
Rajasthan’s current form is not too encouraging and after the team’s loss to Chennai and Hyderabad in its last two matches, Warne’s imposing presence would surely be missed by the defending champions while taking on Mumbai. Rajasthan’s batting is too dependent on Graeme Smith and Yusuf Pathan although Naman Ojha, who was initially sent back, has turned out to be quite a surprise package.
SR Tendulkar, DJ Bravo, S Dhawan, JP Duminy, CRD Fernando, Harbhajan Singh, ST Jayasuriya, Z Khan, DS Kulkarni, R McLaren, SL Malinga, KD Mills, Mohammad Ashraful, C Nanda, AM Nayar, AM Rahane, RR Raje, L Ronchi, JN Shah, PR Shah, RA Shaikh, YV Takawale, SS Tiwary
SK Warne, G Singh, PS Chavan, A Angle, SA Asnodkar, J Botha, LA Carseldine, SD Chitnis, RV Gomez, SM Harwood, T Henderson, RA Jadeja, Kamran Khan, JL Langer, A Malik, Mohammed Arif, PP More, M Morkel, NV Ojha, MM Patel, NK Patel, YK Pathan, RJ Quiney, AS Raut, M Rawat, AS Sharma, A Singh, GC Smith, SW Tait, SK Trivedi, PC Valthaty, SR Watson
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