IPL5: Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors - Live Scores and Match Update
The Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SPD-Smith-c2555 top scoring
with 39.
Conspicuous by their absence were http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556, who sat out the ongoing match after injuring his finger due to a short ball
from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DE-Bollinger-c1348 in the season opener.
Winning the toss, Mumbai skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746 downplayed
the significance of the toss, claiming that he would have chosen to bat anyway.
From Pune's side, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manish-Pandey-c74183 took the crease alongside Ganguly, but Malinga proved too good for Pandey, sending him back on duck on the 5th delivery of the first over.
The 22-year-old South African, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WD-Parnell-c2787 then joined the skipper at the crease, but was unable to steady the ship. Ganguly's maiden outing of this season was disappointing, as he managed just 3 runs before being stumped off Harbhajan Singh's delivery.
After his departure, Parnell and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MM-Patel-c1987 for 11.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CJ-Ferguson-c1264 was the next man in, and contributed 12 runs. His stay was cut short after a mix up between the wickets - with Rohit Sharma’s direct hit catching him short of the crease.
The batting side was reeling at 4 for 47 before finding stability through Uthappa and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598, who added 44 for the fifth wicket. The wicket-keeper batsman fell in the 16th over but his partner kept his good work to help his franchise reach a respectable
129.
Malinga and Munaf bagged two wickets each, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PP-Ojha-c2198 grabbed a scalp a piece.
While this is the first match of the season for Pune Warriors, who have undergone major changes since the past edition, the Mumbai franchise played the tournament opener against defending champions Chennai Super Kings earlier this week on April 4.
The Mumbai Indians defeated the Super Kings by 8 wickets, with 19 balls to spare. The Harbhajan Singh led side was easily able to chase the 113-run target set by the Chennai franchise, courtesy youngster Richard Levi's 50.
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