A brilliant 73 off 56 balls by Kiwi Jesse Ryder and a blitzkrieg by Australian import Steven Smith (44 off 22 balls) helped Pune Warriors overcome Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium here Saturday.
Batting first, Chennai Super Kings made 155 for five against Pune Warriors in an Indian Premier League match at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium here Saturday.Opener Faf du Plessis made 43 while all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja struck 44.
Rahul Sharma took two wickets for Pune.
Chasing 156 for victory, Pune reached the target with four balls to spare. Rahul Sharma was the pick of the bowlers for the home team taking two wickets for 16 runs.
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings:
Faf du Plessis st Uthappa b Sharma 43
Murali Vijay c Dinda b Mathews 8
Suresh Raina c Smith b Sharma 20
Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Kartik b Dinda 26
Ravindra Jadeja c Smith b Nehra 44
Albie Morkel not out 3
Dwayne Bravo not out
Extras: (lb 1, w 3, nb 2) 6
Total: (for five wickets in 20 overs) 155
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Vijay, 6.1 overs), 2-67 (du Plessis, 9.1), 3-86 (Raina, 11.3), 4-147 (Dhoni, 18.6), 5-148 (Jadeja, 19.2)
Bowling:
Murali Kartik 3-0-18-0
Ashok Dinda 4-0-30-1
Ashish Nehra 4-0-43-1
Rahul Sharma 3-0-16-2
Marlon Samuels 4-0-29-0
Angelo Mathews 2-0-18-1
Pune Warriors:
Robin Uthappa run out (Bravo/Kulasekara) 10
Jesse Ryder not out 73
Sourav Ganguly run out (Jadeja/Ashwin) 16
Marlon Samuels b Mahesh 8
Steven Smith not out 44
Extras: (lb 2, w 3) 5
Total: (for three wickets in 15 overs) 156
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Uthappa, 2.6 overs), 2-65 (Ganguly, 8.2), 3-90 (Samuels, 12.4)
Bowling:
Nuwan Kulasekara 4-0-38-0
Albie Morkel 2-0-22-0
Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-19-0
Dwayne Bravo 3-0-31-0
Suresh Raina 4-0-22-0
Yo Mahesh 2.2-0-22-1