Sangakkara returns; DC beat Pune

DC (Shar)made three changes to their playing (Dani)eleven – Ishank Jaggi, Christian and Bharat Chipli made way for Kumar Sangakkara (who was leading the team, and chose to bat on winning the toss), Biplab Samantray and Ankit.

PWI made three changes to their playing (Micha)eleven – Jesse Ryder, Alfonso Thomas and Rahul (Shar)made way for Clarke, Wayne Parnell and Murali Kartik.

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 33, and lost a couple of wickets.

DC’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Parthiv Patel, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball into the match, he was dismissed by Marlon Samuels.

Shikhar Dhawan, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Twenty-seven balls later, Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke the 23-run stand.

DC scored 50 off 9.3 overs (57 balls). PWI had conceded three extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 43 balls. While White’s C(amer)ontribution to the partnership was 31, Sangakkara’s contribution to it was 17. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

DC scored 100 off 14.3 overs (87 balls). PWI had conceded three extras at that point.

Sangakkara’s half-century – which included seven boundaries – came off 38 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 100 off 69 balls. While White’s contribution to the partnership was 40, Sangakkara’s contribution to it was 58. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

White’s half-century – which included three boundaries and a six – came off 38 balls.

DC scored 150 off 17.5 overs (107 balls). PWI had conceded 10 extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 150 off 85 balls. While White’s contribution to the partnership was 65, Sangakkara’s contribution to it was 76. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was nine.

Sangakkara, whose 52-ball innings included 10 boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 82. Seventy-seven balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, Ashish Nehra broke the 157-run partnership.

The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. White, whose 45-ball innings included four boundaries and as many sixes, eventually scored 74. The next ball, he was caught by Steve Smith off the bowling of Parnell.

Jean-Paul Duminy, who faced three balls, scored four. He was unbeaten, as was Samantray, who faced a couple of balls, scoring as many.

PWI eventually conceded 11 extras. DC scored 186 for the loss of four wickets off 20 overs.

Kartik, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 16. He was wicketless, as was Sourav Ganguly, PWI’s skipper, who bowled three overs, conceding 39.

Samuels, who bowled three overs, conceded 33. He picked up a wicket, as did Nehra, Parnell (whose spell included a maiden), and Kumar, who bowled four overs apiece. They conceded 41, 25, and 22, respectively.

The first Powerplay of PWI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 48, and lost a wicket.

PWI’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Manish Pandey, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball into the chase, he was caught by Sangakkara off the bowling of Sharma.

PWI scored 50 off 6.1 overs (37 balls). DC had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 36 balls. While Clarke’s contribution to the partnership was 28, Ganguly’s contribution to it was 20. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

The second-wicket pair put on 90. Clarke, whose 31-ball innings included seven boundaries, eventually scored 41. Sixty-nine balls after Pandey’s dismissal, Amit Mishra and Patel ran him out.

Ganguly, whose 40-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, eventually scored 45. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by White. Dhawan broke the run-a-ball stand.

PWI scored 100 off 12.5 overs (77 balls). DC had conceded four extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 36 balls. While Smith’s contribution to the partnership was 33, Robin Uthappa’s contribution to it was 16. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Smith, whose 27-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 47. He was unbeaten.

PWI scored 150 off 18.2 overs (112 balls). DC had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Uthappa, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 26. Thirty-nine balls after Ganguly’s dismissal, he was caught by the substitute, Daniel Harris. Ashish Reddy broke the 62-run partnership.

Although his four-ball innings included a six, Mithun Manhas had no reason to be in seventh heaven – half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Sangakkara. Veer Pratap Singh broke the 14-run stand.

Samuels, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

PWI, who scored 173 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs, lost by 13 runs.

Duminy and Mishra bowled three overs apiece. While the former conceded 25, the latter conceded 20. He was wicketless, as was Dale Steyn, who bowled four overs, conceding 46.

Dhawan, who bowled an over, conceded nine. He picked up a wicket.

Sharma, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded nine. He picked up a wicket.

Reddy, who bowled three overs, conceded 32. He picked up a wicket.

Veer Pratap, who bowled four overs, conceded 31. He picked up a scalp.