Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Mumbai Indians
When: April 17, 2010, 4 pm
Where: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Who won: Mumbai Indians
How: By 57 runs
Man-of-the-match: Ryan McLaren
MVP of the match: Ambati Rayudu
What’d he do?: He was the one that got things started for the Mumbai outfit. His 46 off 27 balls set the foundation for the likes of Pollard and Duminy to exploit in the latter stages.
Turning point: Well begun is half the job done - RCB never got going and were behind the eight ball right from the word go. No momentum, no impetus - a complete non-starter proved by the fact that the Challengers took 23 balls to hit their first boundary.
Longest hit: Rayudu danced down the track and up she went, way way over the long-on boundary for a 93-metre monster hit.
Innovative stroke: Necessity breeds invention - MI certainly needed some invention and Rayudu provided just that with a delectable shuffle and flick behind square.
Dot-ball hero: Dilhara Fernando kept a tight leash on the RCB batsmen throughout, suffocating the Challengers’ chase with 14 dot balls.
Captain vs. Captain: Disappointing with the ball, bereft of ideas while captaining, Anil Kumble had a day to forget. His compatriot and opposite number, on the other hand, had a gala time. Despite failing with the bat, Sachin Tendulkar did the most important thing a captain needs to – winning the match.
Moment of the match: “Hit that”, said McLaren and Kallis had no chance and found his middle stump lying on the ground in disarray, much like RCB’s hopes of victory after losing their batting lynchpin.
Interesting fact of the match: RCB took 23 balls in their innings to find the boundary rope. Kallis’ six off Zaheer Khan was RCB’s first boundary of the match.
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