Mumbai Indians clobber Pune Warriors: IPL-4 News
MI 160/7 20 Overs, PW 139/7 20 Overs
Mumbai Indians continued their march towards the last four of the Indian Premier League 2011 edition as they trounce the new comers, Pune Warriors, by 21 runs. The match played at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 was another failure for the Warriors who dwindled away after a fine start. Once again their star-studded batting line-up failed to make an impact in good conditions, paving the way for a dismal defeat.
Batting first the hosts got off to a fine start with all their leading batsmen making a good contribution, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aiden-Blizzard-c958 was the only one who failed to get into double figures.The opener was dismissed for six runs only.
The Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar, hit a run a ball of 24 which included 5 fours. TL Suman and Kieron Pollard gave the innings the much needed leap towards the end, Suman hammered three big sixes and three fours in his innings of 36 runs which came off merely 16 balls.
Pollard the West Indian limited-over specialist scored 28 off 21 balls. His innings included a brace of sixes. Jerome http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364 and Rahul Sharma took two wickets each to push back the MI.
The Pune Warriors started their innings, disastrously. The first three wickets fell with only 46 runs on the board, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manish-Pandey-c74183 tried to revive the innings with the help of Yuvraj Singh, the captain of the team. However, Yuvraj was sent back after contributing 20 runs off 16 balls.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-Uthappa-c2356, who was the main hope for the Warriors, did give glimpses of his talent as he laced a quick fire of 34 runs with the help of 2 sixes.
In the end, MI bowling attack and sharp fielding prevailed over PW as the hosts recorded an impressive win by keeping the visitors 21 runs shy of the target.
Lasith Malinga with 3 wickets was the star of the show for the hosts. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-Sharma-c83352 was named Man of the Match for his amazing bowling figures of 2 wickets for 7 runs in 4 overs.
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