Rohit Sharma (33 from 14 balls) and Glenn Maxwell (37 off 14 balls) cameos powered Mumbai Indians to 202 for six against Rajasthan Royals in the final of the Champions League T20 at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on Sunday.
The summit clash of the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 2013 between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals is a match between two of the best teams of the competition. This is also billed as the last glimpses of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.
Good evening and a warm welcome to everyone. This is Abhijit Banare and I will be bringing the over-by-over updates of the Champions League 2013 final between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals.
Six years after winning the inaugural Indian Premier League in 2008, the Rajasthan Royals find themselves in only their second final — this time in the Champions League Twenty20 2013. While the current line-up is completely different from the one that captured hearts in 2008, the philosophy and attitude towards the game have remained the same and will be at stake when they go up against the Mumbai Indians on Sunday. Prakash Govindasreenivasan has more.
Mumbai Indians are set to take on the Rajasthan Royals in the final of the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 2013 at the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium in Delhi on Sunday. Aayush Puthran lists 10 players to look out for in the final clash.
Mumbai Indians coach John Wright says their familiarity with the conditions at the Freozshah Kotla gives them edge in the Champion League Twenty20 final against Rajasthan Royals, who will play out of their comfort zone.
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma on Saturday night indicated his team will hold an edge in the final of the Champions League Twenty20 2013 against Rajasthan Royals considering they "know the conditions better" at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
Two modern day greats of the game — Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid — will be up against each other for the last time as both the batsman will hang their boots from the format after the Champions League Twenty20 2013 final at the Ferozeshah Kotla in New Delhi on Sunday.
Rajasthan Royals were dealt a massive blow ahead of their Champions League Twenty20 summit clash as destructive batsman Brad Hodge, who injured his knee in the semifinal, was declared unfit for Sunday's match.
The shadow of Indian Premier League 2013 (IPL) spot-fixing controversy might still be looming large but Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid feels his team has "moved on" and has "no hangovers" from last edition which saw S Sreesanth being arrested and subsequently handed life ban by the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI).