When Mumbai put a total of 120 in twenty overs while batting first it looked like Pune Warriors would win this match. The pitch was slow, balls were keeping low and batting conditions were not favorable but with the batting lineup Pune had the score was reachable.
Sourav Ganguly took 24 balls to make just 16 runs before getting out and that made the huge difference as Pune lost to Mumbai just by 1 run. Mumbai Indians bowler bowled well and didn't allowed any Pune batsmen to get going except for Manhas who fought till the end.
Batting first Mumbai had a decent start from Franklin and Tendulkar as they added 50 runs for first wicket but rest of the team couldn't capitalize on it and could somehow crawled to 120 in 20 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ashish Nehra took 2 wickets each.
Uthappa showed some promise by hitting some great shots at the very start of the inning but Ryder, Clarke and Smith couldn't contribute and Ganguly's test match inning did the rest of the damage. Malinga and Harbhajan took 2 Pune wickets each.
Malinga was awarded the man of the match trophy.
With this win Mumbai Indians have climbed to 3rd position with 12 points in 10 matches.
It was the 45th match of the IPL and Mumbai Indians marked a 1 run victory over Pune Warriors. The match was played in Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium of Pune.
| Team | Runs | Wickets |
| Mumbai Indians | 120 | 9 |
| Pune Warriors | 119 | 6 |
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