Sachin Tendulkar plays a captain’s knock as MI (Mumbai Indians) thrash RR (Rajasthan Royals) in IPL T20 cricket league

Sachin Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians captain is now also the Orange cap holder in IPL T20 as MI beat RR by 37 runs(Mumbai Indians 174/6 (Sachin Tendulkar 89*) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – 138/8 (Zaheer Khan 2/21)

Sachin Tendulkar got the Orange Cap for most runs in the IPL and once again proved he is the best while helping MI demolish RR in the IPL T20 league cricket match

Sachin Tendulkar proved his importance for the Mumbai Indians IPL team by methodically (royally) destructing the RR bowling attack. Sachin Tendulkar, the captain of the Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team, once again showed how an innings can be built methodically, even in T20 cricket

In the Indian Premier League,Sachin Tendulkar ’s knocks for the Mumbai Indians, keeps demonstrating how T20 cricket is not just slam bang cricket and there is a place in T20 cricket for a technically classic thinking batsman, who analyzes the cricket match and takes the right decisions based on the team situation

The Mumbai Indians were tottering against RR (Rajasthan Royals) having lost three wickets for almost nothing, but Sachin Tendulkar and Duminy steadied the batting

The Mumbai Indians batsmen seemed to forget that Sachin Tendulkar was in their midst, and actually allowed themselves to be intimidated by Shane Watson, the opening bowler for the Rajasthan Royals (RR). In a clear Shane Warne strategy masterclass, Shane Watson repeatedly bowled bouncers to the Mumbai Indians batsmen on a slow drying wicket. At the same time, Shane Watson continued to abuse the batsmen (its an Australian doing it, so the ICC will no issue about it ) and dared them to go for the hook

Unfortunately, barring Sachin Tendulkar, the rest of the early Mumbai Indians batsmen perished trying to hit back at Shane Watson and handed the Rajasthan Royals (RR) some easy wickets. Both Rayadu and Tiwari were extremely disappointing for the Mumbai Indians as they allowed Shane Watson to intimidate and fell to some poor hook shots

The Mumbai Indians were staring down a barrel but Sachin Tendulkar and J.P. Duminy steadied the batting against the slow Rajasthan Royals (RR) bowling with some singles and twos and not taking any risks

Sachin Tendulkar showed his entire range of shots for the Mumbai Indians vs RR in last five overs including tennis overhead shots and tips above the wicketkeeper

Watson returned for his second spell and Sachin Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians captain, was ready to show Shane Watson how to bat to a slow bouncer and avenge the earlier intimidation. What followed was a ruthless display of batting- Shane Watson tried to continue with the RR (Rajasthan Royals) strategy of bouncing the batsmen and Sachin Tendulkar responded with some tennis shots hit over the bowlers head.

Shane Watson of the Rajasthan Royals tried bowling a slow bouncer outside the off stump but the Sachin, the Mumbai Indians captain, weaved like a classic dancer out of the way and tipped the ball over the RR wicketkeeper. Incredible.

Dole dropped Sachin, the Mumbai Indians superstar, and he virtually dropped the IPL T20 match for RR (Rajasthan Royals)

Dole, the Rajasthan Royals fast bowler, will regret this dropped catch of Sachin Tendulkar for a really long time, as Sachin powered the Mumbai Indians to a score of 174 including 68 runs off the last five overs

Trivedi, another Rajasthan Royals find, came in for special treatment by Sachin Tendulkar, as the Mumbai Indians superstar plundered Trivedi in the company of Kieron Pollard

Rajasthan Royals (RR) were rocked by some awesome bowling by the Mumbai Indians- Sachin’s captaincy was amazing and Zaheer was incredible

Zaheer Khan, the Mumbai Indians and India swing bowler, was at his best and he rocked the RR (Rajasthan Royals) IPL cricket team by swinging the ball both ways. Soon, Ojha and Lumb, the RR (Rajasthan Royals) openers were on their way to the pavilion and RR IPL team was a spent force

Panic set in for the Rajasthan Royals (RR) cricket team and the MI cricket team (Mumbai Indians) were able to affect three runouts. It was soon all over for the Rajasthan Royals against some disciplined MI bowling and fielding and the rest of the IPL cricket league match was only of academic interest

Sachin Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians captain did a great job of not only leading from the front and scoring those 89 runs, but he also rallied his bowlers and fielders to give a ruthless display against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) IPL cricket team

Indians 212/6 off 20 overs (Ambati Rayadu 55 off 33 balls, SS Tiwary 53 off 33 balls) beat Rajasthan Royals 208/7 (Yusuf Pathan 100) in Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2010 cricket match

Rayadu and Tiwari had a classy partnership as the Mumbai Indians cricket team won their first T20 cricket match against the Rajasthan Royals. An excellent start by Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya for the Mumbai Indians was what the doctor ordered and the explosive batting by Rayadu and Tiwari was the icing on the cake

Ambati Rayadu was a classy selection by the Mumbai Indians think tank and Rayadu proved his worth in the very first Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals IPL cricket match

Ambati Rayadu, the current Mumbai Indians batting star, was one of the erstwhile stars of the ICL(Indian Cricket League) and had helped the Hyderabad Heroes win one of the ICL cricket tournament. Playing for the Mumbai Indians, Ambati Rayadu displayed the fearlessness and talent that can help the Mumbai Indians IPL 2010 cricket team win the Indian Premier League.

Coming in after the fall of Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya, the Mumbai Indians veteran star openers,Rayadu proved his confidence immediately by hoisting Mascrenhas for a huge hit to long on in the very first over. The interesting thing was that the Rajasthan Royals Twenty20 expert Mascrenhas had just picked two Mumbai Indians wickets in the same over, but Rayadu displayed his coolness by smashing Mascrenhas for a massive hit in the same over

Rayadu,in the company of SS Tiwary, continued to demolish the Rajasthan Royals bowling by smashing the Rajasthan Royals to all parts of the Braborne stadium

Ambati Rayadu and SS Tiwary cobbled up a 100 run partnership in about 55 balls as the Mumbai Indians moved to almost an unbeatable score against the hapless Rajasthan Royals bowling attack. Tiwari supported Rayadu ably and one particular back foot hoick off Shane Warne was particularly impressive

Lasith Malinga was his impressive self for the Mumbai Indians as Yusuf Pathan’s magical powerful knock for the Rajasthan Royals was nullified by Malinga

To beat the huge Ambati Rayadu inspired Mumbai Indians cricket score, the Rajasthan Royals were heavily dependent on the power hitting of Yusuf Pathan and Pathan did not disappoint the capacity crowd. Yusuf Pathan’s huge sixes for the Rajasthan Royals were a great answer to Rayadu ’s cool knock but in the end, the target of 212 set up by the Rayadu – Tiwari Mumbai Indians partnership proved to be too much for the Rajasthan Royals

After Yusuf Pathan ’s brilliant century, Malinga and Zaheer won the IPL match for the Mumbai Indian IPL3 cricket team. Lasith Malinga ’s yorkers ensured that Mascrenhas and Warne couldnt score the 13 runs required off Malinga’s last over.

The Mumbai Indians have made a great start in the IPL 2010 T20 cricket tournament and Ambati Rayadu can power the Mumbai Indians to their first Indian Premier League trophy

Scores : Rajasthan Royals 145/7 , Mumbai Indians 143 all out in 19.2 oversSachin Tendulkar’s Mumbai Indians needed just 6 runs to win off 9 balls and had 3 wickets in hand, but still managed to lose against the determined Rajasthan Royals cricket team,captained by the amazing Shane Warne

Sachin Tendulkar ’s Mumbai Indians need to shed their “chokers” tag immediately if they are to reach the semi finals of the IPL T20 cricket tournament

Sachin Tendulkar must be cursing himself, he played a classy innings (41 off 30 balls) for the Mumbai Indians and had already plundered the young Rajasthan Royals allrounder Ravindra Jadeja. Sachin Tendulkar had also already played a couple of brilliant strokes off Shane Warne’s bowling. However, when it mattered most, Sachin Tendulkar, who had been playing straight throughout his innings, played across to a flipper from Shane Warne and was plumb in front of the wicket

Abhishek Nayar stepped in for Sachin Tendulkar and revived the fortunes of the Mumbai Indians T20 IPL2 cricket team but couldnt finish it off against Shane Warne ’s confident Rajasthan Royals

Coming in to bat when the Mumbai Indians needed 48 runs off 30 balls, Abhishek Nayar played some amazing strokes off the Rajasthan Royals bowlers. Abhishek Nayar took toll of both Munaf Patel and Botha by stepping towards the leg side and hitting the ball powerfully to the off side boundary

However, once Abhishek Nayar was unluckily run out, the rest of the Mumbai Indians batting folded up in a succession of run outs and the cool, calm and confident Rajasthan Royals cricket team led by the remarkable Shane Warne,walked away with a win that the Mumbai Indians should have easily achieved

Sachin Tendulkar ’s Mumbai Indians lost another key close encounter against the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL T20 cricket tournament and need a Sachin miracle to reach the semifinals of IPL2 2009