Yuvraj leaves Mumbai facing mammoth chase

[vamos_rafa]

Yuvraj Singh, the Rest of India captain, smashed an unbeaten 204 off 194 balls to increase his side's lead to mammoth proportions and leave Mumbai chasing a close-to-impossible 782 runs in the fourth innings. Yuvraj, whose failure in the first innings cost him a vital opportunity to impress the India selectors, made up for that with an innings of characteristic belligerence as Mumbai's attack wilted on the fourth morning and afternoon. He struck 28 fours and five sixes in his innings, and was supported by steady sixties from the Tamil Nadu pair of Abhinav Mukund and S Badrinath, who carried on from where they left in the first innings. Yuvraj declared on reaching his double century, leaving Mumbai facing a tough ask if they were to escape with a draw. Captain Wasim Jaffer was up to the task, scoring a patient 46 to take them to stumps, in the company of Ajinkya Rahane after Sushant Marathe retired hurt for 8.

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[Jersey #10]

Hail the UVness

[ensd2]

What an innings , hope he works hard and come back before wc

[punjabi_khota]

So 782 is only "close to impossible" :rotfl:

[Guest Gunner]

Does anyone know that background of this game? ROI were 394 ahead and instead of making Mumbai follow on, his eternal UVness decided to bat again since ha had scored only 4 in the first innings on a deck where R. Ashvin had managed 73. Then his eternal UVness proceeded to "destroy" the Mumbai attack which had already bowled some 200 overs. Indeed a fourth innings target of 800 runs was absolutely essential to save the game against Mumbai. Now all of you hail the UVness

[vaibhav_delhi]

uv showed heights of selfishness TBH

[punjabi_khota]

Does anyone know that background of this game? ROI were 394 ahead and instead of making Mumbai follow on, his eternal UVness decided to bat again since ha had scored only 4 in the first innings on a deck where R. Ashvin had managed 73. Then his eternal UVness proceeded to "destroy" the Mumbai attack which had already bowled some 150+ overs. Indeed a fourth innings target of 800 runs was absolutely essential to save the game against Mumbai. Now all of you hail the UVness

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: what a frickin joke...:bhangra: P.S.: you are an anti-punjabi :yousuck:

[Gunner_Mania]

Does this show the class of UVness or the plummeting depth of our bowling resource pool? :hmmm:

[Guest Gunner]

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: what a frickin joke...:bhangra: P.S.: you are an anti-punjabi :yousuck:

Yezzir. :hail::hail: UVness :hail::hail:

[Ram]

Contrary to popular beltway wisdom, Yuvraj’s has actually been in some great form. In his past 3 matches, he has scored 1 double hundred (this match), 1 hundred (Tour match in Lanka) and one 1 fifty (test match in Lanka). Its time for him to replicate that form the next time he turns up for India in colored clothing. Without a fit and firing Yuvraj, we might as well skip the coming world cup and repaint our fenc, mow the lawn, fix the leak in the bathroom and complete that book we have been reading for months.

[Sir john]

yuvi rocks.:yay:

[veer]

ahhh.. that's a bit of selfishness

[yoda]

Does anyone know that background of this game? ROI were 394 ahead and instead of making Mumbai follow on, his eternal UVness decided to bat again since ha had scored only 4 in the first innings on a deck where R. Ashvin had managed 73. Then his eternal UVness proceeded to "destroy" the Mumbai attack which had already bowled some 200 overs. Indeed a fourth innings target of 800 runs was absolutely essential to save the game against Mumbai. Now all of you hail the UVness

Good Post. Yuvi :hail:

[zen]

If Mumbai manages to draw then we know whom to blame :bhangra:

[Sachinism]

If Mumbai manages to draw then we know whom to blame :bhangra:

They can't. If there is no clear winner, match is decided on who has the highest 1st innings score Gawd knows who made that crazy rule

[yoda]

Well the criticism aside, it still shows he is one of the best hitters out there.

[CSK Fan]

They can't. If there is no clear winner, match is decided on who has the highest 1st innings score Gawd knows who made that crazy rule

Yes, very stupid rule. So no team plays to win, they play for first innings lead. There is no question of deceleration in the first innings by either team

[Sachinism]

yuvsingh09 happy to get a 200 !! there is no happier feeling for a batsman !! hopefully will get some early wickets tom ...not me i meant our bowlrs:) -- winning the game maybe?

[bulbul]

Why he declared, should have broaken Lara's record :((

[DomainK]

Thats some seriously selfish act. Good performance, but that might leave him as a very unpopular captain in that dressing room.