Virender Sehwag: Never, I have never seen Sourav run the way he did. I needed to bat till the end, at least till the 16th over. We needed someone to bat on till the end, irrespective of how many batsmen we had. The wicket was good to bat on, I liked batting on this pitch.

Sourav Ganguly: Sehwag was hitting them hard, so it is a relief when he gets out. The last five overs of batting from Smith were good, but only when Sehwag got out we thought we came back into the game. Getting KP out was a big relief obviously, which was the reason behind that run!

Ganguly is also the man of the match.

That is a brilliant all-round performance from Pune, batted well through Jesse Ryder and Sourav Ganguly, with Steven Smith spanking a vital 13-ball 34 to propel the side forward. Then, barring a brief period when KP and Sehwag looked to dominate, the Warriors bowled well on a flat pitch, with Ganguly and Alfonso Thomas leading the way for them! Job well done and as I said earlier, four teams on eight points apiece.

19.6

Thomas to Ojha, 1 run

full-toss, and that has been hit away to deep mid-wicket for a single, end of the game, Pune has made it four wins to level with Delhi, Chennai and Rajasthan on eight points!

19.5

Thomas to Morkel, 1 run

shot, drilled back to the bowler, was pitched right up and he takes a single

19.4

Thomas to Ojha, 1 run

yorker length, played straight back to long-on for a single

19.3

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Thomas to Ojha, no run

bouncer, wanted to pull it away and hit flush on the helmet. Lovely!

19.2

Thomas to Ojha, 2 runs

full ball, almost a yorker, and he has flicked it away to wide long-on for a couple. They need a Gayle on strike.

19.1

Thomas to Nagar, OUT

pitched up and lifted to extra-cover, straight to Ganguly fielding there, simple catch made to look as easy.

Yogesh Nagar c Ganguly b Thomas 24 (19b 3x4 0x6 28m) SR: 126.31

26 required off the last over.

Over19

15 runs

DC 167/6CRR: 8.78 RRR: 26.00

NV Ojha 7 (2b 1x6)Y Nagar 24 (18b 3x4)

A Nehra0/26 (4)

18.6

Nehra to Ojha, SIX runs

finally a connection, finally a six, finally some hope! That was pitched right up to the bat, was slower and he went for the shot, that has gone over the bowler's head!

18.5

Nehra to Nagar, 1 run

shorter this time and he has been pulled, but no timing whatsoever, single to long-on.

18.4

Nehra to Ojha, 1 run

pitched right up to the bat, driven to long-off for a single.

18.3

Nehra to Nagar, 1 run

slower one, outside the leg-stump, played away to the leg-side for a single.

18.2

Nehra to Nagar, 2 runs

another full-toss from Nehra, outside the off-stump, hit over extra-cover but only for a couple.

18.1

Nehra to Nagar, FOUR runs

full-toss and that has been smashed through the extra-cover region for a four.

Over18

10 runs, 1 wicket

DC 152/6CRR: 8.44 RRR: 20.50

Y Nagar 16 (14b 2x4)NV Ojha 0 (0b)

AC Thomas2/17 (3)

17.6

Thomas to Nagar, 1 run

a very full ball, angling in, cramping him for room, driven to long-on for a single.

17.5

Thomas to Nagar, FOUR runs

shorter, slower this time and he waited for the ball to present itself to the bat, slashed over Kartik at point and that has gone to the point fence.

17.4

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Thomas to Nagar, no run

quicker, shorter and the batsman fails to get anywhere close to the ball.

17.3

Thomas to Nagar, FOUR runs

pitched up to the bat and the batsman has gone for a shot over extra-cover, it gets an outside edge instead, and the third-man is nowhere near...

17.2

Thomas to Taylor, OUT

short ball and Taylor has pulled it straight to the long-on fielder, Smith. Slower ball too and that meant that Taylor needed to make all the power on the ball. End of the Kiwi.

Ross Taylor c Smith b Thomas 12 (13b 1x4 0x6 27m) SR: 92.3

17.1

Thomas to Nagar, 1 run

pitched right up to the bat, squeezed through to long-on for a single

51 off three needed. Improbable I say. 20-run over needed, here.