Rohit Sharma&rsquo;s blistering 51 off 24 balls (four fours, four sixes) against Perth Scorchers in a Champions League Twenty20 tie at the Feroz Shah Kotla here yesterday, extended Sachin Tendulkar&rsquo;s T20 career at least for one more game.u00a0 <img alt="Rohit Sharma" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/oct/Rohit-Sharma.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 309px;" /> Rohit Sharma sweeps one during his 24-ball 51 against Perth Scorchers yesterday. Pic/Rajeev Tyagi Sachin however, was out for a duck after facing just two balls as he attempted to loft left-arm pacer Jason Behrendorff over leg only to be neatly caught by Sam Whiteman at deep square leg. Mumbai Indians though cruised to a six-wicket win as they chased down Perth&rsquo;s 149 for 6 with 40 balls to spare and made it to the semi-finals of the T20 extravaganza. Opener Dwayne Smith was the other top scorer for Mumbai with a 25-ball 48 that included five fours and three sixes. Skipper Rohit admitted Sachin&rsquo;s dismissal was rather unfortunate. &ldquo;We all know how many runs Sachin has scored and how much experience he&rsquo;s got. It was an unfortunate dismissal. We were chasing 149 and needed 11 runs per over. It&rsquo;s not easy. I&rsquo;m not concerned about Sachin&rsquo;s form. I&rsquo;m sure he&rsquo;ll delver for us in the semis,&rdquo; said Rohit, who built a crucial 65-run partnership off just 37 balls with big-hitter Kieron Pollard. It was not just a must-win game for Mumbai but they also had to chase the target in just 14.2 overs to make it to the semi-finals. Rohit said his team played to plan. &ldquo;We knew we had around 14 overs in which to chase the target &mdash; 14.2 overs to be precise. And we also knew that Delhi is always a good wicket to bat on. We had a lot of meetings and planned exactly what to do as a batting unit. Everyone played their part. Smithy (Dwayne Smith) started off really well. Then (Glenn) Maxwell came and got a couple of boundaries, after which Pollard and I had a decent partnership and (Ambati) Rayudu (14 not out) finished it off,&rdquo; said Rohit. Scorchers coach Justin Langer admitted his boys lost to a better team. &ldquo;Mumbai Indians is a team of superstars; they have incredible talent, and got the win they wanted in the required number of overs. But, it was good to get Sachin early,&rdquo; he said. Brief scores: Perth Scorchers: 149-6 (S Whiteman 51 n o; N Coulter-Nile 3-19) lost to MI: 152-4 in 13.2 overs (Rohit Sharma 51 n o, D Smith 48; Brad Hogg 2-26) by 6 wkts.u00a0

Skipper Rohit Sharma says Mumbai Indians were always confident of chasing 150 in 14.2 overs against Perth

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