Pune is batting rirst.
Jesse Ryder is now facing Murtaza. There is now a confident appeal against Ryder, but then his feet was in.
Yuvraj opted for batting, even though almost all captains are taking fielding first, to know the target.
Shastri opined that 194/9 is a far better score than 164/3 ! He is advising both Maharashtra sides to go in for 200, rather than solidly for 160 odd !
Jessie Ryder lofts one into the hands of Sachin and Pune are 16/1. Next ball Manhas flashes and is caught behind and Nechim strikes two tremendous blows !
Munaf Patel started the next over and clean bowls T Paine and Pune ( who made Punjab 9/4 and Kochi 13/3 ) are 17/3 ! The Pune captain is out next ball and Pune are 17/4 !
That is why most of the captains take fielding, with the possible exception of Dhoni. But then Dhoni is an intellectual captain who knows how to rotate the bowlers and win by bowling and fielding.
Uthappa, not deterred by the situation, lofts one for four. But he is another pinch hitter and let us see whether he will save Pune !
Monish Mishra lofted one for six and then perished trying to repeat the shot, caught in the deep by Rohit Sharma and Pune are 57/5 !
Jonty Rhodes, the Mumbai coach, said that he is satisfied by the performance of the Mumbaikars !
Murali Karthik, playing well so far, lofts Malinga into the hands of Symonds and Pune are 88/6, off 14 overs !
Wayne Parnell is bowled by Franklin for 11 and Pune are 111/8 !
Pune are all out for 118 and Mumbai needs 119 runs to win. Mumbai pulled off some fantastic catches. No wonder as Jonty Rhodes is their coach.
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