Jadeja, Tambe restrict Pune to 163
April 14, 2016  21:32
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 Pune 163-5 (20 ovs) vs Lions | SCORECARD

Jadeja has played an integral role in Gujarat's superb comeback as he bowls Marsh for seven as he goes for a wild swing but misses.

He was struggling against Jadeja as he had a couple of wild swings before finally missing one and was bowled.

New batsman Rajat Bhatia nearly pops the first ball back to the bowler but it falls short before inside edging the next.

Another superb over from Jadeja, who has conceded just four runs in his last two overs, which is the 17th and 19th over. He finishes with superb figures of two for 18 in four overs.

Bravo to bowl the final over. Dhoni has a wild swing but gets a thick outside edge for a four past a diving keeper Karthik.

He drives the next ball through the covers and instantly rushes back for the second despite his partner Bhatia initially not willing to come back before he goes back and is saved by a wild throw.

Dhoni drives the third ball to long-on for another two runs before the Pune captain deposits a slower ball down the ground for a six.

The next ball is driven straight to long-on to Jadeja, who sends back a good flat throw but keeper Karthik fails to collect to give away another two runs. He steers the last ball past short thirdman for a four as Bravo goes for 20 runs in his final over to finish with one for 43 in four overs.

Dhoni finishes unbeaten on a quickfire 22 from 10 balls as Pune finish on a healthy 163 for five in 20 overs.

Dhoni's last over assault must have boosted Pune's spirits as only nine runs come in the three overs before that.

However, the pitch looks flat and full of runs and Gujarat's batsmen must be fancying their chances of chasing down this total.
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