Jaipur, April 11: A match winning innings of 89 off just 59 balls by Sachin Tendulkar sealed the semifinal berth for Mumbai Indians in their game against Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here tonight.Mumbai was helped by Royals in their 37-run win as three of their top order batsmen got run out chasing a target of 175.
Zaheer Khan bowled an immaculate line for the visiting side, giving away just 17 runs and picking up wickets of in-form Naman Ojha and Adam Voges. Dhawal Kulkarni, playing his first game of the competition, Harbhajan Singh and Kieron Pollard chipped in with a wicket each.
Earlier, Watson brought Royals back in the game with three quick wickets in his first two overs but Sachin, who was let-off by Aditya Dole when he was at 45, played the lone hand for the Mumbai side and brought the momentum back in the visiting team’s favour at the mid-innings break.
For Royals, Shane Watson took three wickets while Trivedi and Dole contributed with a wicket each.
In reply, three wickets within the first three overs sealed the fate of Royals. Michael Lumb (8 off 6 deliveries) could not make use of the two chances he got in the first over and got out at covers to JP Duminy, who took a good low catch towards his left off Dhawal Kulkarni.
Naman Ojha, could not continue his good form and got out in slip without scoring. But Shane Watson’s run out by Ambati Rayudu really put Royals in the shell. The Australian all-rounder could only add one run.
Faiz Fazal (10 off 15 balls) became the victim of an alert Jayasuriya who ran him out with a straight throw to Harbhajan at the bowler’s end.
Yousuf Pathan could not encore his blitzkrieg against the same side earlier in the tournament and holed out at short third man to Harbhajan. Efforts of Abhishek Raut (20 off 17 balls) and Aditya Dole (30 off 18 balls) went in vain as their team could touch 137/8 in 20 overs.
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