The side with the poorest recent record in IPL pulled off what is in the main considered to be the competition toughest assignment a victory over Chennai Super Kings at Chennai.
Pune Warriors, without Yuvraj Singh and skipper Angelo Mathews, managed specifically that on Monday night by a margin of 24 runs. The visiting side 1st posted 159 through bursts at the top and bottom of the order and then limited Chennai to 135/8 in the chase, as Bhuvneshwar Kumar came up with a stand out performance with the new ball.
The young Indian seamer returned figures of 4-1-12-2, the scalps coming early on in Chennai chase. Pune had earlier been served well by opener Aaron Finch 45-ball 67 and Steven Smith, who returned to the team and contributed a fast fire 39 and three smart catches in the deep.
PUNE WARRIORS INDIA- 159/5 (20)
A Finch -67(45 balls)
S Smith -39(16balls)
R Uthappa -26(33balls)
BEST BOWLLING (CSK)
C Morris-2(25 Runs)
D Bravo-2(35)
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS
HIGHEST SCORE (CSK)
S Badrinath -34(24balls)
M Vijay -24(22balls)
BEST BOWLLING (CSK)
B Kumar-2(12Runs)
A Dinda-2(34Runs)
M Marsh-2(35Runs)
HIGHEST SCORE (CSK)
S Badrinath -34(24balls)
M Vijay -24(22balls)
BEST BOWLLING (CSK)
B Kumar-2(12Runs)
A Dinda-2(34Runs)
M Marsh-2(35Runs)
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- S.SMITH