Pune disappointed; Gilchrist-led PWI win

KXIP made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Abhishek Nayar and James Faulkner made way for Shaun Marsh and Parvinder Awana.

PWI made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Callum Ferguson and Murali Kartik made way for Angelo Mathews and Mithun Manhas.

On winning the toss, Adam Gilchrist, KXIP’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 29, and lost three wickets.

PWI’s openers put on 13. Although his 11-ball innings included a boundary, Ryder had no reason to be in (Jes)seventh heaven – 14 balls into the match, David Hussey and Gilchrist ran him out.

Sourav Ganguly, whose nine-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 16. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Marsh. Dimitri Mascarenhas, the player of the match, broke the 15-run stand.

Marlon Samuels, who faced a dozen balls, scored just a couple. Three balls later, Mascarenhas broke the one-run stand.  

PWI scored 50 off 8.1 overs (49 balls). KXIP had conceded four extras at that point.

Mathews, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Seventeen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Harmeet Singh, who broke the 22-run stand.

Uthappa, whose 16-ball (Rob)innings included a six, scored 17. Twenty-two balls later, he was caught by Bipul Sharma. Mascarenhas broke the 26-run stand.

Steven, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored (Smi)thirteen. Twenty-one balls (Chaw)later, Piyush broke the 22-run stand.

PWI scored 100 off 16.2 overs (98 balls). KXIP had conceded nine extras at that point.

Manish Pandey, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. Five balls after Smith’s dismissal, he was caught by Hussey. Harmeet broke the one-run stand.

Manhas, whose 28-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 31. Five balls later, Mascarenhas broke the eight-run stand.

Rahul Sharma, who faced four balls, scored a couple. A couple of balls later, Mascarenhas broke the two-run stand.

Ashish Nehra, who faced four balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

The last-wicket pair put on five. Ashok Dinda, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Eight balls later, Awana ran him out.

KXIP eventually conceded 12 extras. PWI were dismissed for 115 off 19 overs.

Praveen Kumar and Awana bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 19, the latter conceded 18.

Chawla, who bowled four overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket.

Harmeet, who bowled three overs, conceded 23. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Mascarenhas, who bowled four overs, conceded 25. He picked up five scalps.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 38, and lost a wicket.

KXIP’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Paul Valthaty, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball into the chase, he was dismissed by Dinda.

KXIP scored 50 off 7.5 overs (47 balls). PWI hadn’t conceded any extras at that point. Incidentally, they did not concede any extras.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 46 balls. While Gilchrist’s contribution to the partnership was 21, Marsh’s contribution to it was 29. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Gilchrist, whose 17-ball innings included three boundaries, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Forty-seven balls after Valthaty’s dismissal, he was caught by Smith. Mathews broke the 50-run partnership.

Marsh’s half-century – which included seven boundaries – came off 49 balls.

He eventually scored 64 off 54 balls, which included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to a six. He was unbeaten.

Mandeep, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Twenty-two balls after Gilchrist’s dismissal, he was caught by Smith. Rahul broke the 20-run stand.

KXIP scored 100 off 16.1 overs (97 balls).

Chawla, whose 24-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 21. He was unbeaten.

KXIP, who scored 116 for the loss of three wickets off 17.4 overs, won by seven wickets with 14 balls to spare.

Ryder, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded a dozen.

Nehra, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 22.

Samuels, who bowled 3.4 wicketless overs, conceded 27.

Mathews, Dinda and Rahul bowled three overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They conceded 20, 18, and 17, respectively.