Sachin Tendulkar produced a classic knock of 70 off 48 balls as the Mumbai Indians thrashed Ganguly’s Kolkata KnightRiders (KKR)

KKR 155/3(Gayle 70), Mumbai Indians 157/4 off 18 overs(Sachin Tendulkar 70 not out). The Mumbai Indians captain, Sachin Tendulkar demonstrated why it is stupid to underestimate legends even in T20 cricket

“Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar cannot play T20 cricket” – After another classy T20 vs Kolkata’s KKR, will someone say that again

Sachin Tendulkar , the Mumbai Indians captain was supposed to be a cricketer who was good for only test and one day cricket. Once again, Sachin Tendulkar has refuted his critics by smashing an amazing knock of 70 off just 48 balls against the Ganguly led Kolkata KKR cricket team

That’s why I feel happy whenever critics take on the Mumbai Indians captain, Sachin Tendulkar. Criticism only spurs Sachin to bring out his best as he demonstrated his class once again in the Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata KKR T20 IPL cricket match

Gayle and Sourav Ganguly did well by getting Kolkata KKR to a score of 155 runs vs the Sachin led Mumbai Indians

Chris Gayle and Sourav Ganguly handled the Mumbai bowling attack quite well as the Kolkata KnightRiders (KKR) eased to a score of 155 runs. Not a great score by KKR, but with a good bowling attack led by Shane Bond and Ishant Sharma, Ganguly and his KKR team must have been confident of putting up a good fight against Sachin’s Mumbai Indians cricket team

Sachin Tendulkar and Shikar Dhawan got the Mumbai Indians off to a really good start vs the Kolkata KKR bowling attack

Sachin Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians captain, showed why there are no real friends on the cricket field in the IPL, as he launched a brutal attack on his test match pal, Kolkata KnightRiders’ Ishant Sharma, knocking him for three continous fours. It was clearly evident that Ishant Sharma had no clue about the line or length to bowl as Sachin Tendulkar unleashed a few classy straight drives off Ishant’s bowling

Ishant Sharma was really lucky to be playing for the Kolkata’s KKR cricket team vs the Mumbai Indians, as he had the best and closest view of one of the best visual treats on offer- a Sachin Tendulkar straight drive scorching past him to the long on boundary

Kolkata ’s KKR cricket team had some hopes after the fall of the Mumbai Indians opener Dhawan, but Sachin was still around

Sachin Tendulkar and SS Tiwari, the one down Mumbai Indians opening batsman, cautiously negotiated the bowling of Murali Kartik, the Kolkata KnightRiders left arm spinner. One of the amazing mysteries of Indian cricket selection is the absence of Murali Karthik in the Indian cricket team- Clearly Kartik is the best spinner on display in the IPL (if you ignore the retired Kumble) and the Kolkata KnightRiders (KKR) franchise is lucky to have got him in their side

Kartik however dropped the Mumbai Indians vs KKR cricket match, when he dropped a sitter off Sachin Tendulkar. Ganguly, the prescient captain of the Kolkata KKR cricket team, realised that this was probably the last chance for the Kolkata KnightRiders, could only watch in dismay and Kartik ’s lame excuse of the floodlights blinding him was not going to save him from his captain’s fury

Sachin Tendulkar and Tiwari then consolidated for the Mumbai Indians IPL T20 cricket team and started to smash the Kolkata KKR bowling to all parts of the cricket ground

In the company of Sachin Tendulkar, Tiwari produced some really good flat batted hits to smash the Kolkata KKR bowlers to the straight boundary. Tiwari and Sachin seemed to be on their way to guide the Mumbai Indians to an easy win over the Kolkata KnightRiders when Ganguly, the KKR captain, took a stunning catch to dismiss Tiwari

Pollard, the most expensive player in the Mumbai Indians cricket team did not last long in the company of Sachin and the Kolkata KKR cricket team sensed an opportunity

Pollard obviously has not got used to the carnival atmosphere in the IPL and failed with the bat again, as the Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team were left with new Sathish to give Sachin Tendulkar company for the Mumbai Indians. Sathish is an expert T20 cricket exponent and he clearly demonstrated his ICL expertise to guide the Mumbai Indians home against the Kolkata KKR (KnightRiders) cricket team

Sachin Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians captain, was unbeaten on 70 off just 48 balls, and guided the Mumbai Indians to the win vs the Kolkata KnightRiders

With this win vs Kolkata’s KKR, Sachin Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians captain, once again demonstrated that class is permanent and legends cannot be dismissed easily in all forms of cricket, including T20 cricket ]]> http://www.mumbaiindian.com/sachin-tendulkar-drives-mumbai-fans-crazy-as-mumbai-win-vs-kolkata-kkr-in-ipl-t20-2010/feed 3 http://www.mumbaiindian.com/duminyzaheermalinga-mumbaiindiansvs-kolkata http://www.mumbaiindian.com/duminyzaheermalinga-mumbaiindiansvs-kolkata#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 16:57:06 +0000 MumbaiIndianTopFan http://www.mumbaiindian.com/?p=144 Scores : Mumbai Indians 148/6, KKR 139 /6Duminy was the star of the Mumbai Indians batting lineup with an incredible knock of 52 runs of just 37 balls, with four huge sixes. The Mumbai Indians were tottering again having lost both Sachin Tendulkar and Jayasuriya with the score at just above fifty,when Duminy stepped into the crease

Duminy played a responsible innings and only hit out in the last four overs during the Mumbai Indians battings against the KKR IPL T20 cricket team

Duminy was really circumspect to start with, since Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya, the key Mumbai IPL team batsmen were back in the pavilion. In the last four overs, Duminy really opened up to help the Mumbai Indians score almost fifty runs , lined with four huge sixes

The second Mumbai Indians Vs KKR (Kolkata KnightRiders) IPL2 T20 cricket match was a really close affair

Sachin Tendulkar ’s Mumbai Indians knew that this encounter with the Kolkata KnightRiders was going to be tougher than the previous IPL2 T20 cricket match against the same opposition, after having notched up a comparatively smaller score.

Hodge really played a good knock for the Kolkata KnightRiders (KKR) but somehow it seemed that Hodge did not plan the run chase too well and left too many runs to get in the last few overs

With 30 runs to get in the last three overs, the Kolkata KnightRiders T20 batsmen couldnt make the target as they had Zaheer Khan and Malinga to contend with

Lasith Malinga and Zaheer Khan were the pick of the bowlers for the Mumbai IPL T20 cricket team

Lasith Malinga bowled an incredible spell with almost every ball being an unplayable swinging yorker that seemed to hunt for the toes of the batsmen. Malinga may not have got any wickets but his bowling was terrific again and probably the difference between the Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata KnightRiders cricket teams

Zaheer Khan was responsible for the early breakthroughs by getting the dangerous Gayle and “Dada” Saurav Ganguly cheaply. Zaheer also bowled an excellent spell at the death as the Mumbai Indians scraped through this exciting cricket match against KKR (Kolkata KnightRiders)

Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya proved why they are the most feared opening batsmen in the cricket world even today, even at the age of 36 and even in T20 cricket.

The Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata KnightRiders IPL 2T20 cricket match got reduced to a farce as Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya treated the Kolkata bowlers with disdain and thrashed them to all parts of the cricket ground

By virtue of this incredible partnership in this Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata KnightRiders IPL 2 T20 cricket match,Sachin and Jayasuriya once again showed that class is permanent and age doesnt count for cricket superstars

Sachin and Jayasuriya set up the match beautifully for Malinga who bowled some incredibly fast yorkers so that the Kolkata KnightRiders simply had no hope against the Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata KnightRiders Tweets T20 IPL2 Commentary

Jayasuriya has been surprisingly quiet as the opener of the Mumbai Indians during the IPL 2 T20 2009 cricket tournament. It will not be surprising if Jayasuriya launches a devastating assault on the Kolkata KnightRiders and helps the Mumbai Indians beat the Kolkata KnightRiders (KKR) IPL T20 cricket team

The Sachin Tendulkar – Sanath Jayasuriya opening combination for the Mumbai Indians is among the most dreaded batting combinations in the IPL 2 T20 cricket tournament and it will be great if we can see the Mumbai Indians cricket team get off to a blistering start

The Kolkata KnightRiders (KKR) cricket team may lose to the Mumbai Indians, unless the former can get its act together

Lets face it- The Kolkata KnightRiders (KKR) have an incredible IPL cricket team with Brendon Mcculum, Ganguly and Chris Gayle at the top of the batting order, but the KKR team has been mismanaged

The Australian coach Buchanan and Shah Rukh Khan the owner have to equally share the responsibility of the low morale of this talented bunch of cricketers in the Kolkata KnightRiders cricket team. The Fake IPL Player blog and even today’s Times Of India carries some more stories about the infighting in the Kolkata KnightRiders T20 cricket team and this should work to the advantage of the Mumbai Indians team in this Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata KnightRiders T20 IPL2 cricket encounter

In contrast, the Mumbai Indians T20 IPL2 team seems to be united, upbeat and revels in the company of stalwarts like Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya and Graeme Pollock

A Gayle storm is probably the only chance that the Kolkata KnightRiders can win the KKR vs Mumbai Indians T20 cricket match

Individual performances by batsmen such as Chris Gayle, Saurav Ganguly “Dada” or Brendon Mcculum may see the Kolkata KnightRiders (KKR) T20 IPL 2 cricket team win the Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata KnightRiders (KKR) T20 IPL cricket match. “Dada”, Saurav Ganguly, has been again mistreated by another Australian cricket coach and Ganguly will be eager to prove a point in this T20 IPL 2 cricket match against the Mumbai Indians

Malinga Vs Gayle and Ishant Vs Sachin are some of the memorable battles to be seen in this Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata KnightRiders cricket match

Malinga “the slinger” will take on Gayle , the “hurricane” and Sachin, the greatest Indian batsman ever will take on Ishant Sharma,the best young Indian fast bowler

The Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata KnightRiders (KKR) T20 IPL2 cricket match has the Mumbai Indians as the favorites but is definitely worth a watch