Pune disappointed; Tendulkar-led MI win

PWI made three changes to their playing eleven – Harpreet Singh, Nathan McCullum and Murali Kartik made way for Graeme Smith, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala and Shrikant Wagh.

MI made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Davy Jacobs and Abu Nechim made way for Aiden Blizzard and Dhawal Kulkarni.

On winning the toss, Yuvraj Singh, PWI’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 49, and lost a wicket.

Blizzard, whose run-a-ball (Rob)innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Fifteen balls into the match, he was caught by Uthappa. Alfonso Thomas broke the 18-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 6.1 overs (37 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave PWI no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Tendulkar, MI’s skipper, scored 24. His run-a-ball inningS(ach)included five boundaries. Thirty-five balls after Blizzard’s dismissal, he was caught by Jesse Ryder. Yuvraj broke the 40-run stand.

Ambati Rayudu, whose 28-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 27. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Manish Pandey. Yuvraj broke the 11-run stand.

Rohit Sharma, who faced 20 balls, scored a dozen. Twenty balls later, he was caught by Pandey. Rahul, the player of the (Shar)match, broke the 27-run stand.

MI scored 100 off 15.2 overs (92 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave PWI no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Tirumalasetti Suman, whose 16-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, scored 36. Thirteen balls after Rohit’s dismissal, he was caught by Mithun Manhas. Rahul broke the 18-run stand.

Andrew Symonds, who faced three balls, scored as many. Eight balls later, he was caught by Pandey. Jerome Taylor broke the 10-run stand.

MI scored 150 off 19 overs (115 balls). PWI had conceded 10 extras at that point.

Kieron Pollard, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 28. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Yuvraj. Taylor broke the 36-run stand.

Harbhajan Singh, whose three-ball innings included a six, scored nine.

PWI eventually conceded 15 extras. MI, who scored 160 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Jesse Ryder, who bowled an over, conceded 11. He was wicketless, as was Wagh, who bowled three overs, conceding 22.

Thomas, who bowled four overs, conceded 53. He picked up a wicket.

Taylor, Yuvraj and Rahul bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. They conceded 34, 22, and seven, respectively.

The first Powerplay of PWI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 31, and lost a couple of wickets.

PWI’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Ryder, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. A ball into the match, he was caught by Kulkarni off the bowling of Harbhajan.

Smith, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Blizzard. Munaf Patel broke the 17-run stand.

Jhunjhunwala, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Thirty balls later, he was caught by Rayudu. Patel broke the 29-run stand.

PWI scored 50 off 10.1 overs (61 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave MI no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Yuvraj, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 20. Twenty-five balls after Jhunjhunwala’s dismissal, he was caught by Patel. Malinga broke the (Lasi)thirty-one-run stand.

Uthappa, whose 26-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 34. He was unbeaten.

PWI scored 100 off 16.5 overs (101 balls). MI had conceded 10 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Pandey’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 43 balls.

He eventually scored 59 off 47 balls, which included four boundaries and three sixes. Thirty-three balls after Yuvraj’s dismissal, he was caught by Rohit. Malinga broke the 42-run stand.

Manhas, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Four balls later, he was caught by Malinga, who broke the nine-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 11. Wagh, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Five balls later, Rayudu ran him out.

Rahul, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten.

PWI, who scored 139 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs, lost by 21 runs.

Symonds, who bowled an over, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he was wicketless, as was Kulkarni, who bowled four overs, conceding 20.

Harbhajan bowled three overs, including a maiden. He conceded 17, picking up a wicket.

Pollard and Patel bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 36, the latter conceded 30.

Malinga, who bowled four overs, conceded 25. He picked up three scalps.