IPL 6: Mumbai Indians vs Pune Warriors- As it happened...

Zeenews Sports Bureau/Prajwal Pariyar

Updates of the match between Mumbai Indians and Pune Warriors at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. SCORECARD» I COMMENTARY» Schedule & Results» I Points Table» ==================================================================================== Mumbai Indians beat Pune Warriors by 41 runs. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 20 II Score: 142/8 Kumar gets a single off the first ball of the last over from Pollard. Rahul gets two runs off the second ball. He fails to conect the next two deliveries. Gets a single off the fifth ball. Kumar misses the last ball. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 19 II Score: 138/8 Malinga continues with a slower ball outside off stump that Rahul Sharma fails to get any bat on. Beats Rahul with a perfect yorker that somehow misses the stumps. Kumar flicks this one to fine leg for a single. Rahul hits it past mid off for a four this time. Misses the last ball. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 18 II Score: 132/8 Rishi Dhawan back into the attack and he starts off with a slower ball which beats Rahul Sharma. This one is a yorker and Rahul Sharma digs it out to steal a single. Beats Bhuvneshwar this time with a slower ball. This time Kumar slaps it to long on for a single. A single off the next ball to cover. Kumar clips it from his pads to deep mid wicket for a couple of runs. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 17 II Score: 127/8 Johnson back into the attack and Marsh hits him for a boundary to deep extra cover. A single off the second ball. Kumar guides the next one to third man for a single. Marsh hit this one high in the air and Rishi Dhawan running in from extra cover took a fantastic diving catch. Rahul Sharma is the new batsman. Mitchell Marsh c R Dhawan b Mitchell Johnson 38(26) ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 16 II Score: 121/7 Malinga into the attack now. Singles being taken off him regularly but the big hit not coming. Nayar tries to loft this one over long off but he fails and is easily taken by the man at long off.This one is wide and Marsh gets some bat on it and the ball goes away for a single. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the new batsman and he plays the ball straight back to the bowler, no run taken. Nayar c Pollard b Malinga 6(7) ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 15 II Score: 118/6 Johnson into the attack now. Nayar hits the first ball in the air but the ball goes just wide off the man at cover for a single. Marsh makes room this time but can't get it past the fielder at cover, no run taken. This time he gets under it and whacks it over the deep mid wicket boundary for a six. Stroke of luck for Marsh this time as he miscues a hit that goes over the wicket keeper for a four. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 14 II Score: 105/6 Harbhajan is back into the attack and Marsh tries to hit the first one out of the ground but does not connect. This time he connects and the ball flies way over the deep mid wicket boundary for a six. This time he gets it to long off for a single. This one is short and Nayar cuts it the man at sweeper cover for another single. Marsh hits this one straight past the bowler for a single. Another single off the last ball. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 13 II Score: 95/6 Mathews whacks this one to deep mid wicket for a six. He walks out this time and hits it high but the ball does not have much distance in it and is taken by Rohit Sharma at long on. Abhisekh Nayar is the new man. Marsh gets two runs to deep mid wicket. Another single to Marsh. This one is wide down the leg side. Nayar tries to cut one but the ball turns a bit too much for him and he only manages to get some bat on it for a single. Another single off the last over. 12 runs and a wicket off the over. Mathews c Rohit Sharma b Ojha 19(18) ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 12 II Score: 83/5 Malinga into the attack anfd he starts off with an inswinging full toss that Marsh hits to deep mid wicket for two runs. A single to fine leg this time. Mathews flicks this one to deep mid wicket for a single. Another single to sweeper cover this time. Short one this time and the batsman lets it go to the wicketkeeper. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 11 II Score: 77/5 Dhawan continues as Marsh flicks the first one to long on for a single. The next one is hit straight to the ground and the batsmen take for a quick single and complete it. Marsh gets a single off the next ball. Mathews hits it to mid wicket and takes another single. Beats Marsh outside off stump this time. The last ball is hit straight back past the bowler for a single. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 10 II Score: 72/5 Mathews tries to paddle sweep Pollard over short fine leg but fails to connect. This time he flicks the ball towards short fine leg and completes a quick single. Yuvraj blasted that one to sweeper cover who got his body behind it to restrict the batsmen to two runs. This time Yuvraj hit the ball hard but straight to the man at deep mid wicket. Mitchell Marsh is the new batsman and he fends one to leg side off his pads to start with. He guides the next ball to sweeper cover for a single. Yuvraj c R Dhawan b Pollard 24(16) ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 9 II Score: 68/4 Dhawan continues as Mathews flicks one on the leg side for two runs. This was a gem of a delivery and beat Mathews all ends up outside the off stump. This time Mathews goes down the ground and hits the ball straight past the bowler but the fieder from mid on runs around to restrict the batsmen to two runs. Gets a single to cover point off the next ball. Yuvraj beaten outside off stump again. This time Yuvraj connects and the ball disappears over the long on boundary. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 8 II Score: 57/4 Pollard into the attack now. Yuvraj gets an edge on the first ball but the ball goes off the bounce to short third man for a single. The next ball is down the leg side and the umpire calls it a wide. Thye next ball is defended to mid on, no run taken. Mathews guides the next ball to third man for a single. Yuvraj pulls a short one over deepsquare leg boundary for a six. Fifty up for Pune. Yuvraj drives the last ball to cover for two runs. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 7 II Score: 46/4 Rishi Dhawan is into the attack now and he starts with a good delivery swinging from off stump that beats the batsman. This one is short and Mathews pulls it to long on for a single. Yuvraj defends the next ball straight back to the bowler. He beats Yuvraj outside off stump this time. Yuvraj gave himself room and freed his arms but the ball got the edge and went just past the keeper for a four. Yuvraj defends to mid on and takes off for a quick single off the last ball. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 6 II Score: 40/4 Captain Angelo Mathews is in the middle now. Yuvraj gets a single to fine leg. Mathews defends a slightly shorter ball straight back to the bowler. Gets a single down to long on. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 5.2 II Score: 38/4 Suman goes down the ground and tries to loft it over long on but the ball gets the leading edge and flies to third man for a four. This time he lofts straight to the man at long on. Suman c Pollard b Harbhajan 23(15) ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 5 II Score: 34/3 Malinga into the attack now. Yuvraj guides the first ball to third man for a single. Suman gets another one to third man for another single. Yuvraj is hit on the pads this time, trying to hit one on the leg side, the batsmen take a single. This one is driven through covers for a four by Suman. This one is slightly wider outside off stump and Suman pokes at it but does not get any bat on it. This one is guided to third man for a single. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 4 II Score: 26/3 Harbhajan Singh into the attack now and bowls four consecutive dot balls to Suman. He seeps this time and gets a four to fine leg. Just four runs off the over. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 3 II Score: 22/3 Suman gets a short one to start off with and he guides it wide off third man for a four. This one is wider and this time he slashes even harder to get another four. Suman guides the last ball to third man for a single. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 2.3 II Score: 13/3 Johnson continues with another inswinger that Uthappa defends back to the bowler. This time Uthappa fails to get any bat on an attempted flick. This one is an inswinging delivery again and it crashes onto the stumps to dismiss Uthappa. Uthappa b Mitchell Johnson 7(9) ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 2 II Score: 13/2 Yuvraj is the man in the middle. This time Uthappa gets a pull over mid wicket for a four. This one is wide on the off side and Uthappa cuts past the fielder at cover for a couple of runs. This one is defended to backward point, no run taken. This one is wide on the leg side and the umpire stretches his hands to signal wide. Uthappa gets a single off the last ball. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 1.1 II Score: 5/2 Pragyan Ojha to bowl the second over of the innings to Uthappa. He starts off with a short one that Uthappa pulls to the man at mid wicket, Ross Taylor had taken off for a single but Uthappa was unmoved and the throw from the fielder was at the bowler's end and Taylor was out of his crease. Ross Taylor run out (Rayudu/Ojha) 4(5) ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 1 II Score: 5/1 Ross Taylor comes to the middle now and he also gets an inside edge to an inswinging delivery from Johnson, no run taken. This one is a bit wide and Taylor drives it to square third man for a four. This one is wide down the leg side. Johnson gets his line and length back and no run is taken off the next two deliveries. The last one is defended to cover, no run taken. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 0.1 II Score: 0/1 Uthappa and Finch are in the middle for Pune Warriors. Mitchell Johnson starts off for Mumbai with a swinging delivery that goes through Finch and crashes onto the stumps. Finch b Mitchell Johnson 0(1) ==================================================================================== Mumbai Indians score 183 for the loss of 3 wickets in their quota of 20 overs. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 20 II Score: 183/3 Dinda to bowl the final over as Pollard gets a single off the first ball. Another single off the next ball to Rohit. Pollard trying to hit the paddle sweep ends up getting an edge towards the off side for a single. Rohit smashes this one over the fielder at long off for a six. Rohit gets to his fifty. This time he smashes a full otss to deep mid wicket for a four. He smashes the last ball to mid on for a single. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 19 II Score: 167/3 Angelo Mathews into the attack now. Pollard gets a single off the second ball. Rohit Sharma drives a full toss through cover boundary for a four. Gets a single off the next ball to third man. Pollard gets another two runs to deep mid wicket. Another single off the last ball. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 18 II Score: 158/3 Marsh continues as Pollard flicks the first one to the fielder at mid wicket, no run taken. Pollard pulls this time and the ball races away to deep mid wicket boundary for a four. This time he hoiks it over and above the long on boundary for a six. This time he gets the ball away for a single to deep mid wicket. This one is a full toss and Rohit who was trying to strike it on the leg side got the top edge and the ball went over the fielders at cover and backward point for another boundary. This time he hits it over the man at long off for a six. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 17 II Score: 137/3 Dinda continues with a wide yorker which Rohit guides wide off third man but the fielder there put in a wonderful effort to restrict the batsmen to two runs. This time Rohit hits him high and long over long on for a six. He pulls a short ball over long on for another six. Dinda's front foot was over the line so it's a free hit, but Dinda bowled this full and straight and the batsman could not get it away for runs. He gets this one away to sweeper cover for a couple of runs. A single this time to mid wicket. Pollard smashes the last ball to the man at long off for a single. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 16 II Score: 118/3 Pollard comes to the middle now and Marsh is bowling a nice line here. Pollard struggling to get him away for runs here. This time he gets it away to short fine leg for a single. Rohit looking for a single here but Pollard sends himback just in time. This time Rohit gets the ball to deep mid wicket for a single. End of a great over, just three runs and a wicket. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 15.1 II Score: 115/3 Mitchell Marsh into the attack now and he traps Karthik on the pads first up and he looked plumb. Dinesh Karthik lbw b Mitchell Marsh 41(29) ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 15 II Score: 115/2 Dinda back into the attack now. Nicely driven off the backfoot by Karthik for two runs to sweeper cover. This time Karthik hits it straight past the outstretched hands of the bowler for a four. Karthik gets another couple of runs off the next ball. A single down to third man this time. Short one that Rohit lets go to the keeper. Rohit hits this one in the air but the ball falls just short of the man running in from sweeper cover, as the batsmen take two runs. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 14 II Score: 104/2 Angelo Mathews into the attack now as Rohit gets a single off the first ball. Karthik pulls the next ball over fine leg boundary for a six. He gets two runs to deep mid wicket off the next ball. The next ball is full and Karthik helps it to the man at long off for a single. Rohit flicks the next ball from off stump to long on for a single. Another single off the last ball. Twelve off the over. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 13 II Score: 92/2 Rahul Sharma continues and this one is short as well but the batsman can't get it past the fielder at short third man. This time Karthik gets it to deep mid wicket for a single. Rohit strokes one to mid on for another single off the last ball off the over. Just two runs off the over. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 12 II Score: 90/2 Yuvraj drags it short and Karthik pulls it towards deep mid wicket for a boundary. Inside out this time and Karthik gets another boundary between mid off and sweeper cover.Karthik gets a single this time. A single to end the over. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 11 II Score: 79/2 Rahul Sharma back into the attack and starts with a short one which Karthik cuts but Yuvraj stops from going to the boundary, batsmen get a single. This one is short again and Rohit got an edge that went past the keeper for a four. The next ball is full and Rohit defends it back to the bowler. He guides the next one to the man at short third man for a single. Karthik gets another single off the next ball. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 10 II Score: 72/2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar back into the attack as Rohit gets a single off the first ball. Karthik gets another single off the third ball. Singles being taken here as the batsmen look to consolidate after the loss of two big wickets. Karthik goes across his stumps and pulls to deep mid wicket for a boundary. Single taken off the last ball. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 9 II Score: 64/2 Rohit Sharma comes to the middle now. Karthik nudges this ball on the leg side for a single. Rohit gets another single, Karthik takes another single. Eight runs and wicket of the over. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 8.2 II Score: 60/2 Finch into the attack again and Tendulkar paddle sweeps him for a boundary. This time Tendulkar hits it high in the air and the man at mid off ran backwards to complete a brilliant catch to dismiss the big man. Tendulkar c Mitchell Marsh b Finch 44(29) ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 8 II Score: 56/1 Dinesh Karthik comes to the middle now. Another nicely flighted delivery from Yuvraj which Karthik strokes on the off side, no run taken. Single on the off side off the next ball. Sachin playing the ball on it's merit now, and not going for the extravagant shots, gets a single off the next ball. Karthik looks to take a quick single but decides against it. Just two runs and a wicket from this over. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 7.1 II Score: 54/1 Yuvraj comes into the attack and gets Ponting caught at backward point off the first ball. Ponting c Nayar b Yuvraj 14(17) ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 7 II Score: 54/0 Angelo Mathews continues to Sachin who defends the first ball and takes a single off the second. Ponting pulls a short one from outside off stump to deep mid wicket for another single. Sachin flicks this one to deep mid wicket for two runs. He drives the next ball through covers for a single. Ponting lifts one in the air over the bowler for a single to end the over. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 6 II Score: 48/0 Rahul Sharma starts this over with a short one that Tendulkar cuts hard to the man at backward point. This time he walks out and smashes it straight but can't get it past the fileder at mid on. This time he hit a similar shot in the air and the ball fell just short off Yuvarj at mid on, the ball went for a boundary. This time Tendulkar makes some room and smashes the ball over mid on boundary for a six. The last ball is helped straight down the ground for a single. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 5 II Score: 37/0 Angelo Mathews into the attack now and Ponting defends the first ball back to the bowler. Ponting nudges the third ball to the leg side for a single. Sachin slashes at one wide off the off stump and that could h ave so easily taken an edge. Sachin strokes one to mid off and takes a quick single to end the over. Just two runs off the over. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 4 II Score: 35/0 Spin being introduced into the attack now. Rahul Sharma it is to bowl his leg spinners. Huge appeal off the first ball that hit Ponting on the pads, the ball pitched just on leg stump and would probably have gone on to hit the stumps, lucky for Ponting. He pulls the third ball for a single. Sachin blasts the next delivery to mid off for another single. Ponting gets another single. Sachin smashes the last ball straight past the bowler for a four. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 3 II Score: 28/0 Dinda comes into the attack now and starts off with a wide outside off stump. Tendulkar flicks this one from the pads and the ball goes in the air, just over the man at short fine leg, for four runs. This was a typical Tendulkar drive through covers for a boundary. This one is in the air again but on the off side and wide of the fielder at third man for another boundary. This time Tendulkar hits the ball straight past the man at mid off for yet another boundary. He defends the next one to the man at backward point. Short one to end the over where Sachin hit four consecutive boundaries. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 2 II Score: 11/0 Bhuvneshwar Kumar into the attack now. The first ball jags back in from off stump and Ponting defends it back to the bowler. The next ball is full and wide, Ponting gets his bat to it but the ball goes straight to backward point. This time Kumar induces the inside edge and the ball just misses the stumps and goes past the keeper for four runs. Big appeal off the next ball, the ball was swinging back in from off stump and this time the keeper took it cleanly but the umpire said no. This one is short and Ponting shows his class here with his trademark pull shot for four runs. The next on is fuller and Ponting defends it, no run taken. ==================================================================================== MUMBAI Over: 1 II Score: 3/0 Tendulkar and Ponting are in the middle. They will be looking for a change in luck this time around. Aaron Finch to start with the ball for Pune. Ponting takes a single off the first ball. Sachin defends the next two balls. He tries to sweep the next one but top edges it and the ball nearly carries to the bowler. The last ball was short and Sachin pulled it just over the fielder at mid on for two runs. ==================================================================================== TOSS: Mumbai have won the toss and have decided to bat first. ====================================================================================