Cricket: "IPL 2009 Match No 24: Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kings XI Punjab"

Match No 24: Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kings XI Punjab

Cricket: "IPL 2009 Match No 23: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians"

Match No 23: Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians

Kolkata Knight Riders have lost another match which was well under their control for major part of the game. They lost to Mumbai Indians by 9 runs in a tense finish at Buffalo park, East London.

Mumbai Indians won the important toss and elected to bat first. They lost Jayasuriya early for 6 and just 19 runs on the board. Harbhajan singh was promoted up the order as a pinch hitter, but he too coudnt say longer at crease as was out for 6 in 7 balls. Tendulkar who was playing a lone hand until then departed for a well made 34 of 30 balls with 3 fours and 2 lovely sixes. Nayar too followed him soon after and was out for 10 of 13 balls and score was reading 71 for 4 of 12 overs. Duminy with the help of Napier and Rahane took mumbai to a respectable score of 148 of their stipulated 20 overs. Duminy was unbeated on 52 from 37 balls with 4 sixes and one four. For Kolkata Ishanth, Dinda, Karthik, Agarkar, Gayle, hodge took one wicket each.

Kolkata had a disastrous start when Ganguly and Gayle were out without bothering the scorers and score was reading 8 for 2 in 2.2 overs. Then Hodge and Van Wyk steadied the innings with an excellent 91 runs partnership for 3rd wicket. But once van wyk was out for 32 of 35 balls wickets kept falling and pressure kept on building. Kolkata all of a sudden where on the downside and lost the match by 9 runs. Hodge played an excellent innings of 73 from 60 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. For mumbai Zaheer Khan took 3 wickets and was the most successful bowler.

Man of the match was awarded to JP Duminy for his classy innings of 52 from 37 balls with 4 sixes and one four.

Scores: Mumbai Indians 148 for 6 (Duminy 52*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 139 for 6 (Hodge 73, Zaheer 3-31) by nine runs

Cricket: "IPL 2009 Match No 22: Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals"

Match No 22: Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals

Chennai Super Kings started their IPL 2009 campaign poorly but now they are gaining their strenght and showing their authority with big wins. Today they have defeated Rajasthan Royals by 38 runs at SuperSportPark Centurion.

Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field first. Chennai started their Innings quite disastrously when they lost the leading run scorer for IPL 2009 "Hayden" for 1 in 2 balls and soon patel followed him for 3 in 11 balls. Then Raina with Badrinath added 67 runs in 7 overs to steady the innings. Later Badrinath was foxed by warne for 29 of 27 balls with 4 fours and Oram joined him soon without troubling the scoreres and making just 2 of 6 balls. Dhoni came to crease and gave a supporting role to Raina. Other end Raina went after the bowling of Rajasthan Royals and played a gem of an innings before being out to Patel. Scorers got confused and declared 100 for Raina when he was still on 98 and that led Raina to score freely and he was out for 98 of 55 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes. Chennai scored a majestic 164 of their allotted 20 overs. For Rajasthan Yousuf Pathan and Munaf patel took 2 wickets each.

Rajasthan Royals started their chase with a setback when their lost smith for just 2 of 5 balls and socre reading 9 of 2 overs. Rajasthan Royals continously loosed wickets, with the exception of Jadeja no one were able to score a decent score and were allout for 126 and lost the match by 38 runs. Jadeja scored 37 of 33 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. For Chennai Balaji took 4 wickets and Oram and Morkel took 2 wickets each.

Man of the Match was awarded to SK Raina for his gem of an inning of 98 of 55 balls with 10 fours and 5 sixes.

Scores: Chennai Super Kings 164 for 5 (Raina 98, Badrinath 29) beat Rajasthan Royals 126 for 9 (Jadeja 37, Balaji 4-21) by 38 runs

Cricket: "IPL 2009 Match No 21: Hyderabad Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Dare Devils"

Match No 21: Hyderabad Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Dare Devils

Hyderabad Deccan Chargers Winning steak came to an end when they lost to Delhi Dare Devils by 6 wickets. Dilshan was the wrecket in chief for Delhi who took them home with a thrilling finish. Deccan Chargers are to be blamed for themselves for their poor effor in the fielding and loose balling.

Delhi Dare Devils won the toss and elected to field first. Delhi had a terrific start when Nannes forced Gilchrist to edge a swinging delivery and was caught behind by Karthik in the very first over. Soon Gibbs followed him again giving Nannes his second wicket. Hyderabad kept loosing wickets at regular wickets and with the exception of Smith who scored 48 of 28 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes none of them were able to score a decent score. Tight bowling from Delhi was another reason for the failure of Hyderabd bastmen. Hyderabd managed to score 148 for 9 of their 20 overs.

Delhi started their chase with a bang. Sehwag and Gambhir where going after the Hyderabad bowling and scored 30 of the first 3 overs. In the fourth over RP singh took the wicket of Sehwag and the Match turned around and Delhi lost de Villiers and Gambhir in quick succession. Match was in Hyderabad favour and then the most depended batsmen for delhi Dilshan had other plans and he with Karthik had a counter attack on Hyderabad. They were indeed successful in scoring runs and they scored 79 of jsut 10 overs and made it easy for Delhi. Once Karthik was out for Ojha Dilshan made sure that Delhi were home with no more casualities and 8 balls to spare. Dilshan scored 52 of 46 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes and Karthik scored 41 of 30 with 3 fours and 1 six. For Hyderabad Shoaib was the successful bowler with 2 for 20 of his 4 overs.

Man of the Match was awarded to DP Nannes for his excellent spell of 16 for 2 of four overs.

Scores: Delhi Daredevils 150 for 4 (Dilshan 52*, Karthik 41, Shoaib 2-20) beat Deccan Chargers 148 for 9 (Smith 48, Nannes 2-16) by six wickets

Cricket: "Abdullah's heroics in tense last over helps punjab win a tense match"

Match No 20: Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians

Kings XI Punjab defeated Mumbai Indians in a tense finsih by 3 runs here at Kingsmead, Durban. Duminy's fifty coudnt save mumbai from the defeat.

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first. They had relatively slow start and then lost their openers in within 5 overs when their score was reading 18 for 2 of 4.3 overs. Sangakkara was running out of partners as the wickets kept falling but sangakkara made sure that he stayed till the end and get punjab a decent score. Sangakkara scored 45 of 44 balls with 2 fours and 1 six and in whole punjabs inning only sangakka scored more than 20 runs. Such were the batting woes of punjab. But with the help of Sangakkara they scored a fighting 119 of their 20 overs. For Mumbai Indians Malinga had a excellent spell with 2 wickets against his name.

Mumbai Indians had a horrible start when lost Jayasuriya, Tendulkar and Dhawan to Pathan, Malik and Abdullah respectively with score reading 12 for 3 in 4 overs. What Sangakkara did for Punjab, Duminy followed the same and at one end he fixed himself up and scored runs accordingly, but he was running out of partners as wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Bravo and Nayar scored 15 each and took mumbai to their target. But once harbhajan was out for 6 things changed dratically but still Duminy was there in the center. Yuvraj handed over the ball to Abdullah and he delivered what he was said to and didnt give any thing for Duminy to free his arm. Duminy coudnt save mumbai from defeat when he was eventually out for 59 of 63 balls with 4 fours. Mumbai could manage just 116 and loose the match by 3 runs.

Man of the Matchwas awarded to KC Sangakkara for his super 45 of 44 balls with 2 fours and 1 six.

Scores: Kings XI Punjab 119 for 8 (Sangakkara 45*, Malinga 2-12) beat Mumbai Indians 116 for 7 (Duminy 59, Abdulla 2-19) by three runs

Cricket: "Boucher Steals a thriller for Royal Challengers Bangalore"

Match No 19: Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kolkata Knight Riders

At last Bangalore Royal Challengers have come out of their loosing streak. They have kept their cool and defeated Kolkata Knight Riders with 5 wickets and one ball to spare at Kingsmead, Durban.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. For Bangalore Kevin pieterson opened the bowling and to Kolkata Knight Riders horror he removed Maccullum of the very first ball. His decision of opening the bowling proved fruitful. Hodge and Gayle then played sensibly and moved the score to 45 of 6 overs. Kumble trapped hodge plumb in front and Ganguly's dodged innings came to an end when he came a timely catch to kallis of praveen kumar. Soon after the strategic break Gayle was out to young Appanna before scoring 40 of 37 balls with 6 fours. Later Van wyk scored a solid 43 of 35 balls with 4 fours and made sure that Kolkata scored a good 139 of their 20 overs. For Bangalore Kumble was the pick of the bowler with 2 wickets against his name.

Bangalore Royal Challengers had a slow but an excellent start when they were 65 with no loss at their strategic break. After their strategic break match slipped away from bangalore and kolkatta made a strong comeback into the match. Bangalore lost Goswami(43) and Kallis (23) in consecutive overs to hodge and sharma respectively. Pieterson and Kohli tried to accelerate the score and where both victims to hodge spin. Inspite of loosing wickets at other end Boucher kept one end intact and cooly took Bangalore home with 5 wickets and 1 ball to spare. Boucher made 25 of 13 balls with 2 fours and 1 six.

Man of the Matchwas awarded to MV Boucher for his cool 25 of 13 balls with 2 fours and 1 huge six.

Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 143 for 5 (Goswami 43, Hodge 3-29) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 139 for 6 (van Wyk 43*, Kumble 2-16) by five wickets

Cricket: "Daring Yousuf snatches victory from Delhi Daredevils"

Match No 18: Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals

Yousuf Pathan big hitting addes two points to Rajasthan Roayls. Rajasthan royals had an emphatic win against Delhi Daredevils when they defeated them by 5 wickets at superport park, Centurion.

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first. Delhi lost Gambhir(8) and Sehwag(16) in the third over with score reading 25 for 2 of 3 overs. Soon dilshan and karthik followed them of patel and warne respectively and the score was reading 4 for 49 of 7.2 overs. Then DeVilliers had a crucial partnership of 56 runs and steadied the innings. AB deVilliers scored 50 of 40 balls with 5 fours and 1 six and vettori 29 of 28 balls with 3 fours. late florish from manhas 23 from of 16 balls helped delhi scored a reasonable 143 of 20 overs. For Rajasthan Mascarenhas, patel and warne chipping in with 2 wickets a piece.

Rajasthan Royals followed the same mistake which they incurred in their previous matches and lost wickets at regular intervals and they were 64 for 5 of 11 overs. But they still had hopes with super captaincy from Warne. He didnt send yousuf before and kept him for the lat charge and it really helped Rajasthan. Other side Smith was playing a patient innings and kept one end intact. Once pathan came to the crease he gave a damm to the situation and played his natural game. he scored a sensational and un defeated 62 of 30 balls with 3 fours and 6 sixes and smith scored a patient undefeated 44 of 46 balls with 5 fours. They shared a unbroken partnership of 83 runs of just 45 balls. Rajasthan royals have beaten the Delhi Daredevils with 5 wickets.

Man of the Matchwas awarded to YK Pathan for his entertaining and daring innings of 62 from 30 balls with 3 fours and 6 huge sixes.

Scores: Rajasthan Royals 147 for 5 (Pathan 62*, Smith 44*, Mishra 3-34) beat Delhi Daredevils 143 for 7 (de Villiers 50, Vettori 29, Munaf 2-14, Mascarenhas 2-28) by five wickets

Cricket: "Tendulkar and Jayasuriya Thrash Kolkatta Knight Riders"

Match No 17: Kolkata Knight riders Scores: Vs Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians showed their supiriority by defeating Kolkata Knight Riders with a huge margin at St George's park, Port Elizabeth. Confidence of Mumbai indians is growing with each match they are playing.

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat first. Jayasuriya and Tendulkar gave mumbai a dream start to Mumbai and at the strategic timeout there score was 111 for no loss. Both the openers blasted the kolkata bowlers to all parts of the ground and didnt spared or respected any bowler. Tendulkar was more severe in both and was very agressive. They scored 127 of 12.2 overs and paved the way for a big score. Tendulkar was out caught in front of Shukla's bowling for 68 of 45 balls with 6 fours and 4 sixes. Jayasuriya socred 52 of 32 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes. Later down the order mumbai batsman coudnt captalize on the start and made 187 of their 20 overs. Which was clearly below par when considerd to start their openers gave them. But this was enough to defend Kolkata Knight riders who are struggling to win a match in this season. For Kolkata shukla took 3 wickets and was the stike bowler.

As usual Kolkata Knight Riders started their chase in a negative note when their lost their openers with 17 on the board. Hodge and Ganguly consolidated later and scored a decent 71 at the strategic timeout and were looking for more. But soon later hodge was out when he was bowled by nayar and in his next over nayar removed ganguly and mumbai lost the rest of the wickets for a shameful 15 runs and were bowled out for 95 in 15.2 overs. Ganguly socred 34 and hodge 24 and no other batsmen could score a reasonalbe score. For Mumbai Malinga and nayar took 3 wicket a piece and Bravo chipping in with 2 wickets. Eventually kolkata knight riders lost the match by 92 runs.

Man of the Matchwas awarded to SR Tendulkar for his ruthless inning of 68 from 45 balls with 6 fours and 4 sixes.

Scores: Mumbai Indians 187 for 6 (Tendulkar 68, Jayasuriya 52) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 95 (Malinga 3-11, Nayar 3-13) by 92 runs

Cricket: "Gibbs makes it four in a row for Hyderabad

Match No 16: Chennai super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers

Hyderabad Deccan Charges registered their fourth win in a row. They defeated Strongest contenders Chennai super kings with 6 wickets and 3 balls to spare are Kingsmead, Durban.

Hyderabad Deccan charges won the toss and elected to field first. Chennai super kings had a bad start when they lost Patel in the first over when he was caught behind of Edwards of the very second delivery of first over. Raina and hayden stedied the inning with a second wicket partnerhip of 64 of just 6 overs. Raina was deceived by sharma and was out when the score was readig 64 of 7 overs. Dhoni and hayden had a reasonable partnership, but once Ojha was introduced runs were hard to comeby and in the process of accelerating the score hayden and dhoni fell in the 12 over to Ojha. Hayden made 49 and Dhoni 22. Late cameo from Oram 41 of 29 balls made sure that Chennai made a strong score of 165 of their 20 overs. For Chennai Hayden scored 49 Oram scored 41 while for Hyderabad ojha took 2 crucial wickets.

Hyderabad had an excellent opening stand of 67 runs with just 5.4 overs on the board. Both Gilchrist and Gibbs were thrashing the hapless chennai bowlers. Dhoni move of introducing raina in the 6 over returned rich results with Gilchrist's wicket. He scored 44 of 19 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. Laxman who is not in his prime form soon followed Gilchrist with 4 of 5 balls then rohit sharma gave good support to Gibbs before being caught behind of Balaji. Then smith soon followed him but shocased his power by hitting a four and a six of this 5 balls stay of 12 runs and later Bilakhia and Gibbs ensured that there are no more casualities and romped home with 6 wickets and 3 balls to spare. For Hyderabd Gibbs scored 69 of 56 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes and Gilchrist scored 44 of 19 balls. Raina was the successful bowler with 2 wickets against his name.

Man of the Matchwas awarded to HH Gibbs for his Match Winning innings of 69 of 56 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes.

Scores: Deccan Chargers 169 for 4 (Gilchrist 44, Gibbs 69*) beat Chennai Super Kings 165 for 6 (Hayden 49, Oram 41*, Ojha 2-11) by six wickets

Cricket: "Irfan Pathan's All round show steals a win for Punjab"

Match No 15: Kings XI punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals

Kings XI Punjab came back strongly and defeated Rajasthan Royals by 27 runs at Newlands, Cape town. It was Pathan and Sangakkara who were the starts who did it for punjab.

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first. They had a disastrous start as they lost goel of the very first ball. Bopara followed him soon. Sangakkara kept one end intact but he was loosing out of partners at other end. Yuvraj and Jayawardene followed soon without troubling the scorers. Jayawardene fall of wicket had bring Irfan to the crease. Sangakkara and Pathan added 75 of just 10 overs and revived punjab's inning. Punjab scored respectable 139 of their 20 overs. Top scorers for Punjab were Sangakkara 60 and pathan 39 and main strikers for Rajasthan Royals were Kamran Khan and Munaf Patel with two wickets each.

Rajasthan Royals didnt learn from their earlier mistakes and kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. They were 42 for 6 of just 8 overs. With top order 6 batsmen including Yousuf pathan and Graeme smith coudnt score a reasonable socre. Jadeja and Warne did some batting practise for thier next match and scored some runs. Rajasthan scored 112 for 7 of their allotted 20 overs. Jadeja scored 37 and warne was undefeated on 34 for Rajasthan Royals, were as Abdullah took 3 and Pathan and Chawla taking 2 wickets each for Punjab. Eventually Rajasthan Lost by 27 runs.

Man of the Match was awarded to KC Sangakkara for his crucial match winning innings of 60 from 51 balls with 7 fours and one six

Scores: Kings XI Punjab 139 for 6 (Sangakkara 60, Irfan 39) beat Rajasthan Royals 112 for 7 (Jadeja 37, Abdulla 3-21, Irfan 2-26) by 27 runs

Cricket: "Dilshan Helps Delhi Score Hattrick Wins"

Match No 14: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils

Delhi Dare Devils had won 3 matches on trot when they defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore with 6 wickets at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. It was really disappointing for the Bangalore with good high class players.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat first. They lost kallis of the first ball when Nannes yorked him. Uthappa followed him soon when he was out in the very next over off Nehra. Then Taylor and Captain Pietersen played brilliantly and took the score to 72 in 9 overs without further loss. But 3 balls later Pieterson, when he looked settled tried to charge vettori and was cleaned up. There on Taylor, Kohli and Boucher gave ample support and Royal Challengers Bangalore scored a reasonable 149 for 7 of their alloted 20 overs. For Delhi Nehra was the stike bowler with 2 wickets against his name.

Delhi started their chase quiet disastrously when they lost Sehwag for 7 and score reading 11 for 1 in 1.4 overs. Then came the super cool Dilshan. He along with Gambhir tried to consolidated sehwag wicket with a cautious plan. Gambhir was out in 6th over for a slow paced 16 with one four. Then with the help of De Villiers, Dilshan moved the score. But two qucik wickets of DeVilliers and Karthik gave the advantage again to Bangalore. Dilshan and Manhas had other plans and blasted the Banglaore Bowlers to all parts of the park and chased down the target in 19.2 overs. Dilshan was unconquered with 67 of 47 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes and Manhas undefeated on 23 of 13 balls with 3 fours. For Bangalore stike bowler was Pankaj Singh with 2 wickets against his name.

Man of the Match was awarded to TM Dilshan for his match winning knock of 67 from 47 balls.

Scorers: Delhi Daredevils 150 for 4 (Dilshan 67*) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 149 for 7 (Pietersen 37, Nehra 2-34) by six wickets

Cricket: "Chennai Super Kings V Kolkata Knight Riders Match Abandoned without a ball bowled"

IPL Season 2 13th Match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders was to be held in Newlands, Cape Town. Match was washed out and was later Abandoned without a ball bowled. Both the teams share a point each. Chennai Super kings were desperately waiting for the match to happen and collect their share of 2 complete points. Other side Kolkata Knight Riders were happy to share one point, since they were sure they might have lost the game.

At last Kolkatta Knight Riders started their account with one point and chennai sadly lost a point with this washout. Lets whats in store ahead in this IPL Season 2. Stay tuned for more updates.

Cricket: "Gibbs and Ojha Make it 3 in a row for Deccan Chargers"

Hyderabad Deccan Chargers are in Supreme form here in IPL Season 2. They defeated Mumbai Indians by 12 runs in a edge of the seat thriller at Kingsmeat, Durban.

Hyderabad Deccan Chargers won the toss and rightly elected to bat first. Gilchrist and Gibbs gave them the dream start by scoring 63 in less than 7 overs. Gilchrist was more severe in both scoring 35 of 20 balls with 3 fours and 3 sixes. But he was caught behind off bravo soon later. Then came DR Smith, he was promoted up the order to move the score board rapidly. With Gibbs he lived up to the expectations when both scored 60 of exactly 6 overs before smith was out for 35 of 22 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. Gibbs tried to move the scoreboard, but he was running out of partners at other end and Deccan Chargers ended up scoring 168, atleast 20 to 30 short of what they were capable. For Mumbai Indians Bravo and Malinga were the strike bowlers who took 3 wickets a piece.

Mumbai indians started their chase with a shock when they lost jayasuriya for 1 in second over with 4 on the board. They came the $950,000 baby "Duminy", he with tendulkar blasted the Deccan chargers bowlers to all parts of the ground. At half time they were 86 for 1. They were ahead in all respects untill the strategy break. Then cupid stuck and mumbai started loosing wickets. First was tendular who was foxed by Ojha. Tendulkar hit 36 of 27 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. Wickets kept falling and the pressured kept on haunting mumbai indians and they tamely surrendered with the exception of Duminy who stuck a gritty 47 of 40 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes. Mumbai Indians finished with 156 on the board and lost by 12 runs. For Deccan Chargers Ojha, RP singh and Edwards who took 3,2 and 2 wickets respectively.

Man of the Match was awarded to PP Ojha for his match winning 3 for 21 of 4 overs.

Scores: Deccan Chargers 168 for 9 (Gibbs 58, Bravo 3-34, Malinga 3-19) beat Mumbai Indians 156 for 7 (Duminy 47, Ojha 3-21) by 12 runs

Cricket: "Bopara makes Punjab break the jinx with an easy win against Bangalore"

Semi-finalist in the first version of IPL, Kings XI Punjab started there camapaign in second version rather dissapointing with 2 losses. They registered their first win againt Bangalore at Kingsmead Durban with an easy 7 wicket win.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat first. They had a disappointing start when they lost Uthappa caught by yuvraj off irfan for a first ball duck. This time around ryder didnt dissappoint (Remember he was out first ball duck in either of his first two matches) and scored a quick fire 32 of 21 balls with 6 hits to the fence before yorked by Abdullah in 6th over when the score was reading 48. Two balls later pieterson followed him giving Abdullah his second wicket in the same over. Dravid too followed suit with a sedade innings of 10 from 13 balls. Dravid wicket had bring taylor to the crease and then the run flow started. Taylor with kallis blasted the Punjab bowlers to all parts of the ground, they added 60 runs in exactly 6 overs. Kallis was caught by jayawardene giving Abdullah his third wicket. Kallis made a gritty 62 of 46 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes and Taylor made 35 of 22 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes. The lower order chipped in with useful contributions. For Punjab Abdullah and Irfan were the stike bowlers with each taking 4 and 3 wickets respectively. Bangalore made a commanding toal of 168 in their stipulated 20 overs.

Punjab started their chase brilliantly with their openers Goel and Bopara scoring 52 f 6.4 overs. Goel fell shortly when there was a miscommunication between them and fell short of his crease. Then sangakkara fell to kumble before adding a quick fire 40 runs for the second wicket with bopara. Sangakkara scored 26 of 18 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. with the fall of second wicket yuvraj came to the crease and made sure that there were no more casualties and scored 66 runs with bopara before bopara was out caught to Ryder of kallis trying to clear the boundary. Bopara made a fantastic 84 of 59 balls with 4 fours and 5 sixes. yuvraj made a classy 30 runs of 17 balls with 3 fours and 1 six and completed the formalities for punjab with jayawardene and won the match for Punjab with 1 over to spare.

Man of the match was awarded to Ravi Bopara for his match winning fantastic knock of 84 of 59 balls.

Scores: Kings XI Punjab 173 for 3 (Bopara 84) beat Bangalore Royal Challengers 168 for 9 (Kallis 62, Abdulla 4-31, Pathan 3-35) by seven wickets