Today’s Match Details – Pune Warriors v Delhi Daredevils
Match – 31 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Date – Apr 24, 2012
Venue – Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Toss – Pune Warriors elected to bat
Result – Delhi Daredevils won by 8 wickets

A brilliant knock by Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag and superb bowling helped Delhi beat Pune by 8 wickets.

Today in the 31st match of IPL Season 5, Pune Warriors elected to bat first after winning the toss J Ryder and M Pandey opened the innings for Pune but J Ryder got out on the second ball of the match for a duck. Soon captain Ganguly also got out leaving Pune struggling at 1/2 in 1.2 overs. M Pandey along with R Uthappa then steadied the Pune inning as the duo added 145 runs. M Pandey remained unbeaten on 80 off 56 balls (7×4,3×6) where as R Uthappa remained unbeaten on 60 off 58 balls (6×4). Finally Pune was able to post 146/2 in 20 overs.

Chasing 147 to win, Delhi started the innings with Jayawardene and Sehwag. The duo added 22 runs in just 1.5 overs befor Jayawardene got out. But this did not deter Sehwag and K Pietersen who continued to play strokes and score easy runs. They added 89 runs and took Delhi closer to victory. Sehwag played a captains knock and scored 87 off 48 balls to take Delhi to a convincing 8 wicket win.

Match 32 IPL 2012 Pune Warriors v Delhi Daredevils Scorecard