Finch, Wright power Pune to 172/5 against Delhi

Pune Warriors skipper Aaron Finch hit a half-century while Luke Wright played a cameo to power the hosts to 172 for five against Delhi Daredevils in the penultimate league encounter of the Pepsi Indian Premier League here today.
Warriors captain Finch cracked a 34-ball 52 with three fours and four sixes which helped Warriors post a decent total as Daredevils bowlers did well in the final overs. Wright (44) played a cameo to beef up the score. He hit seven fours and a six during his 23-ball knock.
It was Robin Uthappa (24, 20 balls, 3x4) who started the onslaught but Umesh Yadav removed him in the last over of the powerplay with an outswinger which was slashed at point.

Manish Pandey (10) failed yet again as he was cleaned up by Shahbaz Nadeem.
Finch, on the other hand, continued his good run with the bat. The first of his four sixes was one off Siddharth Kaul over long-on while in one Yadav over, he took 17 runs hitting two sixes -- one over long-on and another over deep mid-wicket.
The 50 came off 31 balls but he was soon out off a Kaul delivery as Virender Sehwag ran from his deep mid-wicket position to latch on to the ball at square leg.

Yuvraj Singh (3) failed yet again as Warriors were restricted to 96 for four from a relatively comfortable 74 for one.

Wright and Angelo Mathews (30) then added 71 runs in only 6.1 overs as they raced to a 170-plus score.
Young Kaul, with figures of two for 27, was the most successful bowler for the Daredevils.