Apart from Nadeem, Umesh Yadav and Morne Morkel displayed one of the finest spells of seam bowling we have seen in this year’s IPL. Yadav matched with Morkel’s pace as they made Mumbai batsmen look ordinary on a track which had a lot for the bowlers. They hit the deck hard and were rewarded with two wickets each. Harbhajan (33) was the highest scorer for his team. Apart from him, none of his team-mates looked comfortable at the crease. Rohit Sharma though managed to score 29 runs from 27 balls, but most of his runs came from leading edges. Mumbai skipper was the ninth wicket to fall, as Mumbai ended up scoring 92 runs, which is also the lowest score by any team, so far in IPL 2012.
Naman Ojha and Sehwag shared a 34-run opening stand making sure that they did not lose early wickets to panic. Delhi Daredevils successfully chased the total in 14.5 overs. Sehwag, who scored 32, was dropped by Levi at third-man and also escaped a run out chance.
In the absence of Lasith Malinga, Mumbai bowling attack didn’t look potent enough to put up a fight against the Daredevils. And to the surprise of many, Harbhajan Singh did not come to bowl a single over as his boys failed to pick up wickets at regular intervals. It was the same track where Nadeem got enough spin that put Mumbai under pressure. Thus Bhajji’s decision of not bowling in a low-scoring game, remains to be a mystery.
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