Pune Warriors shine against Delhi Daredevils in 71st IPL contest – Cricket News
Pune Warriors gave their fans a splendid Sunday by beating a strong opposition, Delhi Daredevils, by 38 runs in the 71st match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL).
After winning the toss, the Warriors chose to bat first at Subrata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 Sahara Stadium, Pune, and since they were the hosts, they knew exactly how the pitch would behave later that day.
Openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaron-Finch-c881, gave their side a decent start of 38 runs, before this partnership was broken by 25-year-old Umesh Yadav, who bagged the wicket of Uthappa (24).
The partnership between Finch and Manish Pandey was productive as it halted the bowling onslaught and took the score to 74, before left-arm bowler Shahbaz Nadeem became the cause behind Pandey’s dismissal, shattering
his stumps when he had only ten runs to his name.
Delhi knew they need to nab the wicket of Finch in order to put considerable pressure on the batting side. The batsman was dismissed by Siddarth Kaul after scoring a staggering knock of 52 off 34 deliveries.
At the time of this wicket, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 were on 91 runs.
Yuvraj Singh, who has looked rusty in the tournament, continued his poor form with the bat as he could score only three runs before losing his wicket, leaving his side on 96.
With the top order back in the pavilion, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LJ-Wright-c1841 crafted a daunting resistance against the bowling onslaught by smacking the bowlers all around the park. The two batsmen raced to 167, before
Wright was dismissed by Kaul after having scored 44 runs off 23 deliveries. Meanwhile, Mathews stayed unbeaten on 30 off 22 as Pune ended the innings with 172 runs on the board for the loss of five wickets.
Requiring a massive score of 173 runs to win in 20 overs, Delhi needed a solid start. However, their first wicket fell with only 17 runs on the board when the hard-hitting batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301, was dismissed
for two.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 and Bharat Chipli then managed to take their side towards 40 runs, before this partnership also met its end on the departure of Jayawardene, who faltered with 14 runs to his name.
The remaining match was a disappointment for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780, as they kept losing wickets without putting up much of a fight. Consequently, they ended up with 134 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs.
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