Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 v Delhi Daredevils – IPL 5 – Devils win by eight wickets – Match Recap
Pune Warriors 146/2 (20/20 ov) v Delhi Daredevils 148/2 (16.0/20 ov) - Daredevils won by 8 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
Pune fans witnessed a disappointing match on Wednesday as their team lost to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611 Sahara Stadium, Pune.
With this victory, Daredevils have solidified their dominance in the league as they are ranked the number-one team in the tournament with five wins from seven games.
"They recovered well, but they couldn't get past 150, which is chase-able. Good to be top of the table, all because of my bowlers, they did a fantastic job," said the Delhi Daredevils skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739.
On the other hand, Pune, who are having a commendable tournament, were hoping to win the fixture as giving the touring side a tough time on home conditions was always an added advantage they had on their side.
For Pune the Gods were on their side as they won the toss and conveniently chose to bat first on a batsmen friendly track in a bid to post a staggering total on the board to leave the Devils in ruins.
However, this was not to be as they suffered the loss of their hard-hitting opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601.
With Ryder out of the way, Delhi knew http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746 in the next over, who could score only a run.
With two wickets down and a run on the board, the situation was slipping out of the hands of Pune and the side needed some sort of resistance from the remaining batsmen in order to halt the raging Devils.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-Uthappa-c2356 then rose to the occasion and batted their team back in the game by preventing the demise of another wicket.
However, the scoring rate of the duo was kept under check by the fielding side, preventing them from scoring at nine runs an over.
Consequently, the side ended their innings after amassing a defendable total of 146 runs on the board, with both batsmen unbeaten on 80 and 60 runs.
DD’s start was way better than their opponents as openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 and Sehwag gave their side a stand of 22 runs before Jayawardene was dismissed after playing an innings of 18 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 was the next to leave the field with 111 runs on the board as he departed after hammering a knock of 27 runs.
Nonetheless, Sehwag stole the show as he remained unbeaten on a tally of 87, guiding his team to victory and was then later named as the Player of the Match.
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