Pune Warriors v Deccan Chargers - IPL 5 - Deccan Chargers win by 18 runs - Live Score and Update
Deccan Chargers 177/4 (20/20 ov) v Pune Warriors 159/7 (20/20 ov) - Deccan Chargers won by 18 runs
Deccan Chargers finally broke their shackles in the current season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday, by registering their first win in a match played against hosts Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 Sahara Stadium, Pune, on April 26.
After piling a total of 177 runs on the board in 20 overs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779’s under pressure Deccan Chargers halted Pune Warriors from reaching the target by restricting them on 159 runs, thanks to some impressive bowling.
"Finally on the board, a great effort, especially by Cameron White with the bat ... we played Rusty for a purpose and he was outstanding. And young http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashish-Reddy-c1095 played well," said the Sangakkara.
While on the other hand, Pune who started off the competition as a force to reckon with, are now looking out of phase as their winning ways appear to have come to a standstill.
"As I said at the toss I would have fielded, we gave away 15-20 runs extra. We did not have partnerships, someone needed to carry on," said the Pune Warriors skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746.
Things went awry for Pune right from the start as after losing the toss; they got hammered for a massive total.
Later, after coming out to chase the tiring target, things went from bad to worse when they lost their hard-hitting batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JD-Ryder-c1679 with only 15 runs on the board as he lost his wicket after scoring just seven runs off six deliveries.
With Ryder gone, it was time for the skipper to take the field and seek glory in a bid to chase down the required target.
He alongside opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manish-Pandey-c74183 looked dangerous as the batsmen smashed the bowlers with zeal.
However, with 43 runs on the board, Deccan pacer Rusty Theron hit jackpot by demolishing Pandey’s stumps on 21 runs.
This triggered a slow but steady demise of Pune as they kept losing wickets which increased the asking run rate, placing the batting side under enormous pressure, consequently costing them the match.
Cameron White, from Deccan Chargers, who smashed a blatant innings of 78 runs, was named as the Player of the Match.
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