Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL, Mohali
Late charge pushes Punjab to 178
May 2, 2008
20 overs Kings XI Punjab 178 for 6 (Marsh 40, Gul 2-27) v Kolkata Knight Riders
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
With Irfan Pathan coming in at No. 7, Kings XI Punjab utilised their depth in batting to reach a competitive 178 against the Kolkata Knight Riders in Mohali. Punjab would have eyed a much larger total after a bright beginning but fell short as several of their batsmen failed to capitalise after getting starts. Umar Gul was again superb for Kolkata, varying his length well to finish with 2 for 27.
After Punjab, on a high after winning three matches on the trot, chose to bat, three of their top five got into double digits but didn't reach 20. James Hopes, coming in for Ramnaresh Sarwan, carved a few powerful boundaries square on the offside before top-edging Ashok Dinda to mid-on. Yuvraj Singh looked imperious, as in the previous game, plundering 14 off a Mohammad Hafeez over before over-balancing to be stumped and Mahela Jayawardene lofted a huge six over midwicket before miscuing to mid-on off a bouncer from Gul.
Shaun Marsh, fresh from his match-winning IPL debut against Deccan Chargers, kept his composure at the other end to make a pleasing 40. There were some crisp drives in his knock, with one through covers off Dinda early on standing out. He was stumped, missing a flighted delivery from David Hussey, as Kolkata started to gain the upper hand. When Karan Goel was run out a couple of overs later, Punjab had slid to 106 for 5 from 82 to 1.
Kumar Sangakkara, who retired on 10 with an side strain, returned to lead the fightback with Pathan. He again demonstrated the importance of timing and placement in Twenty20 before departing for 28, bowled by Gul, who at US$150,000 is providing competition to Shane Watson for being the bargain buy of the IPL.
Pathan remained unbeaten on 24, but the acceleration at the end was provided by Piyush Chawla, who hit three fours and a six off Ishant Sharma's final over to boost the Punjab total. With Kolkata's batting failing to fire over since the tournament opener and Punjab's bowlers having kept the opposition to low scores in the last few games, it's still anybody's game at the halfway stage.
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| Kings XI Punjab innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| SE Marsh | st  Saha b Hussey | 40 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 125.00 |
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| JR Hopes | c Hodge b Dinda | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 150.00 |
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| KC Sangakkara | b Umar Gul | 28 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 133.33 |
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 | Yuvraj Singh | st Saha b Mohammad Hafeez | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 170.00 |
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| DPMD Jayawardene | c Ganguly b Umar Gul | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 166.66 |
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| K Goel | run out (Das/Hussey) | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 |
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| IK Pathan | not out | 24 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 92.30 |
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| PP Chawla | not out | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 300.00 |
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| Extras | (b 4, lb 5, w 4, nb 1) | 14 |
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| Total | (6 wickets; 20 overs) | 178 | (8.90 runs per over) |
| Fall of wickets1-28 (Hopes, 3.5 ov), 1-49* (Sangakkara, retired not out, 5.6 ov), 2-82 (Yuvraj Singh, 8.6 ov), 3-98 (Marsh, 11.3 ov), 4-102 (Jayawardene, 12.1 ov), 5-106 (Goel, 13.3 ov), 6-155 (Sangakkara, 18.3 ov) |
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| Kolkata Knight Riders innings (target: 179 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| Mohammad Hafeez | b Pathan | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 108.33 |
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| SC Ganguly | c Pathan b Sreesanth | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 |
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| DB Das | c Yuvraj Singh b Sreesanth | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 |
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| BJ Hodge | lbw b Pathan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
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| DJ Hussey | c Hopes b Gagandeep Singh | 71 | 46 | 4 | 4 | 154.34 |
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| LR Shukla | b Singh | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70.00 |
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| WP Saha | not out | 59 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 184.37 |
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| AB Agarkar | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
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| Extras | (b 1, w 6) | 7 |
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| Total | (6 wickets; 20 overs) | 169 | (8.45 runs per over) |
| Fall of wickets1-22 (Ganguly, 2.5 ov), 2-23 (Mohammad Hafeez, 3.1 ov), 3-25 (Hodge, 3.6 ov), 4-29 (Das, 4.6 ov), 5-50 (Shukla, 9.4 ov), 6-154 (Hussey, 18.5 ov) |
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