Match No 15: Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Jo’burg on 19.09.10: Mumbai Indians won by two wickets on the last ball of the match

Mumbai won this game by two wickets providing the third occasion of a team winning a match by single digit margin in the tournament. Lions had won its game against Mumbai by nine runs margin at Jo’burg on 10.09.10 and Trinidad and Tobago had won its game by three runs against Deccan at Hyd-RGS on 14.10.09. Thus Mumbai’s 02 runs win in this game represents the narrowest victory by runs margin in the tournament.

DW Steyn captured 3 for 26 in this game to provide the 37^th occasion of a bowler to capture three or more wickets in the tournament. His figures provide the fifth occasion of RCB bowler to capturing three wickets in CLT20 games. Others are – 3 for 32 by P Kumar vs Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09, 3 for 18 by JH Kallis vs Otago at Banglaore on 12.10.09 and 3 for 20 by A Kumble vs Delhi at Bangalore on 17.10.09 and 3 for 16 by JH Kallis vs Guyana at Centurion on 12.09.10

KA Pollard scored a duck in this game providing the 47^th occasion of a batsman scoring duck in the tournament. He also became the 42^nd batsman to suffer such an ignominy in the tournament. He became the first Mumbai batsman to score a duck in the tournament

A Kumble conceded 45 runs in this game to provide the 17^th occasion of a bowler conceding 45 plus runs in the tournament. He became the first RCB bowler concede 45 plus runs. His figures of none for 45 in this game provides the eighth occasion of a bowler conceding 45 runs without capturing a wicket in the tournament.

R Dravid scored 71 not out in this game to provide the 47^th occasion of a batman scoring a fifty in the tournament. His knock also provides the 18^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty batting at number two and 29^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament.

R Dravid’s 71 not out in this game provide the fifth occasion of RCB batsman to score a fifty in the tournament. Others are – 73* by JH Kallis vs Otago at Bangalore on 12.10.09, 65 by LRPL Taylor vs Delhi at Bangalore on 17.10.09, 53* by LRPL Taylor vs Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09 and 51 by RV Uthappa vs Cape Cobras at Bangalore on 08.10.09

R Dravid’s 71 not out provide the 15^th occasion of a batsman’s fifty in a losing cause in the tournament. It also provides the third occasion of a RCB batsman’s fifty going in vain. The other two occasions are – 53* not by LRPL Taylor and 51 by RV Uthappa going in vain against Cape Cobras at Bangalore {in the same game}

R Dravid’s 71 not out in this game provide the 20^th occasion of a batsman scoring an unbeaten fifty in the tournament. His knock also represents the eighth occasion of an opening batsman scoring an unbeaten fifty in the tournament.

SR Tendulkar has an aggregate of 201 boundary fours at the end of this game. He hit two boundary fours in this game and his first boundary fetched him a total of 200 boundary fours. He became the 18^th batsman to score 200 boundary four sin T20 games. Other batsman to total 200 plus boundary fours in T20 games are – BJ Hodge {337}, BB McCullum {271}, GC Smith {251}, MJ Lumb {250}, KC Sangakkara {238}, HH Gibbs {235}, ST Jayasuriya {226}, DJ Hussey {223}, G Gambhir {222}, DA Warner {222}, DPMD Jayawardene {220}, M van Jaarsveld {217}, IJL Trott {215}, AD Brown {207}, ME Trescothick {204}, IJ Harvey {202}, and DL Maddy {202}.

Later on JH Kallis joined this select band to become the 19^th batsman to aggregate 200 boundary fours. He hit three boundaries in this game which game him exact 200 boundary fours.

Summarised Scores : Mumbai Indians : 165 for 7 {S Dhawan 41, SS Tiwary 38*, DJ Bravo 29, DW Steyn 3 for 26} won by two wickets against RCB – 163 for 5 {R Dravid 71*, V Kohli 47, DJ Bravo 2 for 23}