Perth Scorchers vs Mumbai Indians 19th CLT20 Match 2013

149/6
20 Overs
Sam Whiteman
51(32)
Ashton Agar
35(40)
Nathan Coulter..
19/3
Pragyan Ojha
17/2
152/4
13.2 Overs
Rohit Sharma
51(24)
Dwayne Smith
48(25)
Brad Hogg
26/2
Jason Behrendo..
31/2

Scorecard - Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets

Mumbai Indians qualify for the play-offs in style - The 19th match of the Champions League saw Perth Scorchers and Mumbai Indians come against each other. This was an important match as a win here for Mumbai will ensure them a place in the play-offs. After winning the toss the IPL champions decided to field first. The Scorchers got a good start from their openers as they scored 55 runs for the 1st wicket but it was scored slowly in 9.2 overs. Soon in the 10th over the team saw fall of 2 wickets and that brought the team under pressure. Hilton Cartwright and Sam Whiteman helped the team to recover as they played some sensible cricket. Cartwright scored 28 runs and lost his wicket in the 16ht over leaving his team at a score of 114/3. After this wickets kept on falling as no player was able to bat well. Whiteman was the only batsman who scored 51 runs and took his team to a total of 149 in 20 overs. Nathan Coulter-Nile was the best bowler who took 3 wickets in the match giving away only 19 runs.

The Mumbai Indians lost the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar and Glenn Maxwell early but the main hero of this match was Darren Smith and Rohit Sharma. Both the batsmen showed some great hitting power and scored runs easily for the team. Smith scored 48 runs while Sharma scored 51 runs to take their team closer to victory. The game was finished by Kieron Pollard and Ambati Raydu scoring 23 and 14 respectively. The target of 150 was achieved in 13.2 overs and thus Mumbai not only won the math but also qualified for the play-offs. Rohit Sharma was named as the man of the match for his brilliant captaincy and batting.

Series Name

Champions League T20 2013 Schedule

Date

02/10/2013

Start Time

16:00 (Local Time)

Match Day

Wednesday

Stadium

Arun Jaitley Stadium

Playing Teams

Perth Scorchers, Mumbai Indians

Perth Scorchers Team Squad

Ashton Agar,	Brad Hogg,	Simon Katich,
Jason Behrendorff,	Tom Triffitt,	Ashton Turner,
Sam Whiteman,	Joel Paris,	Hilton Cartwright,
Michael Beer,	Marcus North,

Mumbai Indians Team Squad

Sachin Tendulkar,	Rohit Sharma,	Harbhajan Singh,
Pragyan Ojha,	Glenn Maxwell,	Kieron Pollard,
Dinesh Karthik,	Ambati Rayudu,	Dwayne Smith,
Nathan Coulter-Nile,	Rishi Dhawan,

Perth Scorchers vs Mumbai Indians 19th CLT20 Match 2013

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