IPL5: All-round http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746 helps Pune Warriors overcome Delhi Daredevils – Cricket News Update
Saturday, April 21, 2012: Former Indian cricketer, Sourav Ganguly, showed that there is still a lot of gas left in his tank as he helped Pune Warriors restrain Delhi Daredevils by 20 runs in the 27th match of Indian
Premier League played at Feroz Shah Kotla.
The Prince of Calcutta performed with both the bat and the ball, as Warriors registered their fourth victory of the tournament. Ganguly bludgeoned 41 runs with the bat as his side posted an intimidating total of 192 on board.
The man with the golden arm notched two wickets with the ball, which included the prized scalps of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364, was quite
economic as well and his spell of four overs only cost 27 runs.
The 39-year-old was declared Man of the Match for his all-round performance. Ganguly at the post match presentation said, “No ground is small for Sehwag so once you get his wicket then it is a big relief. The last five overs of
batting from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 were good, but only when Sehwag got out we thought we came back into the game. Pietersen's wicket celebration was an act of relief because he was hitting it to the upper tier.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739, skipper Daredevils, rued the loss to Warriors. The hard-hitting batsman cursed himself for getting out early and held that he should have played till the end.
“I think I should have stayed on for longer but when you have to chase 190 it becomes difficult,” said the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 skipper.
Sehwag was amazed with the enthusiasm Ganguly had on the field. The flamboyant cricketer held that 'Dada' had the energy of a 33-year-old in the match.
He said, “I know a lot about him and he knows a lot about me. Never, I have never seen Sourav run the way he did. I think he was behaving like a 33 year old man.”
Delhi, despite the loss, retains the top spot on the points table. They will get a chance to redeem themselves when both sides collide again on Tuesday, April 24 at Subrata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 Sahara Stadium, Pune.
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