Captain Ricky Ponting was dismissed for a duck but then pulled off a spectacular catch when his Mumbai Indians took on Delhi Daredevils at home in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday. Former Australian skipper Ponting, 38, dived to his right and plucked the ball out of the air one-handed to dismiss Unmukt Chand off the first ball of Delhi's innings. Ponting caught the ball despite initially slipping slightly while moving to his right. Flying through the air: Ricky Ponting.

Mumbai won the toss but lost champion openers Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar (1) with just a run on the board. Advertisement However, Dinesh Karthik (86) resurrected the innings with a magnificent counter-attacking knock. He hit Ashish Nehra for a six before following it with a boundary. Later, Rohit Sharma finished the proceedings with a flurry, smacking three sixes in the final over to take Mumbai to a mammoth 5-209.

Mumbai struck with the very first ball of the run-chase as Ponting made the spectacular catch to dismiss Chand for a duck. Mitchell Johnson then struck, sending back Delhi captain Mahela Jayawardene (3) to further dent the chase. Johnson's fifth over was dispatched for three boundaries as Delhi, with David Warner and Manprit Juneja (49) at the crease, attempted to rally back. But Johnson got rid of the dangerous Warner (61) in the 11th over, caught by Ambati Rayudu at deep point, and Delhi fell short at 9-165.