CLT20 2010 : Match No 10 : Mumbai Indians registers its first win – KA Pollard excels with the willow
Match Number 10 : Guyana vs Mumbai Indians at Durban on 16.09.10: Mumbai won by 31 runs
Mumbai posted 184 for 4 in this game providing the third occasion of it posting 175 plus runs in the tournament. The other two occasions are – 177 for 6 vs Lions at Jo’burg on 10.09.10 and 180 for 7 vs South Australia at Durban on 16.10.09
Mumbai made its debut in the tournament this year and this game is its third game of the tournament. This it has posted 175 plus runs in three consecutive games. Further Mumbai is the only team which has posted 175 plus runs on three occasions in the tournament.
KA Pollard scored 72 not out in this game providing the 36th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty in the tournament. His knock represents the fourth occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number three in the tournament. His knock also represents the second occasion of a Mumbai batsman scoring fifty, the first being SR Tendulkar’s 69 against Lions at Jo’burg on 10.09.10. Thus KA Pollard’s 72 not out in this game represent the highest individual score by a Mumbai batsman in the tournament.
KA Pollard hit nine boundary sixes in this game to take his aggregate of sixes to 28 in the tournament. He became the first batsman to have an aggregate of 25 plus sixes in the tournament.
His nine sixes in this game is also a record for most boundary sixes in an innings in the tournament. He wrested the record from SK Raina who had hit six boundary sixes in his knock of 87 in the game between Chennai Super Kings and Wayamba at Centurion on 15.09.10
KA Pollard took his aggregate of boundary sixes in T20 games to 113 with his nine boundary sixes in this game. He is one of the six batsmen who have scored 100 plus boundary sixes in T20 games. Others are – LRPL Taylor {147}, DJ Hussey {142}, BB McCullum {115}, ST Jayasuriya {100} and SB Styris {100}
S Dhawan and SR Tendulkar added 82 runs for the first wicket in this game providing the 47th occasion of batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in the tournament. This stand also represents the 14th occasion of batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the first wicket in the tournament.
AT Rayudu and KA Pollard added 53 runs for the fourth wicket in this game providing the 48th occasion of batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in the tournament. This stand also represents the tenth occasion of batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the fourth wicket in the tournament.
Mumbai innings contained two fifty plus runs partnerships providing the ninth occasion of a team posting two or more fifty plus runs partnerships in an innings in the tournament.
JP Duminy’s T20 aggregate runs stood at 2008 at the end of this game. He completed 2000 runs when he was on six during the course of his knock of 14 not out in this game. He became the 14th batsman to total 2000 runs in T20 games. Others are – DJ Hussey {3266}, BJ Hodge {3093}, BB McCullum {2695}, LRPL Taylor {2395}, HH Gibbs {2380}, OA Shah {2160}, KC Sangakkara {2138}, SB Styris {2135}, DA Warner {2096}, IJL Trott {2081}, GC Smith {2061}, DPMD Jayawardene {2059} and ST Jayasuriya {2052}
D Bishoo returned with figures of 3 for 34 in this game providing the 33rd occasion of a bowler capturing three or more wickets in the tournament.
PG Wintz who made his T20 debut in this game conceded 46 runs without a wicket which provide the sixth occasion of a bowler conceding 45 plus runs without a wicket in the tournament. His conceding 46 runs in this game provides the 13th occasion of a bowler conceding 45 plus runs in the tournament
Mumbai won this game by 31 runs providing the 17th occasion of a team winning a CLT20 game by runs margin.