Match 3 Scorecard: Warriors Defend Low Total, Upset MI

Winning the toss, Harbhajan again opted to field. His bowlers and fielders restricted Warriors to a gettable low score of 130 runs. But, the strong Warriors bowling reduced MI to 100 runs, and won the match by 29 runs. Third consecutive defeat for Home team in three matches of IPL 2012. Ganguly’s experienced captaincy was too much to handlge for Bhaji’s men in the absence of Tendulkar.

IPL 2012 Schedule and Results

Match Facts

Malinga with 65 wickets is the highest wicket taker in IPL.
Max 6s: Dinesh Karthik
Karbonn Kamaal Catch: Fergusson
MOM: Steven Smith
MI lead Warriors 2-1 in three matches.

Pune Warriors innings (20 overs maximum)

Manish Pandey b Malinga 0
Ganguly st Karthik b Harbhajan Singh 3 runs 6 balls
Parnell b Patel 11 runs 14 balls 2 4s
Uthappa† c & b Pollard 36 runs 33 balls 3 4s
Ferguson run out 12 runs 13 balls 1 four
Steven Smith c Pollard b Patel 39 runs 32 balls 4 4s
Samuels b Malinga 4 runs 4 balls
B Kumar b Ojha 2 runs 4 balls
Kartik not out 14 runs 9 balls 1 four 1 six
Rahul Sharma run out 0
Extras (lb 5, w 3) 8
Total (20 overs) 129/9

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Pandey, 0.5 ov), 2-15 (Ganguly, 3.4 ov), 3-27 (Parnell, 4.5 ov), 4-47 (Ferguson, 8.5 ov), 5-91 (Uthappa, 15.1 ov), 6-102 (Samuels, 16.2 ov), 7-105 (Kumar, 17.2 ov), 8-128 (Smith, 19.3 ov), 9-129 (Sharma, 19.6 ov)

Bowling

Malinga 4 ov 1 maiden 16/2
Harbhajan Singh 3 ov 16/1
Munaf Patel 4 ov 26/2
Pragyan Ojha 4 ov 23/1
Pollard 4 ov 31/1
Franklin 1 ov 12/0

Mumbai Indians innings (target: 130 runs from 20 overs)

Levi st Uthappa b Kartik 0
Rayudu c Kartik b Dinda 1 run 2 balls
Rohit Sharma c Uthappa b Dinda 1 run 6 balls
Franklin c Ferguson b Dinda 32 runs 42 balls 1 four
Karthik st Uthappa b Kartik 32 runs 32 balls 4 4s 1 six
Surya Yadav b Samuels 0
Pollard b Sharma 8 runs 11 balls
Harbhajan Singh lbw b Dinda 16 runs 15 balls 2 4s
Malinga c Uthappa b Parnell 5 runs 3 balls 1 four
Pragyan Ojha not out 0
Munaf Patel not out 0
Extras (lb 1, w 4) 5
Total (20 overs) 100/9

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Levi, 0.2 ov), 2-2 (Rayudu, 1.1 ov), 3-5 (Sharma, 1.6 ov), 4-54 (Karthik, 10.5 ov), 5-64 (Yadav, 12.2 ov), 6-77 (Pollard, 15.6 ov), 7-88 (Franklin, 17.3 ov), 8-96 (Malinga, 18.5 ov), 9-100 (Harbhajan Singh, 19.4 ov)

Bowling

Kartik 3 ov 14/2
Dinda 4 ov 17/4
Samuels 4 ov 21/1
Parnell 3 ov 18/1
Rahul Sharma 4 ov 16/1
B Kumar 2 ov 13/0