Pune lose to Jayawardene-led DD

DD made four changes to their playing (Mork)eleven – Roelof van der Merwe, Manprit Juneja, Johan Botha, and Ajit Agarkar made way for Unmukt Chand, Ben Rohrer, Shahbaz Nadeem, and Morkel.

PWI (Shar)made three changes to their playing eleven – Mitchell Marsh, Ali Murtaza, and Ishwar Pandey made way for Abhishek Nayar, Rahul, and Kane Richardson.

(Aar)On winning the toss, Finch, PWI’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 37, and lost a wicket.

Mahela Jayawardene, DD’s skipper, scored a dozen off 17 balls, which included a couple of boundaries. Twenty-five balls into the match, he was caught by Luke Wright. Ashok Dinda broke the 20-run stand.

DD scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). PWI had conceded 10 extras at that point.

Virender Sehwag, whose 26-ball (Rob)innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 28. Thirty-five balls after Jayawardene’s dismissal, he was caught by Uthappa. Dinda broke the 48-run stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Chand, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Uthappa off the bowling of Rahul.

Rohrer, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Uthappa. Nayar broke the 28-run stand.

DD scored 100 off 14.5 overs (89 balls). PWI had conceded 12 extras at that point.

DD scored 150 off 19 overs (114 balls). PWI had conceded 14 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

David Warner, the player of the match, scored 50 off 24 balls, which included four boundaries and as many sixes.

He eventually scored 51 off 25 balls, and was unbeaten.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 31 balls. While Warner’s contribution to the partnership was 36, Kedar Jadhav’s contribution to it was 17. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Jadhav, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 25. Thirty-five balls after Rohrer’s dismissal, he was caught by Mithun Manhas. Dinda broke the 63-run partnership.

Irfan Pathan, who faced a ball, scored four. He was unbeaten.

DD scored 164 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Wright bowled a wicketless over, conceding 16.

Yuvraj Singh bowled two wicketless overs, conceding nine.

Richardson and Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 30.

Nayar bowled a couple of overs, conceding 15. He picked up a wicket, as did Rahul, who bowled three overs, conceding 23.

Dinda bowled four overs, conceding 31. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of PWI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 43, without the loss of a wicket.

PWI’s openers put on 50 off 6.3 overs (39 balls). DD had conceded three extras at that point. While Uthappa’s contribution to the partnership was 30, Finch’s contribution to it was 19.

Uthappa, whose 33-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 37. Sixty-two balls into the chase, he was caught by Chand. Irfan broke the 76-run partnership.

Finch, whose 33-ball innings included five boundaries, eventually scored 37. Four balls later, he was caught by Jadhav. Irfan broke the two-run partnership.

PWI scored 100 off 13.3 overs (81 balls). DD had conceded four extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 36 balls. While Yuvraj’s contribution to the partnership was 29, Wright’s contribution to it was 19. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Wright, whose 18-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Thirty-nine after Finch’s dismissal, he was caught by Rohrer. Umesh Yadav broke the 50-run partnership.

Yuvraj, whose 24-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 31. Three balls later, he was caught by Rohrer. Umesh broke the two-run stand.

Smith, whose eight-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored S(t)eventeen. He was unbeaten, as was Manhas, who faced four balls, scoring a couple.

DD eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. PWI, who eventually scored 149 for the loss of four wickets, lost by 15 runs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Morne, Nadeem, and Ashish Nehra were wicketless. They conceded 36, 30, and 27, respectively.

Irfan and Umesh bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former, whose spell including a maiden, conceded 29, the latter conceded 24.