IPL:Pune Warriors Beat Chennai Super Kings by 25 Runs
Pune Warriors 159 for 5 (Finch 67, Smith 39*, Morris 2-25) beat Chennai Super Kings 135 for 8 (Badrinath 34, Bhuvneshwar 2-12) by 24 runs
The first ball Finch faced he drilled back past Dirk Nannes for four. He
would hit seven more fours in the Powerplay. With a short back lift and
a punch packed behind them. Robin Uthappa at the other end, though,
fumbled his way to nine off 12 at the end of the Powerplay. The singles
didn't come, Uthappa kept struggling, but Finch kept hitting enough
boundaries to take this stand to the best opening for Warriors ever.
Then came on R Ashwin's spin and Chris Morris' bustle, and Warriors lost
their way. In going from 96 for 0 to 128 for 4, they consumed 29 balls
and looked set for a below-par total, especially after the 18th over
produced just three runs. However, Smith, who wouldn't even have played
but for the Tamil Nadu government's problem with Sri Lankan cricketers,
had other ideas. He went crazy against Nannes and Dwayne Bravo,
reverse-flicking the latter for a huge six over third man in the final
over. Twenty-eight came off those last two overs, but this was still a
strictly fighting total.
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