*Official* Indian Premier League 2010

[King Pietersen]

62% of people think Tendulkar is a better captain than Warne. No bias there at all.

Yeah, the match is basically over. You never know with Yusuf though, he could just go mental in the last 5 overs, possibly alongside someone like Dimi and get the Royals home. 70 off 30 isn't looking likely though, especially with this Dogra fella hanging around. Why on earth wasn't Dimi put in ahead of him?

 

[Arjun]

Mumbai's stock bowling is also quite laughable. Eight overs from part-timers is too big a risk in T20, the so-called batsman's game. Yusuf may just snatch it through Ali Murtaza and Sathish.

 

[King Pietersen]

Strategic mis-field there keeping Dogra at the wicket. Clever stuff from the bowler.

 

[Arjun]

Your thoughts on Royals' Amit Uniyal? He's only medium-pace, but he's outperformed the more prolific Shane Warne and Shaun Tait in his own team, bettered only by Mascarenhas. He wouldn't make the Royals' top four or five on most occasions, but seems to have done better here. It's been a good match for the domestic players, though Dimi has done his bit and Malinga has stifled the batting.

Now Yusuf Pathan hits a six to score his first IPL hundred, the third by an Indian in T20, and the IPL's fastest.

Yet another part-timer or filler bowler gets smashed in T20- this time, it's Sanath, no less.

 

[G.I.Joe]

37 ball 100. wow.

 

[King Pietersen]

Another 6 for Yusuf Pathan brings up his century. Been an excellent innings, a 1 man batting line-up so far today. 100 off 37 balls, brilliant.

 

[Sir Alex]

Oh rudi, what have you done. Not only you came in the way of the bowler but also denied them an opportunity to run out pathan.

Well played pathan.

 

[King Pietersen]

Wasn't Pathan that would have been run out, would have been Dogra.

 

[pasag]

wow

 

[ret]

59 of 24 needed so basically 15 fours of 24 balls. This guy Dogra has to start hitting or get out

 

[King Pietersen]

FFS, Pathan run out. Game over.

Dogra's a dire batsman though, wish he had been run out.

 

[King Pietersen]

Haha awesome. Slagging Dogra off worked, at last he opens up and plays a shot. Why couldn't he do this about 20 minutes ago?

 

[Arjun]

Now Pathan is run-out under that rather unfortunate condition at the non-striker's end. Then Dogra follows it up with a six. Then another. Lots of sixes here. And who are the victims? It's an easy guess. Batsman's game, but that's why you need good bowlers!

 

[S Chanderpaul]

FFS, Pathan run out. Game over.

Dogra's a dire batsman though, wish he had been run out.

Nice timing

 

[G.I.Joe]

Haha, Dogra going nuts now.... 6.6.4.4.

 

[Arjun]

With Rajagopal Sathish getting smashed around by a domestic FC regular from Himachal, I wonder, is this the end of the T20 specialist? We've seen this over a period of time, beginning from the IPL of 2009, that T20 specialists have been outperformed, often comprehensively, in their own form of the game, by Test regulars. Will this soon be the way forward?

 

[pasag]

Awesome. Is on delay on One so will be able to catch the whole thing in about an hour.

 

[The_roc]

Terrible death bowling from MI. Full tosses, leg side crap and wides

 

[Arjun]

Terrible death bowling from MI. Full tosses, leg side crap and wides

They've played four proper bowlers, and one of them is missing due to injury. This bowling is all they're left with, in this match. And now Zaheer finishes his spell, with only seven in his last over.

 

[King Pietersen]

Good luck getting anymore than 10 off Malinga's over.