Mumbai win a thriller beside T & T

The Mumbai Indians protected a last-ball one-wicket victory over Trinidad and Tobago in their Nokia Champions League Twenty20 clash in Bangalore.

Chasing a meager 99 to win and go to the top of Pool A, Yuzvendra Chahal took two from Sherwin Ganga's last ball of the match to drive his side over the line.

Batting first after winning the toss, T&T started well and were nicely placed on 41 for one when Lendl Simmons was inaccurately run out on 21, signalling the start of a collapse.

Harbhajan Singh (three for 22) was the main attacker, well backed by Lasith Malinga (two for 22) as Jason Mohammed (23) top scored.

The tone for Mumbai's chase was set early, although, as Ravi Rampaul (three for 17) ripped throughout their top order to leave them almost out of the game at 16 for four.

But Ambati Rayudu stood firm for 36 and, in spite of nine wickets falling, there was just sufficient time left for Chahal to win the game.

Teams:

Mumbai Indians: Aiden Blizzard, Sarul Kanwar, Tirumalasetti Suman, Abu Nechim, Dilhara Fernando, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Yuzvendra Chahal, Andrew Symonds, James Franklin, Kieron Pollard, Rajagopal Sathish, Ambati Rayudu, Davy Jacobs

Trinidad and Tobago: Adrian Barath, Daren Ganga, Darren Bravo, Jason Mohammed, Lendl Simmons, Dave Mohammed, Ravi Rampaul, Samuel Badree, Shannon Gabriel, Sunil Narine, Kevon Cooper, Rayad Emrit, Sherwin Ganga, Denesh Ramdin, William Perkins

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Broad hope for India come back

Stuart Broad hopes to make his England come back in the Twenty20 clash with India at the end of October.

The Nottinghamshire all-rounder is England's T20 captain but miss the new double-header beside the West Indies at the Oval because of the take on injury he suffer in the fourth one-day international next to India at Lord's on September 11.

A predict two-month nonattendance would see him miss the October 29 Eden Gardens showdown, but he is hopeful of recurring to reclaim the captaincy from county colleague Graeme Swann.

"It's leaving okay," Broad told Sky Sports News of his recovery.

"The muscle's torn so it takes time to heal. I've got another week's rest then its treatment in October.

"It's a strong treatment programmed and I'm looking forward to getting under way.

"I've got it in mind that I want to play that Twenty 20 game in India. It's a tight goal but you've got to have those targets to get you throughout the mornings in the gym.

"It's two-month damage but it's a right shoulder injury so I've got to be careful; that's my career."

Broad has led England in just two matches, last month's six-wicket win over India and June's nine-wicket beating at the hands of Sri Lanka.

Chances to add to his leadership knowledge will be incomplete in front of next year's World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, and he is desperate to seize every chance.

"It's unsatisfactory, missing these two games was unsatisfactory," he added.

"We've got a Twenty20 World Cup this time next year and it's main to learn and build going into that."

Broad, who also suffer a stomach muscle tear during last winter's Ashes, recognized how packed the international calendar is but refuse to blame for his injury troubles.

"Its part of professional sport, you're going to choose up injuries," he said.

"We do play a huge amount; it takes a toll on your body and when you get time to recover you have to use it wisely.

"The boys have got November and December as downtime, that's pretty unusual in the international schedule, then once we fly to Dubai in January (to face Pakistan) it's attractive much non-stop for two years."

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Harbhajan: We didn't justify to win

Mumbai Indians skipper Harbhajan Singh said they didn't merit winning, claiming Trinidad and Tobago were the better side on show Monday.

"I must pat on the back Darren and his team. They were the better side. We didn't justify winning. We didn't bat sensibly," Harbhajan said after the Indians edge out the West Indian side.

The India off-spinner said Mumbai Indians played too many needless shots and unless they better their batting, they will be knocking out of the tournament soon.

"We needed to tick the ball around, but we looked to play too many shots. We just weren't there with the bat. If we keep batting like this, we won't be here for long," he said.

"We won today, but if we want to be there for the semis, we can't keep playing this kind of cricket."

Trinidad & Tobago skipper Daren Ganga said the beat has crushed his team as they had fought really hard but still ended on the losing side.

"Unacceptable, the result. The guys are devastated.

Imagine the way we fought, but didn't come out winning.

Definitely ordinary batting, we show a lot of heart in the field," he said.

"That was the first thing, to play for the Super Over.

It's unlucky, Denesh couldn't hit the stumps, these things happen in cricket," he added.

Man-of-the-match Ravi Rampaul said his side showed a lot of character to defend a total of 98 and though they finished up on the behind side, they would look to make use of the next three games.

"Get the yorkers in, don't go for many runs. Being bowled out for 98 we needed early wickets, so I went out forceful," said Rampaul, who took three wickets for 17 runs.

"We show character and heart, and we have three games to follow. I found little additional bounce, and the shape, so the pitches help," he added.

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