BackFitting farewell for Tendulkar as Mumbai win Champions League
Sachin Tendulkar, Royals skipper Rahul Dravid both announced quitting T20 after Sunday’s match
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New Delhi: The Mumbai Indians on Sunday gave a fitting farewell to Sachin Tendulkar’s Twenty20 (T20) career by notching up a comprehensive 33-run victory over the Rajasthan Royals to clinch the Champions League title.
This is the second CLT20 title for the winners of the sixth season of the Indian Premier League, having previously won the 2011 edition.
Chasing a massive 203-run target, the Royals folded for 169 even after a strong start that saw them scoring 100 runs in nine overs.
Tendulkar and Royals skipper Rahul Dravid, both of whom announced quitting T20 after Sunday’s match, were out for low scores.
Despite openers Ajinkya Rahane (65) and Sanju Samson (60) chipping in with quick-fire half-centuries, the Mumbai Indians bowlers came up with impressive bowling performance towards the end of the innings to script a win.
India discard Harbhajan Singh finished with impressive 4-0-32-4 with three wickets coming in just one over, which proved to be the turning point of the match. Kieron Pollard chipped in with three wickets for 31.
From 155/3 in 16 overs, the Royals collapsed dramatically to lose as many as six wickets for just 14 runs.
Earlier, the Mumbai Indians batsmen fired in unison to post 202 for six.
After a solid start by opener Dwayne Smith (44) and a valuable 33 off 14 balls by skipper Rohit Sharma in the middle, Glenn Maxwell’s 14-ball 37 cameo in the end took the IPL champions past 200-run mark.
This was the highest total for the Mumbai Indians, who scored 142 runs in their last 10 overs on Sunday, in the Champions League. PTI
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