Yuvraj excels; DD trounce Pune

PWI made (Abhish)ek change to their playing eleven – Murali Kartik made way for Jhunjhunwala.

DD made three changes to their playing (Mork)eleven – Unmukt Chand, Roelof van der Merwe and Morne made way for Matthew Wade, James Hopes and Umesh Yadav.

On winning the toss, Virender Sehwag, DD’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of PWI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 63, and lost a wicket.

Graeme Smith, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. Four overs into the match, he was caught by Irfan Pathan. Ashok Dinda broke the 28-run stand.

PWI scored 50 off 5.2 overs (32 balls). DD had conceded three extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 27 balls. While Jesse Ryder’s contribution to the partnership was 30, Mithun Manhas’ contribution to it was 20. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.

Manhas, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and a six, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Twenty-seven balls after Smith’s dismissal, he was caught by David Warner. Hopes broke the 54-run partnership.

Ryder’s half-century – which included four boundaries and five sixes – came off 24 balls.

He eventually scored 60 off 27 balls, which included five boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned score. Nine balls after Manhas’ dismissal, he was caught by Aaron Finch. Shahbaz Nadeem broke the 16-run stand.

PWI scored 100 off 10.2 overs (63 balls). DD had conceded five extras at that point.

Robin Uthappa, who faced 10 balls, scored four. Twenty-one balls after Ryder’s dismissal, he was caught by Warner. Nadeem broke the 19-run stand.

Mohnish Mishra, who faced 11 balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 23 balls later, he was caught by Sehwag. Dinda broke the 29-run stand.

PWI scored 150 off 18 overs (109 balls). DD had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Yuvraj Singh, PWI’s skipper and the player of the match, scored a half-century off 30 balls, which included four boundaries and three sixes.

He eventually scored 66 off 32 balls, which included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to five sixes. He was unbeaten.

Wayne Parnell, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, was unbea‘ten’.

DD eventually conceded eight extras. PWI scored 187 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Venugopal Rao, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 14.

Pathan, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 28.

Yadav, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 26.

Hopes, who bowled four overs, conceded 26. He picked up a wicket.

Dinda and Nadeem bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 42, the latter conceded 39.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 67, without the loss of a wicket.

DD’s openers put on 50 off 4.5 overs (29 balls). PWI hadn’t conceded any extras at that point. While Warner’s contribution to the partnership was 37, Sehwag’s contribution to it was 15.

The openers eventually put on 75. Warner, whose 28-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 46. Seven overs into the chase, Shrikant Wagh and Uthappa ran him out.

Sehwag, whose 23-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, eventually scored 37. Seventeen balls later, Ryder broke the 24-run stand.

DD scored 100 off 10.1 overs (61 balls). PWI had conceded eight extras at that point.

Pathan, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. Sixteen balls after Sehwag’s dismissal, he was caught by Wagh. Yuvraj broke the 19-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Naman Ojha, whose nine-ball innings included a six, scored 11. A ball after Pathan’s dismissal, he was stumped by Uthappa off the bowling of Yuvraj.

Wade scored three. Eight balls later, he was trapped leg be’four’ wicket by Rahul Sharma, who broke the four-run stand.

DD scored 150 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). PWI had conceded nine extras at that point.

Finch, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 25. Twenty-five balls after Wade’s dismissal, he was caught by Yuvraj, who broke the 47-run stand.

Rao, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 31. Five balls later, he was caught by Jhunjhunwala. Yuvraj broke the 13-run stand.

Hopes, whose four-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 13. He was unbeaten, as was Nadeem, who didn’t face a ball.

PWI eventually conceded 10 extras. DD, who scored 190 for the loss of seven wickets off 19.2 overs, won by three wickets with four balls to spare.

Jhunjhunwala, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 11.

Parnell and Alfonso Thomas bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 26, the latter conceded 22.

Wagh, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 38.

Ryder, who bowled 3.2 overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket, as was Sharma, who bowled four overs, conceding 29.

Yuvraj bowled four overs, conceded 29. He picked up four scalps.