Yuvraj scythes this one through point, waited on it and put it away, that will be it, Pune begin the IPL on a winning note
That will be all from us for today. Join us for the Kolkata v Deccan game tomorrow, and read Sid Ravi's bulletin. This is Abhishek Purohit signing off. Cheers!
Wagh is the Man of the Match: "I have been working hard, DY Patil is good to bowl on, there is good bounce in the wicket, Alfonso and Parnell, we bowled as a unit. I was a bit nervous, lovely atmosphere at DY Patil."
Yuvraj: "Nice to get a first win, we picked up early wickets and set the momentum. We had plans, to bowl wicket to wicket, happy that we got the results. Mithun, I always back him, unfortunate not have played for India, but he did well for us today. First two years when I was captain of Kings, I took too much pressure, getting distracted on the field."
Gilchrist: "Poor allround performance, Ryan McLaren and Chawla had a good partnership, if we had them five down for 70-odd, who knows. We didn't step up at all today, long tournament to go, McLaren was outstanding."
Ryder: "I think the pitch was a lot quicker in the first half, good for us that we bowled first, it got a bit slower when we batted."
Hang on for the presentation.
Comprehensive win for Pune, they had too much firepower in the batting for Punjab to test them with 112. The bounce did Punjab in, they kept losing wickets to shots that were not on due to the extra bounce.
Xaideez: "Now surely he (Yuvi) wont get hug :P"
sees Yuvraj backing away outside leg and bowls it outside off, but very wide
looks to finish it with another swing on the leg side, but cannot connect this time
Robbie in to the act, that;s what you do for dropping them dollies, you pay dearly, marginally short, and Uthappa swings it with the angle, way over deep midwicket, all timing
now he pinches a single in front of cover
Yuvi, just a tad short, that will do it, stands tall, and lifts it over long on, all the way
Uthappa gets adventurous, waltzes down the track, this one gets big on him, but he manages to pull it to deep midwicket
backs away and slaps a length ball to sweeper cover
trouble for Punjab, Uthappa launches a fuller one over mid on, timing it so well that it carries over the ropes, simple and effective
and Uthappa makes Punjab pay for the drop, lovely straight drive, full face of the bat, and the ball races down the ground
driven with good timing to mid on
dropped atrocious stuff from Punjab, another drop, this time it is dinesh, Yuvraj went for the big drive on the knee, got the outside edge but Karthik put down a simple chance at slip
too full on middle and leg, flicked along the ground in front of square
moves in a tad from middle stump, he gets an inside edge as he pushes half-forward uncertainly, Nayar has bowled well
GP singh: "Yuvraj can still get a hug from Preity if he give his wicket now."
close to off and back of a length, he stays in the crease and punches it to sweeper cover
punched away in to the off side
another one on the pads, this one is bowled wide of the crease and Yuvraj cannot turn it away with the angle going past him
better line outside off, played away to point off the back foot
on the pads, Yuvraj flicks fine and gets four for the neat effort
driven off the front foot to sweeper cover
Rimmington in to the attack after the drop
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai | |
Toss | Kings XI Punjab, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2011 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00 |
Match days | 10 April 2011 - night (20-over match) |
T20 debut | Bhargav Bhatt |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Pune Warriors 2, Kings XI Punjab 0 |
Over 14 • PWI 113/3
Warriors won by 7 wickets (with 41 balls remaining)