 Karthik takes Delhi Daredevils closer to semi-finals
25th May 2008 09:00 IST
Agencies
Earlier, Sanath Jayasuriya's incendiary 66 and late bloomer Robin Uthappa's unbeaten two-run-a-ball 46 powered the Mumbai Indians to 176/8.
It was vintage Jayasuriya stuff on display at the Ferozeshah Kotla and Sehwag's decision to insert the Mumbai Indians seemed to have boomeranged with fours and sixes flowing at an alarming rate from the Sri Lankan's blazing blade.
Jayasuriya showed how much he loathes to play second fiddle, even if it's to Sachin Tendulkar (18). The Sri Lankan completely outshone his illustrious partner at the non-striker's end, who dealt mostly in pushes and nudges, punctuated by the occasional boundary.
After tormenting Brett Geeves, Jayasuriya smote Yo Mahesh for back-to-back sixes and followed it up with a boundary before Mahesh pushed one through Tendulkar's gate to drop curtains on the burgeoning stand which had yielded 70 runs in just over seven overs.
A nonchalant Jayasuriya then sent Amit Mishra to the stand as Mumbai cruised to the 100-mark in the 12th over. Mishra, however, had his man in his next over when Jayasuriya perished at long-off after a violent 42-ball knock, sprinkled with six boundaries and five sixes.
Uthappa was slow to get off the block but he redeemed himself with back-to-back fours off Geeves before hitting three boundaries on the trot off Glenn McGrath, which is an achievement in itself.
In the final over, Uthappa hit Mahesh for two successive sixes as the Mumbai side crossed the 175-mark. |
