Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 15: Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab"

Hello and Welcome to the Match No 15 of the IPL season 2011 between Hyderabad Deccan Chargers and Kings XI Punjab. Kings XI Punjab lost its initial matches and on other hand Hyderabad Deccan chargers had mixed results. Lets see if Punjab can open their account of wins today.

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and opted to bowl first. For Deccan Chargers S Sohal and S Dhawan opened the batting, for Kings XI Punjab P Kumar opened the bowling. Deccan Chargers lost S Sohal of early in the innings when he was out to RJ Harris. S Dhawan and KC Sangakkara then played sensibly and scored 75 runs of the next 9 overs. Once KC Sangakkara was out to PP Chawla deccan chargers panicked and started loosing wickets. Late strikes from DT Christian helped Deccan chargers some respectability to the score. Deccan Chargers scored 165 for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. For Deccan Chargers S Dhawan scored 45 and KC Sangakkara scored 35, for Kings XI Punjab PC Valthaty took 4 wickets.

In reply Kings XI Punjab opened the batting with AC Gilchrist and PC Valthaty, for Deccan Chargers DW Steyn opened the bowling. Kings XI Punjab got an excellent start to their chase when AC Gilchrist and PC Valthaty tored the Deccan Chargers bowling into pieces and scored 136 runs of the first 14 overs and shut down all the hopes of deccan chargers. A Mishra took AC Gilchrist and PC Valthaty wickets but it was way too late. AM Nayar and KD Karthik then calmly took Kings XI Punjab home with 8 wickets and more than 2 overs to spare. For Kings XI Punjab PC Valthaty scored 75 and AC Gilchrist scored 61, for Deccan Chargers A Mishra took 2 wickets.


Man of the Match is PC Valthaty for his brilliant 75.

Score : Kings XI Punjab166 for 2 (PC Valthaty 75, AC Gilchrist 61, A Mishra 2/28) beat Deccan Chargers 165 for 8 (S Dhawan 45, KC Sangakkara 35, PC Valthaty 4/29, R McLaren 2/33) by eight wickets

Cricket: "IPL 2011 Match No 5: Pune Warriors v Kings XI Punjab"

Hi and welcome to the Match No 5 of the IPL 2011 season between Pune Warriors and Kings XI Punjab. Kings XI Punjab after a bad season last year are looking good with a complete make over and on the other hand Pune Warriors are making their Debut in IPL. Lets see how they handle their first match in IPL 2011 season.

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first. For Kings XI Punjab AC Gilchrist and SE Marsh opened the batting and Pune Warriors who are making their debut opened the bowling with AC Thomas and SB Wagh. Kings XI Punjab had a horror start and in no time AC thomas and SB Wagh where all over them in no time. Within four over Kings XI Punjab scored 9 runs for the loss of 4 top order wickets. With the exception of R McLaren, Kings XI Punjab coudnt come out of the disastrous start and scored just 112 for the loss of 8 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. For Kings XI punjab R McLaren scored 51*, for Pune Warriors SB Wagh took 3 and AC Thomas took 2 wickets respectively.

In reply Pune warriors lost GC Smith of the very first ball. Then JD Ryder and M Manhas played cautiously and made a move on. Pune warriors had a little trouble when both JD Ryder and M Manhas where out within 4 balls to AM Nayar and R McLaren respectively. RV Uthappa and Yuvraj Singh made sure that there are no more troubles and took Pune warriors home with 7 wickets and nearly 7 overs to spare. It was a incredible debut win for Pune warriors in IPL. For Pune warriors M Manhas scored 35 and JD Ryder scored 31, for Kings XI Punjab Praveen Kumar, AM Nayar and R McLaren took a wicket a piece.


Man of the Match was give to SB Wagh for his 3 wickets.

Score : Pune Warriors 113 for 3 (M Manhas 35, JD Ryder 31, R McLaren 1/26) beat Kings XI Punjab 112 for 8 (R McLaren 51*, SB Wagh 3/16, AC Thomas 2/27) by seven wickets