The Mumbai Indians have been getting out of the jail far too often this IPL. On many occasions in the tournament, the side has had a slow start, only to recover very well at the end of the innings to blow the opponent’s momentum apart and muscle the opposition out. 
This is precisely what happened in their game against the Pune Warriors India on Wednesday. Mumbai Indians had slumped to 65/2 after ten overs and were in an even worse position when they had got to only 114/5 at the end of the 17th. On a flat track, a target of 140 would have cut a sorry figure and that would have allowed the Pune Warriors more than a proverbial foot inside the door. 
And then, there was an 11-run over in the 18th, but one that also saw the wicket of Andrew Symonds falling, leaving the side at 125/5 and with only two overs to play.
Alfonso Thomas was the bowler in the 19th over and he had done a good job in the tournament towards the end of the innings. This time, he started out with a wide but the match swung around off the next ball when Kieron Pollard smacked a four off the next one. Another wide followed before Pollard smashed the next one over the long-on fence for a six.
A no-ball for height followed before there was a four, single, two and a six to round off an over that had cost 28 runs and turned the game around on its head. The Mumbai Indians managed to get to 160/7 in their 20 overs and the momentum that the side had got off the last couple of overs was enough to take the team home.
Pune barely made a fist of the chase. Jesse Ryder was dismissed off the very first ball of the innings to Harbhajan Singh, in an attempt to cut the ball, offering a simple catch to point. This was followed by Graeme Smith, who was returning back from injury, to hit a four off Munaf Patel but only to be caught off the next one and leave Pune struggling at 17/2.
With the side needing some quick runs, they were propped by Manish Pandey, who batted at one end through the innings but with Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa managing only cameos, the Warriors were left way behind. Lasith Malinga was difficult to face and ended with 3/25 off his four overs and Mumbai won by 21 runs in the end.