IPL: Pune beat Punjab by five wickets

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MOHALI: Skipper Yuvraj Singh hit a 15-ball 35 as Pune Warriors beat Kings XI Punjab by five wickets to post their third win in 10 games of the Twenty20 tournament.

Mumbai have already made sure of the semi-finals with 16 points. They are followed by Kolkata (14), Bangalore (13), Chennai (12), Rajasthan (11), Kochi (10), Delhi (eight), Pune (six), Deccan (six) and Punjab (six).

Pune, who bowled well to restrict Punjab to 119-8, won with more than two overs to spare in Mohali, with Yuvraj, opener Manish Pandey (28) and Robin Uthappa (22) being the main scorers.

Australian Shaun Marsh top-scored with 32 for Punjab, who suffered their sixth defeat in nine matches.

Kings XI Punjab 119-8 in 20 overs (S. Marsh 32, D. Karthik 30, P. Valthaty 23; W. Parnell 2-12, B. Kumar 2-14, R. Sharma 2-17, M. Marsh 2-26) lost to Pune Warriors 120-5 in 17.1 overs (Yuvraj Singh 35, M. Pandey 28, R. Uthappa 22; S. Srivastava 2-20) by five wickets.