Hurricane Pollard throws away Guyana
Finally, Mumbai Indians registered a 31-run win in their ACL T20 campaign after Guayana were swept by a hurricane called Kieron Pollard. The Caribbean dynamo was adjudged Man of the Match for his 30 balls 72 runs.
sachin(48) and dhawan(39) had given the Indians a solid yet unspectacular start, raising the half-century stand from 6.3 overs.
But they should have lost their skipper two overs later when Royston Crandon and Jonathan Foo both failed to hold on to skied efforts from successive Christopher Barnwell deliveries.
Tendulkar was eventually dismissed by Devendra Bishoo, stumped by wicketkeeper Derwin Christian, with the same bowler then sending Dhawan and Saurabh Tiwary (nought) on their way.
That left the IPL runners-up in trouble at 99 for three after 15, but from then on, it was the Pollard show with the West Indies all-rounder smashing the bowlers to all parts to lift his side to 184 for four.
Guyana never looked like reaching the target and any hope of getting there were immediately extinguished after the early losses of Sewnarine Chattergoon (one) and Travis Dowlin (six).
Narsingh Deonarine (27) and Sarwan tried to keep up with the run rate by putting on 46 for the third wicket, but once the former departed, so did the hopes of Guyana, who suffered their second successive loss.
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