Delhi Daredevils v Pune Warriors - IPL 5 - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 win by 20 runs – Live Score and Update
Pune Warriors 192/3 (20/20 ov) v Delhi Daredevils 172/7 (20.0/20 ov) - Pune Warriors won by 20 runs
Pune Warriors, on Saturday, April 21, secured a third place in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) by winning their fourth game of the tournament as they beat number-one team on the points table, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils by a margin of 20 runs in a match played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.
The stars of the show were without a doubt Pune’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746 as the duo clobbered impressive knocks of 86 and 41 to steer their side to a befitting total on the board as Pune finished off their innings by posting 192 runs on a batting track.
With a solid total behind their back, Pune knew they needed to put pressure on the opposition right from the word go as Delhi had enough firepower in their batting line-up to chase down any total on a given day.
Delhi, however, were given an early wakeup call by Pune as the batting side lost their first wicket with only 12 runs on the board as they came out to begin a long and steady run chase.
With their opener and star batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397, back in the pavilion on seven runs, the side needed to stop Pune from steering things on their side.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 were the biggest hurdle in front of Pune, as the batsmen took the fielding side head on and were aiming to chase down the total without hassle.
It was this moment which was either going to make or break the game for Pune, and knowing this fact, Ganguly first brought in Ryder to bowl, but he got hammered for 18 runs in his one over, which forced the skipper to come and bowl himself.
Ganguly’s “golden arm” worked again as he sneaked a delivery right into the stumps of Pietersen, dismissing him on 32 runs.
The demise of KP brought chaos to the team as wickets began falling without much on the board.
Consequently, with Sehwag as their highest scorer, Delhi could muster 172 runs at the end of their 20 overs.
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