By CricketCountry Staff
Mohnish Mishra provided the final flourish with an unbeaten 21-ball 37 to helps Pune Warriors India defeat Kochi Tuskers Kerala by 4 wickets.
Published: Apr 13, 2011, 08:11 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 13, 2011, 08:11 PM (IST)
By CricketCountry Staff
Navi Mumbai: Apr 13, 2011
Mohnish Mishra provided the final flourish with an unbeaten 21-ball 37 to helps Pune Warriors India defeat Kochi Tuskers Kerala by 4 wickets.
Wayne Parnell was run out for 1 after Muttiah Muralitharan had nipped out a rampaging Robin Uthappa for a 13-ball 31.
Brad Hodge took two quick wickets to enable Kochi bounce back in the match after Pune openers got off to a brisk start.
Hodge had Pune Warriors captain Yuvraj caught behind for 8. Hodge in his first over dislodged Mithun Manhas for 12.
Ravindra Jadeja earlier gave Kochi Tuskers Kerala a crucial breakthrough when he showed the pavilion way to Graeme Smith for 24.
This was after Vinay Kumar got rid of Jesse Ryder for a 10-ball 17.
Pune Warriors India fought back with wickets in quick succession after Brad Hodge and Ravindra Jadeja raised a 87–run stand for the fifth wicket to bail Kochi out of trouble after an early slump.
Brief Scores: KTK 148 for 8 in 20 overs (Ravindra Jadeja 46, Brad Hodge 39; Wayne Parnell 3 for 35, Alfonso Thomas 1 for 31) lost to PWI 151 for 6 in 18.5 overs (Mohnish Mishra 37*, Robin Uthappa 31: Brad Hodge 2 for 14, Vinay Kumar 1 for 10, Ravindra Jadeja 1 for 4, Muttiah Muralitharan 1 for 26) by 4 wickets.
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