The weakened Mumbai Indians stormed into the final of the Champions League 2011, surprising themselves more than any other team. They defeated the balanced team of Somerset by 10 runs in a closely contested second semifinal. MI, with obvious batting problems but strong bowling, will contest the final with Royal Challengers Bangalore, which is very strong in batting but has the weakest bowling in the tournament.
The final will not only throw Harbhajan as one of the good and lucky captains available in India, but will also silenct the critic of IPL teams who have doubted the ability of Indian teams against teams from other countries in Twenty20.
Tournment Group Matches Scorecard and Statistics
Qualifier Scorecard and Statistics
2011 Qualifier Schedule
2011 Team Squads
Match Statistics
MI reached their first final of Champions League.
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Toss: MI
Captains: Harbhajan Singh (MI), Thomas (Somerset)
Man of the Match: Malinga (MI)
Best Batsmen: Blizzard 56 (MI), Kieswetter 62 (Somerset)
6s: 7 (MI 6, Somerset 1)
4s: 30 (MI 12, Somerset 18)
Most economic Bowlers (4 overs): 20/1 Dibble (Somerset), 20/4 Malinga (MI)
Match Changer: Bowling of Franklin and Malinga for MI
6 overs score: 51/1 (MI), 35/2 (Somerset)
10 overs score: 76/2 (MI), 67/2 (Somerset)
50 runs: 5.5 ov (MI), 7.5 ov (Somerset)
100 runs: 14 ov (MI), 13.2 ov (Somerset)
150 runs: 19 ov (MI), 19.5 ov (Somerset)
50s: 1 each
1st Wicket for Teams: 3.1 ov (MI), 0.2 ov (Somerset)
Mumbai Indians innings (20 overs maximum)
- Blizzard b Kartik 54 runs 39 balls 5 4s 3 6s
Kanwar c Buttler b Kirby 2 runs 6 balls
Rayudu c Kieswetter b Dibble 19 runs 19 balls 2 4s
Franklin lbw b van der Merwe 6 runs 9 balls
Pollard b Thomas 24 runs 18 balls 2 6s
Yadav not out 23 runs 19 balls 3 4s
Sathish not out 25 runs 12 balls 2 4s 1 six
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 2) 7
Total (20 overs) 160/5
Fall of wickets
- 1-19 (Kanwar, 3.1 ov), 2-62 (Rayudu, 7.5 ov), 3-86 (Franklin, 11.2 ov), 4-92 (Blizzard, 12.3 ov), 5-117 (Pollard, 16.2 ov)
Bowling
- Thomas 4 ov 34/1
Kirby 3 ov 31/1
Dibble 4 ov 20/1
Kartik 4 ov 30/1
van der Merwe 4 ov 32/1
Trego 1 ov 9/0
Somerset innings (target: 161 runs from 20 overs)
- Trego b Malinga 0
Kieswetter c Pollard b Franklin 62 runs 46 balls 7 4s 1 six
van der Merwe b Malinga 10 runs 9 balls 2 4s
Hildreth b Harbhajan Singh 39 runs 33 balls 6 4s
Buttler b Franklin 19 runs 22 balls 2 4s
Compton b Malinga 5 runs 3 balls 1 four
Suppiah not out 0
Kartik b Malinga 0
Thomas not out 3 runs 2 balls
Extras (b 7, lb 2, w 3) 12
Total (20 overs) 150/7
Fall of wickets
- 1-0 (Trego, 0.2 ov), 2-17 (van der Merwe, 2.6 ov), 3-100 (Hildreth, 13.3 ov), 4-141 (Buttler, 18.3 ov), 5-142 (Kieswetter, 18.5 ov), 6-147 (Compton, 19.2 ov), 7-147 (Kartik, 19.3 ov)
Bowling
- Malinga 4 ov 20/4
Ahmed 4 ov 31/0
Chahal 3 ov 26/0
Harbhajan Singh 3 ov 25/1
Pollard 2 ov 10/0
Sathish 1 ov 13/0
Franklin 3 ov 16/2
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