48th Match:Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers

Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers, IPL, Mohali

Rohit and Gilchrist take Deccan to 175

May 23, 2008

20 overs Deccan Chargers175 for 4 (Gilchrist 50, Rohit 50) v Kings XI Punjab
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How they were out

	Rohit Sharma hit 32 runs off two overs © Getty Images (file photo)

The Deccan Chargers, who are out of the tournament, were in no mood to roll over and play dead, as they put on a positive batting display on the back of half-centuries from Adam Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma, ending with a competitive 175 for 4 against Kings XI Punjab.

Put in to bat, Deccan's openers took advantage of Punjab's innocuous opening bowlers and added 79 in 11.1 overs. Gilchrist and Gibbs punished the bad balls early in the innings. When VRV Singh bowled full and wide, Gilchrist drove him for fours through extra cover and mid-off. Gibbs, who was uncomfortable against Sreesanth's swinging deliveries, attacked successive balls drifting onto his pads, flicking through midwicket and nudging past fine leg. He rounded off the third over, which went for 12 runs, with a perfectly timed drive through extra cover.

The two were cautious for a brief period when the spinners came on, scoring only six runs off 12 balls, but a restless Gibbs then decided to turn on the aggression by stepping out and slogging Ramesh Powar for six over midwicket and lofting Piyush Chawla for two sixes over long-on. Gilchrist, who was troubled by Chawla's googlies, attacked Yuvraj Singh, going inside-out over mid-on for a six. Both were bowled going for big across-the-line hits - Gibbs trying to slog Gagandeep Singh and Gilchrist sweeping Powar.

Deccan were aided by some shoddy work by the Punjab fielders. Powar fumbled his dive and allowed a Gilchrist shot to go over the line, while Sreesanth gave away runs with mis-fields at third man and fine leg. Then there was VRV who only half-heartedly tried to go for a catch at long-off off Rohit.

That dropped catch proved costly for Punjab as Rohit hit 32 off two overs soon after the reprieve. Gagandeep bore the brunt of it as Rohit hit him for two sixes and a four and got to his fifty off 26 balls. But his wicket - in the next over - reduced the barrage of runs, though Deccan still managed 32 in the last three.

The final score was a fairly competitive one, but the last time the two sides played, Deccan had set Punjab 164, which they chased comfortably, losing only three wickets.

Kings XI Punjab: 1 Shaun Marsh, 2 Luke Pomersbach, 3 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 4 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 5 Mahela Jayawardene 6 Tanmay Srivastava, 7 Ramesh Powar, 8 Gagandeep Singh, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Sreesanth, 11 VRV Singh.

Deccan Chargers: 1 Adam Gilchrist (capt & wk), 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Chamara Silva, 5 Venugopal Rao, 6 D Ravi Teja, 7 Sanjay Bangar, 8 Scott Styris, 9 RP Singh, 10 Pragyan Ojha, 11 P Vijaykumar.