Unheralded South African Robin Peterson became an overnight sensation in the Indian Premier League after leading Mumbai Indians to victory with a stunning batting display. Peterson, 32, adopted the switch-hit made famous by his former countryman Kevin Pietersen after his team needed 32 off the last two overs against Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday night. The left-hander, who said he had not even practised the shot, switch-hit the first two deliveries of the penultimate over from leg-spinner Piyush Chawla for boundaries and then pulled the third for a six. The over produced 27 runs as batting partner Ambati Rayadu smashed the last two balls for sixes, leaving Mumbai Indians needing just five runs off the final over. <img alt="Robin Peterson" src="/imagedata/2012/apr/26robin-peterson.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 301px; " /> Robin Peterson tries the switch-hit. PIc/AFPu00a0 Victory was achieved with one ball to spare with Rayadu making an unbeaten 34 off 17 balls and Peterson, better known as a left-arm spinner, returning with 16 from seven balls. Peterson, whose highest score in six Tests, 55 one-dayers and nine Twenty20 games for South Africa is 61, said he had never played the switch-hit before Wednesday night&#39;s game. &quot;The switch-hit was played by instinct,&quot; he said. &quot;I had not practised them. But I am happy my innings helped the team win. It is nice to get over the line in such close games.&quot; It was Peterson&#39;s first game for Mumbai Indians, who secured his services for a relatively modest $100,000 this season, but kept him on the bench for the first six matches. Batting superstar and Mumbai Indians team-mate Sachin Tendulkar was delighted by the power-hitting at the end. &quot;The 19th over changed everything for us,&quot; Tendulkar tweeted. &quot;It is definitely one of the most exciting overs I have seen in my life. &quot;Some extraordinary innovative hitting by Robin (and) unbelievably strong finish by Rayudu.&quot; Pietersen, the South Africa-born England batsman, has been using the innovative shot for Delhi Daredevils in the Twenty20 tournament.

South African Robin Peterson has said that he had never played the switch-hit before last night.

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