Deccan Chargers vs. Pune Warriors – Indian Premier League: Recap
The Pune Warriors had the perfect opportunity to build on their first win in six games as they took on the bottom of the table team, the Deccan Chargers in the 53rd match of the Indian Premier League. The overwhelming majority of the crowd at
the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 was hoping the Chargers would get off their 10th position in the table.
After winning the toss, Deccan Charger captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Dhawan-c2392 and Dwaraka
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RD-Shah-c2298 Teja frustrated the Pune bowling attack as they put together a 51 run partnership before the former was dismissed by Yuvraj Singh in the seventh over on 24 runs.
The wicket proved a catalyst and the home crowd would be made to suffer as none of the Deccan batsmen was able to get a solid knock going after that. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Marsh-c1974 was largely the man responsible as he began his crucial four-wicket haul when he bowled Ravi
Teja in the eighth over on 30 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566 added to the home crowd’s woes when he trapped their skipper, Kumar Sangakkara, leg before wicket with the batsman only contributing 12 runs to the scoreboard. Yuvraj Singh struck again in the 15th over to dismiss fan favourite,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Christian-c1308 on 10 runs.
By this stage, the Pune Warriors were struggling at 98 runs for the loss of four wickets and things were to get even worse in the 19th over of the match when a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-James-Marshall-c90362 ripped through the Deccan Chargers.
The crowd could only watch in agony as Marsh dismissed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jean-Cedric-Paul-c66748 Duminy on 30 runs, when the batsman was caught by Sharma, before sending Sohal and Mishra back to the pavillion for golden ducks on consecutive deliveries just 3 balls later. It was a game
changer and meant that the Deccan side would collapse to a 136 run total by the end of the 20 overs, leaving the door wide open for the Pune Warriors.
Getting off to a similar start, the opening pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JD-Ryder-c1679 and Manish Pandey put together a 55 run partnership with Ryder in an aggressive mood. Yet, it was the batsman’s aggression that ultimately cost him his wicket on 35 runs after he was clean bowled
by Ojha, much to the crowd’s delight.
Pandey got out just one run short of his half century when he was trapped leg before wicket by Mishra in the 12th over. Two more wickets would fall as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-Uthappa-c2356 and Yuvraj Singh were dismissed in quick succession.
Sourav Ganguly’s composed 32 runs and Callum Ferguson’s 15 run cameo were enough to earn the Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 a well-deserved second consecutive win as they beat the Deccan Chargers by a comfortable six wickets.
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