Mumbai Miracle!

It was best v worst in the IPL in Mumbai today as the all-conquering Daredevils sought to put one over on the hapless Indians, but it was not to be. The sun is shining again in Mumbai at last. Jayasuriya got them off to a good start with a typically swashbuckling 34 off 16 balls, and Shaun Pollock rescued the innings at the end with an equally aggressive 33 off 15. A target of 163 should have been easy for Delhi’s in-form batsmen, but one by one the wickets fell. The match was still very much in the balance until about 3 overs from the end when Dwayne Bravo came back and disposed of Karthik with the first ball of the over. After that, too much desperate slogging and too many grateful catches. The star for Mumbai with the ball? Shaun Pollock, of course, with 2 for 16 off his 4 overs. Nothing like a huge upset to get the fans excited.