The IPL sides never fail to impress with the zeal with which they fight over every single inch of territory. Another humdinger that had so many twists that if one was to plot the twists and turns on a graph, an image of a writhing snake would emerge. During the Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians game people also got to see Sachin Tendulkar in his most blatantly ecstatic avatar. Have you ever seen Tendulkar that animated? Very rarely, I would imagine.
It was two youngsters who snapped a victory from the esophagus of defeat and denied a visibly charged up Mumbai Indians led by an unusually fiery Tendulkar. When Tendulkar desperately clung onto a splendid catch to send Watson back to the pavilion, the Royals were on the back foot. Patel and Jadeja never looked threatening until the last three overs of the innings and one wondered whether Royals had just lost the plot.
However, Mumbai Indians weren’t helped by Fernando and Jayasurya’s anxiety in the dying moments of the game that cost them the match. On the other hand, each and every one of the Royals’ player seems to have been endowed nerves of steel. All eyes are on the Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians match with the Indians in their elements now – choking, i.e.
