MUMBAI, April 6 (PTI): Pacer Ashok Dinda scalped four wickets as Pune Warriors pulled off an upset 28-run win over Mumbai Indians in a low-scoring Indian Premier League match here today.
The Warriors defended their total of 129 for nine with a clinical bowling effort on a Wankhede strip that assisted the spinners and pacers alike, restricting Mumbai to 101 for nine in the allotted 20 overs.
The visitors reduced the home team to a sorry five for three at the end of the second over and tightened the noose gradually to come out on top.
Missing an injured Sachin Tendulkar, there was little of note in the Mumbai innings, barring Dinesh Karthik�s 32 off as many balls and an identical effort from James Franklin.
Both the batsmen added 49 runs for the fourth wicket.
Mumbai skipper Harbhajan Singh, who had bowled well for the wicket of his rival counterpart Sourav Ganguly earlier, made a valiant 16 off 15 balls towards the end.
Dinda, the Warriors� new recruit from Bengal, grabbed two wickets in his first over and then came back to add two more to finish with admirable figures of four for 18.
The spinners � Murali Kartik, Marlon Samuels and Rahul Sharma � choked up the Mumbai batting with the turn they got out of the pitch.
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Pune Warriors: M Pandey b Malinga 0, S Ganguly st Karthik b Harbhajan 3, W Parnell b Patel 11, R Uthappa c & b Pollard 36, C Ferguson run out 12, S Smith c Pollard b Patel 39, M Samuels b Malinga 4, B Kumar b Ojha 2, M Kartik not out 14, R Sharma run out 0. Extras: (lb-5, w-3) 8. Total (For 9 wickets; 20 overs) 129. Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-15, 3-27, 4-47, 5-91, 6-102, 7-105, 8-128, 9-129. Bowling: Malinga 4-1-16-2, Harbhajan 3-0-16-1,Munaf 4-0-26-2, Ojha 4-0-23-1, Pollard 4-0-31-1, Franklin 1-0-12-0.
Mumbai Indians: Levi st Uthappa b Kartik 0, Rayudu c Kartik b Dinda 1, Rohit c Uthappa b Dinda 1, Franklin c Ferguson b Dinda 32, Karthik st Uthappa b Kartik 32, Suryakumar Yadav b Samuels 0, Pollard b Sharma 8, Harbhajan lbw b Dinda 16, Malinga c Uthappa b Parnell 5, Ojha not out 0, Munaf not out 1. Extras: (LB-1, W-4) 5. Total: (for 9 wickets in 20 overs) 101. Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-2, 3-5, 4-54, 5-64, 6-77, 7-88, 8-96, 9-100. Bowling: Kartik 3-0-14-2, Dinda 4-0-18-4, Samuels 4-0-21-1, Parnell 3-0-18-1, Rohit Sharma 4-0-16-1, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2-0-13-0.