Callum has a chat with Shaun Marsh as they walk off. Mitchell joins them.
We shall get you the quotes from the post-match ceremony very soon.
Gilchrist: "150 would have been a decent battle as it was getting slower and lower. We didn't build enough partnerships. I don't think we were unsure of how hard we go; we just took the wrong options. Myself ... took it a wrong option when Valthaty was going so well. Rahul Sharma bowled very well; all the bowlers did well. Both sides batted with lack of confidence. to take 18 overs ... We have to start winning. Last year I was in a team to win four in a row but we have to win one first."
Yuvraj Singh: "We were looking for that win. Fortunatlely or unfortunately it came at my home place. When I look at my team I can't imagine how we lost so many games with that talent. We just haven't clicked. We had energy on the field and didn't allow their batsmen to get away. 120 was a great bowling effort. The pitch was dry underneath and it was nice to get them to 120."
Where are you going from here? "Hyderabad!" Ravi Shaz clarifies and Yuvraj says, " we have to take confidence from this"
Man of the match is Rahul Sharma: "It feels very nice to get two successive man of the match award. Yuvraj has been supporting me a great deal. It feels good to do well for the match. I am just concentrating on basics and bowl wicket to wicket. For Adam Gilchrist the plan was to try to bowl few full deliveries and try a googly. It worked!"
Good bye and good luck
END OF OVER:17 | 2 Runs | PWI: 119/5 (1 run required from 18 balls, RR: 7.00, RRR: 0.33)
- Callum Ferguson6 (14b)
- Mitchell Marsh1 (5b)
- Ryan Harris4-0-26-1
- Shalabh Srivastava3-0-20-2
With three to win, the official IPL question was " can this game turn around" and 14% believe it can. Pune don't inspire too much confidence for many
END OF OVER:16 | 3 Runs 2 Wkts | PWI: 117/5 (3 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 7.31, RRR: 0.75)
- Mitchell Marsh0 (1b)
- Callum Ferguson5 (12b)
- Shalabh Srivastava3-0-20-2
- Bhargav Bhatt4-0-35-1
Time out. Just three runs more. Oh well.
AA Jhunjhunwala c †Gilchrist b Srivastava 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0