Pune Warriors beat Super Kings by 7 wickets

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.

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.

The scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Pune Warriors and Chennai Super Kings at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium here Saturday.

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