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Mumbai, May 20 (PTI) Rohit Sharma cracked his third fifty in the ongoing Indian Premier League to lift Mumbai Indians from a dawdling start to 133 for five against Rajasthan Royals in their penultimate round-robin match at the Wankhede Stadium here on Friday.
Sharma, who came to the crease when the home team had slumped to 17 for 2 after 4 overs, slammed five fours and a six in his 47-ball 58-run innings before being dismissed by Australian spin legend Shane Warne, who is playing his swansong match on Friday.
Sharma was involved in two fruitful stands �- 48 runs with captain Sachin Tendulkar who made an unimpressive 31 in 35 balls and 53 runs in 39 balls for the fourth wicket with Kieron Pollard (20) - that upped the scoring rate.
Shane Watson emerged as the pick of the bowlers for the Royals, who are already out of contention for a berth in the play-offs, with a haul of three for 19. Left arm spinner Ankit Chavan bowled very well and was not fortunate to gain the wicket of Tendulkar in his four overs.
Mumbai''s performance was an improvement over their pathetic 94 for 8 at Jaipur in their first leg clash last month which they had lost, but the total was still well below their own expectations.
The home team struggled to get going after opting to bat first. Royals opened with left arm spinner Chavan and Watson and kept the duo on right through the power play overs at the end of which the hosts were a poor 26 for two.
Chavan, in fact, was unlucky as he rapped Tendulkar on the pads twice but on both occasions umpire Paul Reiffel shot down his appeals for leg before. TV replays suggested that the home team skipper was out.
He was rapped on the pad off the first ball he faced from Chavan and then again in the seventh over and was lucky to be given not out on both occasions. The left-arm spinner impressed with the turn he got off the track in his four-over stint for 17 runs without success.
Tendulkar had Tirumalasetti Suman as his fifth opening partner in the tournament with a view to provide the team with a meaningful start but the move failed to click.
Suman, after hitting Watson over the covers audaciously for a four, flicked the next ball straight to short mid-wicket fielder Ashok Meneria.
Watson then sent back man-in-form Ambati Rayudu, caught by Ross Taylor running behind at short extra cover off a leading edge, to reduce Mumbai Indians to 17 for 2 at the end of four overs. .
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Sharma, who came to the crease when the home team had slumped to 17 for 2 after 4 overs, slammed five fours and a six in his 47-ball 58-run innings before being dismissed by Australian spin legend Shane Warne, who is playing his swansong match on Friday.
Sharma was involved in two fruitful stands �- 48 runs with captain Sachin Tendulkar who made an unimpressive 31 in 35 balls and 53 runs in 39 balls for the fourth wicket with Kieron Pollard (20) - that upped the scoring rate.
Shane Watson emerged as the pick of the bowlers for the Royals, who are already out of contention for a berth in the play-offs, with a haul of three for 19. Left arm spinner Ankit Chavan bowled very well and was not fortunate to gain the wicket of Tendulkar in his four overs.
Mumbai''s performance was an improvement over their pathetic 94 for 8 at Jaipur in their first leg clash last month which they had lost, but the total was still well below their own expectations.
The home team struggled to get going after opting to bat first. Royals opened with left arm spinner Chavan and Watson and kept the duo on right through the power play overs at the end of which the hosts were a poor 26 for two.
Chavan, in fact, was unlucky as he rapped Tendulkar on the pads twice but on both occasions umpire Paul Reiffel shot down his appeals for leg before. TV replays suggested that the home team skipper was out.
He was rapped on the pad off the first ball he faced from Chavan and then again in the seventh over and was lucky to be given not out on both occasions. The left-arm spinner impressed with the turn he got off the track in his four-over stint for 17 runs without success.
Tendulkar had Tirumalasetti Suman as his fifth opening partner in the tournament with a view to provide the team with a meaningful start but the move failed to click.
Suman, after hitting Watson over the covers audaciously for a four, flicked the next ball straight to short mid-wicket fielder Ashok Meneria.
Watson then sent back man-in-form Ambati Rayudu, caught by Ross Taylor running behind at short extra cover off a leading edge, to reduce Mumbai Indians to 17 for 2 at the end of four overs. .
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