Navi Mumbai: The Mumbai Indians took control over their match against the Pune Warriors as the home side lost wickets at regular intervals in their chase of 162 runs at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Earlier, T Suman blazed his way to a 16-ball 36 and Kieron Pollard (29) provided the late fireworks as Mumbai Indians recovered from a sluggish start to post a challenging 160 for seven against Pune Warriors in their Indian Premier League clash here on Wednesday.
Mumbai had managed just 65 runs for two wickets after 10 overs but found an unlikely hero in Suman, who hit three sixes and as many fours to lead the fightback.
Pollard played a useful cameo (29 off 21), with two fours and as many sixes to help Mumbai go past the 150-run mark after being invited to bat.
Pune bowlers had done an exceptional job early on and leg-spinner Rahul Sharma returend incredible figures of 4-0-7-2 but the good work was undone when Suman and Pollard had their way.
Pune captain Yuvraj Singh accounted for Mumbai's most productive duo of skipper Sachin Tendulkar (24) and Ambati Rayudu (27).
As in earlier games, the opening partnership did not yield too many runs for Mumbai as the new partner for skipper Tendulkar, Australian youngster Aiden Blizzard (6) perished in the third over to leave them at 18 for one.
The left-handed batsman was caught by a diving stumper Robin Uthappa in front of the slip fielder. But Tendulkar was in very good touch as he drove and clipped Alfonso Thomas and Shrikant Wagh for three fours in the first two overs.
Once again it was left to the Tendulkar and Rayudu to forge a meaningful stand.
Rayudu hooked West Indies pacer Jerome Taylor and then glided the bowler over the head of wicket keeper for successive fours to step up the run rate.
Tendulkar then glanced and top-edged left-arm Wagh for successive fours to help Mumbai finish the power-play with 49 on board.
One run later, the master batsman had a close shave when he was well out of the crease after setting out for a run, but Uthappa failed to hit the stumps from short square leg.
Yuvraj brought himself into the attack and struck a major blow in his second over by sending back Tendulkar, who was caught off a full blooded drive brilliantly by Jesse Ryder at short extra cover.
His partnership with Rayudu, the most successful pair for Mumbai in the tournament, realised 40 runs in 35 balls.
Yuvraj accounted for Rayudu too by having him caught at long off for 27 as Mumbai reached 69 for three from 58 for one in quick time.
Suman, surprisingly promoted ahead of both Pollard and Andrew Symonds, struck the first six of the match with a heave off Ryder over long-on.
The Hyderabad Ranjji player then off-drove Yuvraj for a four and hoisted Taylor over long-leg for his second six.
Rohit Sharma, strangely subdued at the other end, fell to the leg spin of the lanky Rahul Sharma in the next over, caught at long-on off a slog in the 15th over.
Suman continued to impress with his aggressive batting and struck Alfonso Thomas for two successive boundaries and followed it with a six over long off in the 16th over to give the much-needed thrust to the flagging innings.
Suman departed while trying to hoist Rahul over long off and was caught by Mithun Manhas.
Pollard took over the attacking reins and in one over from Thomas, the 19th of the innings, he cracked two fours and a six off the South African bowler whose analysis then read an unflattering 1 for 53.
The most impressive bowler for the Warriors was Sharma who has had a very impressive stint in the IPL. He finished with very creditable figures of two for seven in four overs while Yuvraj Singh and Jerome Taylor picked up two wickets apiece.
In pics: Pune Warriors vs Mumbai Indians
Tags: 2011 IPL Live Scorecard, 2011 IPL Matches, Cricket IPL T20, Live Score, IPL4, IPL4 Highlights, IPL4 Live Score, Indian Premier League 2011, IPL4 Live Score, IPL4 Teams, IPL4 News, ipl4 Photos, Live Scorecard with Commentary, ipl4 Live Scorecard with Commentary, 2011 ipl Live Scorecard with Commentary, Live cricket scores and text commentary, Get the most complete archives with scorecards, commentary, Live Cricket Scorecard, The 24X7 world of cricket, live at your fingertips. Live Hindi cricket scores, commentary, live cricket match, with ball by ball commentary, highlights, Cricket, Watch Live Cricket, Live Match Cricket, Cricket Streaming, Cricket Stream, T20, One Day, Test Matches, Live Match Cricket, Live Cricket Live, IPL Live Score, 2010 IPL Live Commentary, IPL3 Live Score Card, Cricket IPL T20 Live Score. Cricket Live ScoreCard, IPL 2011, IPL, DLF IPL, IPL4, IPL 4, IPL score, LIve IPL, IPL Tickets, IPL news, IPL teams, Live Score, Live IPL streaming, IPL 2011 , IPL season 4 , Schedule , Fixtures , Teams , Players , Auctions, Discuss your views about this sporting event, Watch IPL Cricket Season 4 2011, IPL, 4, Promo, comming, soon, mp3, download, cd quality. PlayDownloadEmbed, ipl 4 teams and players,ipl 2011 teams players list,Ipl 4 teams and players list,ipl 4 tickets,ipl4 teams and players,Ipl 4 teams,Ipl 4 2011,, Rajasthan, Royals, IPL, 4, Theme, Song Halla, Bol, mp3, download, cd quality,Deccan, Chargers, Full, Theme, Song, For, Ipl 4, ipl 4 auction, ipl players auction, ipl 4 players auction, player auction Bangalore, players auction Bangalore, ipl, ipl news, ipl latest, DLF IPL 2011 Live Score Card, dlf ipl 2011 team squad, Indian Premier League, indian premier league 201, ipl, cricket, indian, premier, league, 2011, bcci, mahendra, singh, dhoni, mahi, sachin, tendulkar
Post a Comment