Marsh struck at regular intervals to help restrict the home side to 136-8. Pune, led by Yuvraj Singh, then scored 137-4 in 18.2 overs to win a second straight game after losing seven in a row.

Pune remained in outside contention for the playoffs, but Deccan was fading with a fourth straight loss.

Pune opener Manish Pandey struck 49 off 42 balls while former India skipper Sourav Ganguly, playing his first match for the new team after being signed last week, made an unbeaten 32.

“Before coming out to bat, I said to my teammates that this is probably the toughest day of my career,” Ganguly said. “I haven't picked up a cricket bat for five months and came here with zero confidence.” Pune wrested the initiative earlier through Marsh, who made important breakthroughs that helped curtail Deccan after it elected to bat.

In another match, Shaun Marsh hit 43 and Bhargav Bhatt bagged four wickets as bottom-placed Kings XI Punjab stunned table-toppers Mumbai Indians by 76 runs in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday.Mumbai could never recover after losing three wickets for 27 runs and were bowled out for 87 in 12.5 overs chasing a 164-run target, with West Indies' Kieron Pollard top-scoring with 17 in a dismal batting show.

Seamer Praveen Kumar did the early damage when he took two of the first three wickets, including that of skipper Sachin Tendulkar (six). Left-arm spinner Bhatt finished with 4-22, including three wickets in one over.

Australians Shaun Marsh and Adam Gilchrist (28), and Dinesh Karthik (31) helped Punjab post a competitive total despite a five-wicket haul by seamer Munaf Patel (5-21).

Marsh, who put on 70 for the second wicket with skipper Gilchrist, hit five fours in his 34-ball knock before falling to a superb diving catch by Pollard in the deep off Patel.

Mumbai, who had already made sure of a place in the semi-finals, still lead with 16 points.

They are followed by Chennai (14), Kolkata (14), Bangalore (13), Rajasthan (11), Kochi (10), Pune (eight), Delhi (eight), Punjab (eight) and Deccan (six).