Match 31 Pune Warriors Vs Delhi Daredevils
at Subrata Roy Stadium, Pune
at Subrata Roy Stadium, Pune
Table topper Delhi took on the Pune Warriors, having lost
the first encounter against them at home. The match gained momentum
having been termed as Delhi’s
revenge match against Pune.
Pune Warriors included Luke Wright in place of Angelo
Mathews. Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to bat. Ryder fell
for a duck bowled by Irfan Pathan, who has been bowling very well in this
season so far. Ganguly followed soon getting out for a solitary run,
Mornie Morkel being the successful bowler. Manish Pandey and Uthappa
steadied the innings and remained unbeaten till the end. Though they were
successful in preventing Pune Warriors from losing any other wicket, they could
not step up the run rate at the right moment. In fact the score read
around 50 after ten overs and acceleration from Pandey could enable Pune
Warriors reach just 146 runs in the allotted 20 overs. This target would
no way trouble the Delhi Devils. Robin
Uthappa could not hit boundaries frequently and could score just 60 off 58
deliveries. Manish Pandey however had very good strike rate scoring 80
off 56 deliveries. But for his heroics the Warriors would not have
reached this score.
Delhi chased the
target very easily, in spite of losing opener Mahela Jayawardene for 18
runs. Sehwag and Pietersen played fluently and the run rate was hovering
around 9 to 10 throughout. In fact the Warriors tried to delay the
inevitable so that their NRR is not damaged hugely. Pietersen was out for 27. Sehwag
remained unbeaten on 87 off 48 deliveries. Pune Warriors bowlers didn’t
trouble Sehwag at all. Delhi Daredevils won the match by 8 wickets with 4
overs remaining.
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