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IPL 2012: Dimitri Mascarenhas’ five-wicket haul restricts Pune Warriors India to 115
England's Dimitri Mascarenhas notched up a sensational five-wicket haul to help Kings XI Punjab dismiss Pune Warriors for a modest 115 in an Indian Premier League match on Thursday.
Published: Apr 12, 2012, 09:42 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 12, 2012, 09:42 PM (IST)
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bowl first against Pune Warriors India at Punjab Circket Association Stadium, Mohali © PTI
Mohali: Apr 12, 2012
England’s Dimitri Mascarenhas notched up a sensational five-wicket haul to help Kings XI Punjab dismiss Pune Warriors for a modest 115 in an Indian Premier League match on Thursday.
Playing at home, Mascarenhas bowled a deadly spell, claiming five wickets — Sourav Ganguly (16), Marlon Samuels (2), Robin Uthappa (17), Mithun Manhas (31) and Rahul Sharma (2) after Punjab won the toss and inserted the visitors.
There was a hint of movement in the wicket after overnight rains and the hosts made good use of it as they bowled a good line to make life difficult for Pune, who had beaten them in their first leg match.
Middle-order batsman Manhas was the top-scorer for Pune and his 28-ball innings included three hits to the fence and a six, but he also fell to Mascarenhas in the 18th over while trying to play a sweep shot over the short fine-leg region.
In the same over, Rahul became Mascarenhas’ fifth victim when he had him caught by Mandeep Singh. Ashok Dinda was the last man out when he was found short of wicket in the last ball of the 19th over.
Earlier, Pune suffered an early blow when New Zealand’s Jesse Ryder (7), who tried to steal a cheeky single, was run out in the third over.
However, it was Mascarenhas who dealt the massive blow when in the 6th over, he had Ganguly caught by Shaun Marsh of the leading edge. The former India skipper’s nine-ball innings was laced with three fours.
Mascarenhas then struck again in the same over when he had struggling Samuels bowled out on an incoming delivery.
Uthappa, who looked in good form in the previous two games, tried to hold one end as wickets kept tumbling and Pune was tottering at 3-29 at one stage.
Medium-pacer Harmeet Bansal, who has been bowling intelligently, tasted success in his first over when he had Sri Lankan import Angelo Mathews (11) in the ninth over.
Mascarenhas was back in 13th over to inflict more damage when he had Uthappa (17) caught by Bipul Sharma (5 for77).
With no partnership clicking for Pune, leg spinner Piyush Chawla then cleaned up Steven Smith (13) in the 16th over to leave them toterring at 99 for six.
Manish Pandey (0) offered little resistance giving Bansal his second wicket as Pune were looking down the barrel at 100 for seven in the 17th over.
For Punjab, medium pacers Praveen Kumar and Parvinder Awana also bowled a tight line, giving away 19 and 18 runs respectively, though both remained wicketless at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium.
Brief Scorecard: PWI 115 in 20 overs (Mithun Manhas 31, Robin Uthappa 17; Dimitri Mascarenhas 5 for 24, Harmeet Singh 2 for 23) vs KXIP