IPL-4 (20th April): Mighty Mumbai beat Pune by 7 wkts

By Team Bellevision
Bellevision Media Network

Mumbai, 20 April 2011: Mumbai Indians carved out a hard-fought seven-wicket victory over Pune Warriors in a low-scoring Indian Premier League clash that went down to the last ball, at the Wankhede Stadium. Chasing a modest target after bowling out the opposition for 118 in 17.2 overs, Mumbai looked on course with Sachin Tendulkar (35 off 39 balls) and Ambati Rayudu (37 off 40) at the crease, but after their dismissals, the home team made heavy weather of the task before finally ending up with 124 for three in 20 overs.

 

Mumbai’s Munaf Patel was declared Man of the Match for returning impressive figures of three for eight. Requiring five off the last over, and then one off the last ball, Rohit Sharma (20 not out off 18 balls)) hoisted left-arm spinner Murali Kartik over long-off for a six to complete the victory. Sharma and Andrew Symonds (16 off 15 balls) put on an unfinished partnership of 35 runs to see Mumbai home for their third win in four outings.

 

After the early loss James Franklin, Tendulkar and Rayudu added 74 runs in 12 overs for the second wicket to put the home team in sight of a comprehensive victory. A flick boundary by Tendulkar off Shrikant Wagh early into his innings was an indication of the kind of form the batsman was in. Rayudu blossomed in the company of his captain and drove Wayne Parnell through cover and then lofted the left-arm pacer over mid-wicket. After six overs the score was 32 for one and the 50 came up in only 45 balls.

 

 

The duo’s dismissals in quick succession affected the run rate for a while, but Sharma and Symonds stepped up the tempo in the nick of time. Tendulkar was dismissed for the first time in four games, having come into this match following a brilliant 100 not out against Kochi on April 17, before Rayudu also departed six runs later. Twenty runs were needed off the last 18 balls, before Symonds struck two fours in the first two balls off Wayne Parnell to bring down the required run-rate. Thereafter Symonds and Sharma hung on to complete the task.

 

Earlier, Robin Uthappa smashed a quick-fire 45 but the top-order put up a pathetic display as Pune were shot out in less than 20 overs. Uthappa cracked a six and six fours in his 27-ball knock to help Pune rally from a sorry-looking 17 for four and get past the 100-run mark. The initial damage was done by Assam seamer Abu Nechim, who replaced an injured Harbhajan Singh in the playing XI. He took two wickets in three balls in the fourth over before Patel also grabbed a couple in three balls to leave Pune on the ropes.

 

Match Summary

Indian Premier League 2011 Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors, 21st match Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, April 20, 2011

Match Information Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) & Amiesh Saheba (Ind) Third Umpire: Suresh Shastri (Ind) Match Referee: Raju Mukherjee (Ind) Toss: Pune Warriors (Elected to bat) Match Status: Mumbai Indians won by 7 wkts

Batting: Pune Warriors Innings

Batsmen Pune Warriors (118/10 in 17.2 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Jesse Ryder c S Tendulkar b A Nechim 12 15 2 0 80.00 Tim Paine (wk) b M Patel 2 9 0 0 22.22 Mithun Manhas c A Rayudu b A Nechim 0 1 0 0 0.00 Robin Uthappa c K Pollard b A Murtaza 45 37 6 1 121.62 Yuvraj Singh (c) c A Rayudu b M Patel 0 2 0 0 0.00 Mohnish Mishra c R Sharma b A Murtaza 12 10 2 0 120.00 Murali Kartik c A Symonds b L Malinga 11 13 1 0 84.62 Wayne Parnell b J Franklin 9 8 1 0 112.50 Rahul Sharma c A Murtaza b M Patel 13 9 1 1 144.44 Shrikant Wagh c A Symonds b L Malinga 2 2 0 0 100.00 Alfonso Thomas not out 0 2 0 0 0.00 Extras: b - 0, w - 2, nb - 4, lb - 6 12   Total:(118 for 10 in 17.2 overs) 118 Run Rate: 6.81

Fall Of Wickets

1/16 (Jesse Ryder, 3.3 ov.), 2/17 (Mithun Manhas, 3.5 ov.), 3/17 (Tim Paine, 4.2 ov.), 4/17 (Yuvraj Singh, 4.4 ov.), 5/52 (Mohnish Mishra, 8.3 ov.), 6/87 (Murali Kartik, 12.6 ov.), 7/98 (Robin Uthappa, 14.2 ov.), 8/111 (Wayne Parnell, 15.6 ov.), 9/118 (Shrikant Wagh, 16.4 ov.), 10/118 (Rahul Sharma, 17.2 ov.)

Bowling: Mumbai Indians

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Ali Murtaza 4 0 18 2 0 0 4.5 Lasith Malinga 4 0 28 2 1 1 7.0 Abu Nechim 3 1 13 2 0 0 4.3 Munaf Patel 2.2 0 8 3 0 0 3.4 Kieron Pollard 1 0 13 0 1 0 13.0 James Franklin 3 0 32 1 2 0 10.7

Batting: Mumbai Indians Innings

Batsmen Mumbai Indians (124/3 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR James Franklin c M Manhas b S Wagh 6 8 1 0 75.00 Sachin Tendulkar (c) c A Thomas b R Sharma 35 39 2 0 89.74 Ambati Rayudu (wk) c R Sharma b A Thomas 37 40 4 0 92.50 Rohit Sharma not out 20 18 1 1 111.11 Andrew Symonds not out 16 15 2 0 106.67 Abu Nechim             Kieron Pollard             Rajagopal Sathish             Lasith Malinga             Ali Murtaza             Munaf Patel             Extras: b - 2, w - 2, nb - 0, lb - 6 10   Total:(124 for 3 in 20 overs) 124 Run Rate: 6.20

Fall Of Wickets

1/9 (James Franklin, 1.4 ov.), 2/83 (Sachin Tendulkar, 13.4 ov.), 3/89 (Ambati Rayudu, 14.6 ov.)

Bowling: Pune Warriors

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Alfonso Thomas 4 0 16 1 0 0 4.0 Shrikant Wagh 2 0 9 1 0 0 4.5 Murali Kartik 4 0 29 0 0 1 7.2 Wayne Parnell 4 0 28 0 0 0 7.0 Rahul Sharma 3 0 14 1 0 0 4.7 Jesse Ryder 2 0 15 0 0 0 7.5 Yuvraj Singh 1 0 5 0 0 0 5.0