The first round of the IPL season 2009 has finished and there has been one common aspect of each of four games: the impact of spin.
In the 1st game, Harbarjan Singh from the Mumbai Indians kept the Chennai run chase in check with three super, miserly overs conceding just 15 runs and rendering the big wicket of Flintoff.
Cricinfo commentary
9.5 Harbhajan Singh to Flintoff, OUT, Flintoff goes for broke over the on side but gets a tame leading edge which balloons to the off side, Harbhajan takes the easiest of catches and pumps the air
A Flintoff c & b Harbhajan Singh 24 (23b 2×4 1×6) SR: 104.34
It didn’t particularly shift the momentum of the game as Mumbai were always on top with the two early wickets, but it did add more pressure to such an extent that the run chase looked more imporbable as the overs continued.
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