After conceding that early boundary in the first over, Yuzvendra Chahal, he has done rather well to pull it back again. Only four runs conceded off the last 10 balls and to put up a suitable icing on the cake, he has also gone on to send Mayank Agrawal back.
Royal Challengers Bangalore V Mumbai Indians CLT20 2011 Final Live: Mumbai Get Kohli, Bangalore Stumble
Mumbai Indians looked to be on top at the end of the 15th over of the innings, with Bangalore having lost half their side and needing 59 to win the game on a slow pitch.
But the big dismissal, as we had spoken of in the previous piece, is that of Virat Kohli, caught trying to slog sweep Harbhajan Singh over the mid-wicket fence. Kohli was a danger-man, having won two successive man-of-the-matches to get the side to the final, but frustration seems to have got the better of him.
18 balls for 11 runs for Kohli before that stroke that led to his dismissal was rather painstaking from someone who had smashed 154 in the last two games at an excellent strike-rate. The 19th ball he faced brought his end.
73/4 becomes 74/5 off the very next ball as the pitch continues to slow down at the rate of knots! Chahal seems to have got into a superb rhythm, getting the ball to turn and seems to have got the landing rights as well. He gets the match-winner from the South Australia game, Arun Karthik, dismissed for a duck. The lack of pace doing the trick for Chahal who now has bowled three overs for nine runs and grabbed two wickets.
Pollard follows it up with a two-run over while Franklin’s opening over goes for only four which means that Bangalore needs 59 from their last five overs. And with half their side back into the hut.
How the Royal Challengers Bangalore would be wishing that one of their openers, Gayle or Dilshan would have batted through at least half the overs. Doff your hat to Harbhajan’s captaincy as well, for allowing Malinga that extra over.
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