PWI made one change to their playing eleven – Angelo Mathews made way for Luke Wright.
DD made no changes to their playing eleven.
On winning the toss, Sourav Ganguly, PWI’s skipper, chose to bat.
The first Powerplay of PWI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay
– was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 28, and lost a couple
of wickets.
PWI’s openers did not get off the mark. Ryder, who faced a couple of
balls, failed to open his account. Irfan Pathan dismissed him off the (Jes)second
ball of the match.
Ganguly, who faced four balls, scored a run. Half-a-dozen balls later,
he was caught by Shahbaz Nadeem. Morne Morkel broke the one-run stand.
PWI scored 50 off 9.4 overs (58 balls). DD hadn’t conceded any extras at
that point.
The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 56 balls. While Manish Pandey’s contribution
to the partnership was 24, Robin Uthappa’s contribution to it was 26. Extras didn’t
contribute to the partnership.
Pandey’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a couple of
sixes – came off 40 balls.
PWI scored 100 off 16.1 overs (97 balls). DD had conceded an extra at
that point.
The third-wicket pair put on 100 off 90 balls. While Pandey’s contribution
to the partnership was 59, Uthappa’s contribution to it was 40. Extras’ contribution
to the partnership was a run.
Uthappa’s half-century – which included five boundaries – came off 52
balls.
Pandey, whose 56-ball innings included seven boundaries and three sixes,
eventually scored 80. He was unbeaten, as was Uthappa, who eventually scored 60
off 58 balls, which included half-a-dozen boundaries.
DD eventually conceded five extras. PWI scored 146 for the loss of a
couple of wickets off 20 overs.
Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.
Yadav, who conceded 40, was wicketless, as were Pawan Negi and Nadeem,
who conceded 22 apiece.
Morkel and Pathan picked up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded
34, the latter conceded 23.
The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay
– was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 61, and lost a wicket.
DD’s openers put on 22. Mahela Jayawardene, whose 14-ball innings
included three boundaries, scored 18. Seventeen balls into the chase, Wright
and Uthappa ran him out.
DD scored 50 off 5.1 overs (31 balls). PWI had conceded a couple of extras
at that point.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 25 balls. While the contribution of
Virender Sehwag, DD’s skipper and the player of the match, to the partnership
was 38, Kevin Pietersen’s contribution to it was 13. Extras didn’t contribute to
the partnership.
Sehwag’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a six – came
off 28 balls.
DD scored 100 off 10.1 overs (61 balls). PWI had conceded half-a-dozen extras
at that point.
Pietersen, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of
sixes, eventually scored 27. Fifty balls after Jayawardene’s dismissal, he was
caught by Ryder. Rahul Sharma broke the 89-run partnership.
Sehwag, whose 48-ball innings included 10 boundaries and three sixes,
eventually scored 87. He was unbeaten, as was Ross Taylor, who scored nine off 13
balls.
The number of extras they eventually conceded gave PWI no reason to be
in seventh heaven. DD, who scored 148 for the loss of a couple of wickets off
16 overs, won by eight wickets with four overs to spare.
Ganguly, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded a dozen.
Wright and Alfonso Thomas bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece.
While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 14.
Ashish Nehra, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 34.
Murali Kartik, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 26.
Sharma, who bowled four overs, conceded 33. He picked up a wicket.
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