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In reply to Mumbai Indians’ 160 for seven, Pune Warriors could only get to 139 for seven and remained at the bottom of the table with just four points from nine matches.
Mumbai Indians jumped to the top of the table with 14 points from nine matches and are on course to book a knock-out stage berth.
The struggling Pune Warriors, who had former India captain Sourav Ganguly in the dugout, lost the plot right from the start after skipper Yuvraj Singh opted to field.
Off-spinner Rahul Sharma (2-7), who was adjudged the Man of the Match, and left-arm-spinner Yuvraj (2-22) bowled well but the Pune medium pacers proved costly and allowed Mumbai Indians to get a challenging total of 160 for seven in 20 overs.
While chasing, Pune Warriors suffered a setback in the first ball as Jesse Ryder, in his attempt to drive Harbhajan Singh (1-17) gave a dolly to Dhawal Kulkarni at backward point.
Manish Pandey raised Pune’s hopes with a 47-ball 59 that was studded with four fours and three sixes, but he didn’t get any support from the other end.
Graeme Smith’s (6), poor run in the league continued, while Abhishek Jhunjhunwala (10) and Yuvraj (20) got starts but couldn’t convert them into match winning knocks.
Sri Lankan Lasith Malinga (3-25) wrecked the Pune Warriors’ middle-order. He produced an unplayable delivery to get rid of Yuvraj, who tried his best to get out of the line of the ball but it crashed into the bat and richocheted to Munaf Patel at third man.
The Warriors failed to get a good partnership and lost their last three wickets for just 20 runs.
Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar scored a run-a-ball 24 while Ambati Rayudu made 27 and they set the foundation with their 40-run stand for the second wicket.
A late charge by Tirumalasetti Suman (36) and West Indian Kieron Pollard (28) helped Mumbai Indians get a good score.
Suman hit three fours and three sixes in his 16-ball stay while Pollard struck two fours and two sixes during his 21-ball knock.
Scoreboard
Mumbai Indians:
Aiden Blizzard c Uthappa b Thomas 6
Sachin Tendulkar c Ryder b Yuvraj 24
Ambati Rayudu c Pandey b Yuvraj 27
Rohit Sharma c Pandey b Sharma 12
Tirumalasetti Suman c Manhas b Sharma 36
Kieron Pollard c Yuvraj b Taylor 28
Andrew Symonds c Pandey b Taylor 3
Harbhajan Singh not out 9
Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 3, nb 1): 15
Total (for seven wickets in 20 overs): 160
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Blizzard, 2.3 overs), 2-58 (Tendulkar, 8.2), 3-69 (Rayudu, 10.6), 4-96 (Sharma, 14.2), 5-114 (Suman, 16.3), 6-124 (Symonds, 17.5), 7-161 (Pollard, 19.6)
Bowling:
Alfonso Thomas 4-0-54-1
Shrikant Wagh 3-0-22-0
Jerome Taylor 4-0-34-2
Yuvraj Singh 4-0-22-2
Rohit Sharma 4-0-7-2
Jesse Ryder 1-0-11-0
Pune Warriors:
Jesse Ryder c Kulkarni b Harbhajan 0
Manish Pandey c Sharma b Malinga 59
Graeme Smith c Blizzard b Patel 6
Avishek Jhunjhunwala c Rayudu b Pollard 10
Yuvraj Singh c Patel b Malinga 20
Robin Uthappa not out 34
Mithun Manhas c&b Malinga 0
Shrikant Wagh run out (Rayudu) 0
Rahul Sharma not out 0
Extras (lb 4, w 6): 10
Total (for seven wickets in 20 overs): 139
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ryder, 0.1 overs), 2-17 (Smith, 3.4), 3-46 (Jhunjhunwala, 8.4), 4-77 (Yuvraj, 12.5), 5-119 (Pandey, 18.2), 6-128 (Manhas, 18.6), 7-139 (Wagh, 19.5)
Bowling:
Harbhajan Singh 3-1-17-1
Munaf Patel 4-0-30-1
Dhaval Kulkarni 4-0-20-0
Lasith Malinga 4-0-25-3
Andrew Symonds 1-0-7-0
Kieron Pollard 4-0-36-1
Toss: Pune Warriors, who chose to field
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 21 runs
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Simon Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire: K. Hariharan (India)
Match referee: Satayabrata Mukherjee (India)
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