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Sunday 9 October 2011

MI win CLT20 without key players


Chennai: Mumbai Indians' stand-in captain Harbhajan Singh termed his team's Champions League T20 triumph as a "great achievement" considering the fact they didn't have lot of top players, including master batsman Sachin Tendulkar.
"Not many people gave us a chance at the start of the tournament. If we can achieve so much without having players like Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Munaf Patel, just think about what we can do if we have them," an elated Harbhajan said at the post-match presentation ceremony on Sunday.
He believed that it was a matter of getting the top three - Tillekaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli - in the final against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
"We knew that if we could get Gayle, Virat and Dilshan, we will be right in the game. Shaun Pollock told us during the interval that if we try, we could defend any total. We wanted to give our best shot. The body language of the boys was great and by the grace of God we got the desired result."
He was also all praise for man-of-the-tournament Lasith Malinga for his all-round show.
"His record shows what a phenomenal cricketer he has been. It's great pleasure to have a guy who can win matches for you. Another of our bowling hero has been Abu Nechim Ahmed."
"He is a good player so it was great that I got him out."
Skipper Harbhajan Singh led from the front as Mumbai Indians came up trumps by comprehensively defeating Bangalore by 31 runs to win a low-scoring final in Chennai on Sunday.
Batting first on a track that got lower and slower with the passage of time, Mumbai managed 139, but that was challenging enough for RCB, who were shot out for 108 in 19.2 overs.
RCB skipper Daniel Vettori was disappointed as he felt that 140 was a "gettable target."
"We were aware that the wicket will be vastly different from the one we played on at the Chinnaswamy (in Bangalore). It was on the slower side. On two occasions now, we have got stuck on this track."

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