21th Match Result IPL 2011:Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors {Mumbai Indians beat Pune Warriors on last ball}

      The Mumbai Indians batsmen nearly undid all the hard work of their bowlers earlier as they made heavy weather of a target of only 119 before winning off the last ball with seven wickets to spare in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Pune Warriors at the Wankhede stadium here today. Set a target of 119 to win, Mumbai Indians made 124 for three in their 20 overs with Rohit Sharma hitting a six off the last ball of Murali Kartik to seal the match in Mumbai Indians' favour.
Sharma (20 off 18 balls) and Andrew Symonds (16 off 15 balls) were at the crease when the winning runs were hit.

   Mumbai Indians in-form batsmen Ambatti Rayudu and Sachin Tendulkar had given them a perfect launch pad after the loss of James Franklin in the second over, putting on 74 runs in 12 overs for the second wicket before both got out in a span of six runs as the Pune Warriors exerted pressure.
However, finally the target of 119 seemed too less and Mumbai Indians came out of this match as winners.

        Mumbai Indians, who opened with James Franklin along with Tendulkar as Davy Jacobs was rested for the match, lost their first wicket in the second over itself.
Rayudu then joined Tendulkar and the two, who have been a real danger for the opposition this year so far, once again began to rebuild the innings.
With the target not a huge one, they played the waiting game, looking for the loose ball to put away as they added 74 runs for the second wicket to make the match as good as safe for the home side before Tendulkar was dismissed for the first time in this year's IPL.
A tossed up delivery by leg spinner Rahul Sharma saw Tendulkar dancing down the track and he did connect it well. However, he did not find enough power to take the ball past the boundary as Alfonso Thomas ran to his right from long-off to take the catch. Tendulkar made 35 off 39 balls with two boundaries.
Rayudu followed his captain to the pavilion in the next over when he got a length ball and tried to launch it over long-on only to find Rahul. He scored 37 which came off 40 balls with four boundaries.
Rohit and Symonds nearly let the match slip out of Mumbai Indians' hands before managing a last ball victory which saw Mumbai Indians take their points tally to six from 4 games. The two put on an unbeaten partnership of 35 runs.
Earlier, the Mumbai Indians bowlers rose to the occasion to dismiss the Pune Warriors for a paltry 118 all out in 17.2 overs.
Batting first after winning the toss, the Pune Warriors openers Jesse Ryder and Tim Paine took the score to 16 in the fourth over before the Mumbai Indians struck when Abu Nechim Ahmed got rid of the dangerous Ryder for just 12 as the left-hander tried to play a short arm pull to a short ball but managed only a top edge which was easily taken by Tendulkar at mid-wicket.
Two balls later, Abu Nechim got his second wicket when Mithun Manhas tried a cover drive and edged the ball to wicketkeeper Rayudu for a duck.
In the next over Tim Paine was castled by Munaf Patel for 2 and then the dangerous Yuvraj Singh was dismissed for a blob when the left-hander edged an angled delivery to Rayudu who made no mistake.
Robin Uthappa first with Mohnish Mishra and then with Murali Kartik put on 35 runs each for the fifth and sixth wickets.
Uthappa also fell soon after making a 37 ball 45 with six boundaries and a six, with Kieron Pollard pulling off a blinder of a catch running in from long-on and then diving to his left off the bowling of Ali Murtaza.
Earlier, both teams made two changes each. Half of those were forced through injury: Pune lost the services of Graeme Smith, and Mumbai had to do without Harbhajan Singh.
Tim Paine replaced Smith, while Abhishek Jhunjhunwala made way for Murali Kartik, while Mumbai Indians brought in Abu Nechim Ahmed for Harbhajan. Mumbai also decided to rest Davey Jacobs, bringing in James Franklin as their fourth overseas player. Rayudu kept wickets.