And Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by a cool 33-run margin to clinch their second Champions League title. Some interesting stroke play by Glenn Maxwell got Mumbai the match, most reports say.
Glenn Maxwell helped power the Mumbai Indians to a 33-run win over the Rajasthan Royals to claim their second Champions League Twenty20 title.Maxwell blasted 37 runs from 14 balls…
– Rohit and Harbhajan also played their parts. Rohit hit Binny for a whopper in the 13th over which began the onslaught for the MI and ended with 33 (from 14). And Bhajji got his first four-wicket haul in the CLT20 2013 which gets him the best figures for a Mumbai bowler in the CLT20 2013.
There were two greats playing their last T20. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. One went home with the trophy, the other will live with a sad memory forever. Below is what they said about each other
One final time is nice. It’s funny that we’ve played against each other more in coloured clothing. You must remember that Sachin is seven years senior to me as a cricketer,” Dravid noted.
Tendulkar also recalled the Test where he captained Dravid for the first time.”I think I captained Rahul for the first time in whites, a Wills Trophy match in 1993 or 94. Any day in my team he would be the No.3,” he said.
– A sad day for cricket yesterday. Though Rahul Dravid was never considered the ideal ‘one-day’or T20 player. Dravid has been critcised often for his performance at the limited overs version. Viewed strictly as a test player, it was all forgotten yesterday.
Thankfully, no one remembered that a match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals on May 15 is under scanner in the ongoing IPL investigations.
Asad Rauf told Vindoo to “gamble your life on Mumbai”. Rauf was the umpire for the match and Mumbai Indians won the match against Rajasthan Royals.
What the ongoing investigation will bring to the table is anybody’s guess. But the betting scam has taken the sheen off the game. Wikipedia even has a page on it. Did you all sense it yesterday, there were not as may people glued to their television sets as on other final match days. Those who watched it were more involved because of Sachin and Rahul playing their last T20 at Kotla. Anyway, the battle is in the courts now, the latest development being N. Srinivasan’s return as BCCI chief kept on hold; Supreme Court proposes panel to probe IPL betting.
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