IPL 2016: Rising Pune Supergiants thrash Mumbai Indians by nine wickets

Defending champions Mumbai Indians to 121/8 in 20 overs, Ajinkya Rahane scored an unbeaten fifty to take Rising Pune Supergiants home with ease as the MS Dhoni-led new entrants began their Indian Premier League journey in an emphatic way.

Rahane and Faf du Plessis put on 78 for the opening wicket to lead Pune to a commanding nine-wicket win over the hosts in the opening match of the ninth edition of IPL at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.

Scores: Rising Pune Supergiants (126/1) crush Mumbai Indians (121/8) by nine wickets (Ajinkya Rahane 66*, Faf du Plessis 34; Harbhajan Singh 1/24).