Mumbai Indians innings:
10th over: 48 for 3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the medium-pacer, gets the ball and sends down a good opening over. Karthik and Franklin rotating the strike. Franklin should try to collect a boundary soon though, before he really gets bogged down. He's capable of launching some sixes. The asking rate isn't out of Mumbai's reach yet.
9th over: 44 for 3 Just three runs off the over, but Karthik is looking good. Franklin seems content just nudging the ball around.
6th over: 34 for 3 Rahul Sharma gets the ball and Karthik starts the over by going back and pulling four superbly between two fielders in the deep. The rest of the over is tidier, as Rahul straightens his line. Karthik's timing is getting better.
5th over: 27 for 3 Wayne Parnell comes into the attack and bowls a tidy over bar one loose delivery. Two dot balls, a sharp single into the cover region, another risky run stolen from in front of mid-on, a slash over point for four, and a dot ball give Pune six runs from the over.
4th over: 21 for 3 A wide down the leg side from Samuels, followed by some shaky running. Franklin wants a single and sets off but Karthik waved him back. Samuels also gets on to bite and strike Kathik on the glove. There's plenty of turn out there. Responds by chipping out and lofting Samuels for six over long-on. Good use of the feet and proper execution of the shot.
4th over: 11 for 3 Dinda concedes a boundary, but otherwise a top over. Karthik even left a delivery in there, aside from being beaten once. The sixth ball was short and wide and Karthik cut it nicely behind backward point for four.
3rd over: 7 for 3 Just two runs conceded by Marlon Samuels. A singe each to Karthik and Franklin. Mumbai look confused as to how to approach this chase.
2nd over: 5 for 3 This is stunning. Mumbai lose their second wicket. Ashok Dinda strikes first ball, getting Ambati Rayudu to chop a regular delivery straight to Kartik at point. Rayudu couldn't believe it. Pune celebrate the wicket. Dinda follows up with two consecutive wides. A single to James Franklin follows, then two dot balls. On the final ball, Rohit Sharma throws his bat at a wide ball and nicks to Uthappa. Double-wicket over for Dinda. Amazing scenes.
Ambati Rayudu c Kartik b Dinda 1 (2b)
Rohit Sharma c Uthappa b Dinda 1 (6b)
1st over: 2 for 1 Well, well. Murali Kartik opens the bowling and has the dangerous Richard Levi stumped for a second-ball duck. Drifts the ball past the bat, Levi's back foot goes up fractionally and Robin Uthappa behind the stumps does the rest. Big strike for Pune as they defend a low total. Kartik concedes just two runs from the over.
Richard Levi st Uthappa b Kartik 0 (2b
Pune Warriors innings:
20th over: 129 for 9 So, Pune end up with a rather flat 129. Munaf bowls the final over and picks up the wicket of the innings' top-scorer Steven Smith. Smith produces the scoop shot over the wicketkeeper for four first ball, but ends up swinging the third straight to Pollard just inside the ropes at deep midwicket. A good innings from the Australian, 39 off 32 balls, considering that Pune were 47 for 4 in the ninth over when he walked out. Full credit to Munaf, who slipped in three dot balls in the over, which ended with the run-out of Rahul Sharma. Mumbai will be pleased with their efforts. Considering they have Richard Levi and Suryakumar Yadav opening the innings, the chase could be over soon.
19th over: 124 for 7 Malinga concedes five from his final over to finish with 2 for 16. Smith manages a boundary through midwicket, but Pune don't seem to have enough on the board.
18th over: 116 for 7 Mumbai will have mixed reactions to that over. Ojha returns and bowls out his quota by conceding 11 and picking a wicket. Second ball, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is beaten all ends by a lovely ball that grips and turns from leg stump and takes out off stump. Then Murali Kartik gets a first-ball four with a well-placed sweep and then lofts Ojha over long-on for six.
17th over: 105 for 6 Harbhajan goes back to his strike bowler, Malinga, who concedes just five runs from the over while dismissing Samuels. The first ball is clipped for two, but the second is a superb yorker which uproots Samuels' middle stump. Not sure why he was rooted to the crease and going back to expose the stumps. That ball was destined to hit timber anyway. Top yorker. Malinga keeps it full all over and Smith struggles to time his shots. Great comeback over from Malinga.
16th over: 100 for 5 Pollard comes back for his final over and gets Uthappa first ball, but also concedes nine runs. Uthappa miscues an attempted hit and ends up chipping a catch back to the bowler, who takes the simple offering and pumps his fist. Big blow for Pune just as they were looking primed for a late surge. Marlon Samuels comes out for his first innings in the IPL and nearly drives a catch to mid-off first ball. Smith keeps working the ball into the leg side and steals a couple off Pollard, and then smacks the last ball past square leg for a four that raises the team's 100.
15th over: 91 for 4 Munaf comes back into the attack and gives away ten runs. Smith tries to open his shoulders but cannot time the shots well. Munaf varies his pace well. Crafty bowler in Twenty20 cricket.
There's also an appeal for a run out as Smith drives out to sweeper cover and harries back for the second. The throw comes in from the fielder and Karthik breaks the stumps, but replays show Smith had hit back in just in time. Smith charges Munaf on the last ball and slashes four to third man. Five overs to go. Pune need boundaries.
14th over:82 for 4 Harbhajan pulls things back after Pollard's last over. Two dot balls followed by a two and three singles. Twice Uthappa hit hard across the line, but didn't manage more than a run. One loft even dropped a few feet in front of long-on. A good over for Mumbai.
13th over: 77 for 4 Seven runs from the over. Steven Smith and Robin Uthappa are making efforts to get across their stumps and turn the ball into the open spaces on the leg side. Pollard was a bit too straight in that over. Varied his length from full and just short of a length. Smith using his wrists well to shovel the ball toward midwicket. Pollard also slips in a wide outside off stump.
12th over: Pune 70 for 4 Much needed boundaries in the over bowled by Franklin, the most expensive of the innings so far. Uthappa gets one on the pads and works it down to deep fine leg for four, and also smacks one past midwicket. Pune need more such shots to get to near a challenging total.
11th over: Pune Warriors 58 for 5 Still Pune struggle to collect quick runs. Pollard gives seven runs. No boundaries though.
10th over: Pune Warriors 51 for 4
Mumbai continue to apply the chokehold. Harbhajan concedes just two runs from the over. Pune need some boundaries, and fast. Very sharp fielding from Mumbai. The crowd is cheering their every move.
9th over: Pune Warriors 48 for 4 Pune slip further. They lose their fourth wicket. One ball after Callum Ferguson is dropped at square leg, he ends up being run out for 12. It was a direct his from Rohit Sharma at point. Super throw.
8th over: Just six runs from the over bowled by Pragyan Ojha. Four dot balls, a two and a boundary.
1st over: After being at sixes and sevens throughout the over, Manish Pandey is bowled by Lasith Malinga for a duck. The over also ends in a maiden. A dream start for Mumbai.
Mumbai: Mumbai Indians captain Harbhajan Singh won the toss and elected to bowl first against Pune Warriors in match three of IPL 5 at the Wankhede stadium on Friday.
Sachin Tendulkar has been left out of the playing XI by Mumbai Indians.
Pune – the costliest team in the IPL – had a disappointing first season, losing nine of their 14 games to finish second-from-bottom in 2011. Off-field controversies then dogged the team's preparations at the start of this year as owners Sahara Group were drawn into a lengthy dispute with the BCCI.
Mumbai on the other hand got off to a great start beating the Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets on Wednesday.
Pune Warriors:
RV Uthappa (wk), SC Ganguly (capt), CJ Ferguson, MN Samuels, MK Pandey, SPD Smith, B Kumar, R Sharma, WD Parnell, M Kartik, AB Dinda
Mumbai Indians:
SA Yadav, RE Levi, AT Rayudu, RG Sharma, KD Karthik (wk), KA Pollard, JEC Franklin, Harbhajan Singh (capt), SL Malinga, PP Ojha, MM Patel
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