RR vs Warriors, 13th match at Pune, IPL, Apr 11 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Huge relief for the Pune Warriors. They had begun so well last season, winning three out of four, and then barely won a game for the rest of the season. They started this year with a couple of defeats, prompting a re-jig at the top of the order. It paid off, and how. Uthappa and Finch killed off this chase in the Powerplay.

Robin Uthappa: "We really needed this. We have worked hard as a team. Donald has helped everybody keep calm, deal with the pressure. I think we have got a hang of this wicket now, it is a young wicket, it is still settling in, it will take time to become a flat Twenty20 wicket. I was pleased to get the team off to a good start, we have been a bit apprehensive with our approach, probably because of the losses before."

Here's the latest points table.

Piyush: "Lots of you might find it weird, but according to me MOM should be Rahul Sharma, he brought the run rate in check when Rahane and Dravid were scoring easily."

Jey: "I'll probably give the MoM to Yuvi for 3 reasons. 1. 2/27 2. 28 of 23 3. Fantasy captain. Ting. sorry. still thinks he is a part of kings xi"

Presentation ceremony:

Rahul Dravid: "We just kept losing wicket, just when we thought we could accelerate, we lost Rahane, we lost Binny, I got out myself. Maybe 15 runs more, but the way they batted, even that might not have been enough. We have seen Finch before, we discussed him. They have plenty of power-hitters in the team, and if they come off... We need to look to keep improving, look to forget this match and kick on."

Angelo Mathews: "We needed that badly, to be honest. We were pretty good in the field, the approach has totally changed in the batting. We backed Finch and he did a brilliant job, we were a bit cautious before."

Man of the Match is Aaron Finch: "It was nice, we knew we had to get off to a good start, the wicket gets a bit slower and lower as the ball gets older. Credit goes to Uthappa, 32 off 16 really set us up. Today was our day, it was nice to get away with it. I thought our bowlers did a great job to restrict them after that partnership between Rahul and Rahane."

13 matches down this season, and not enough close games. Perhaps tomorrow will be a tighter contest when Delhi take on Sunrisers. Thanks for all the cat jokes today. Seeya tomorrow.

MJain: "match-winning innings .... its not done yet ... Sreesanth gonna take hat-trick in the next over"

Punit: "Andrew, you can't expect every player to be a match-winner"

ranjan: "sreesanth to bowl 2 more overs. A sadist's delight!"

Vatsala Goyal: "If I were Dravid I would instruct my players to spend the entire strategic time out forming a circle around Finch and staring him down. Scaring him into wanting to get out seems to be RR's only hope of victory"

Andrew: "@Sudhindra: You are very correct in saying that Trivedi is consistent - one or two wickets per match, economy between 7.50 and 9 but that's the very reason he flies under the radar. Would I have him on my team? Sure. Equally, however, neither would I count on him to be my match-winner (a la Malinga, Steyn, etc)."

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