- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.5 Narine has struck in his first over, Gilchrist grimaces as soon as he realises he has top-edged the attempted swing over midwicket, the off break from Narine did not turn much, it bounced just around off, and Gilchrist ended up hitting it straight and high, cover settled under it 16/111.6 Mandeep has found deep midwicket with precision, got down on the knee for the slog-sweep, but hit it straight to Tendo on the rope 73/34.2 he's gone through Marsh, another huge blow from Narine, it is the one that turns in to the left-hander, call it the knuckle ball or flicked ball or whatever, tossed up around middle and off, draws him forward, he pushes at the original line, but it spins back in to go through the gate 21/214.1 mix-up, confusion, and Punjab have lost the big wicket of Hussey, Dogra dropped it towards point and took a few steps out of the crease, Hussey responded and was already half way up the crease when Dogra stopped, seeing the fielder get to the ball, the throw came in to Bhatia, who was a mile away from the stumps, he managed to get the bails off in the end, and Hussey was caught inches short, Hussey storms off, he was done in there by his partner 85/416.3 it's difficult to get power on the big shots off these really slow slower ones on a slow pitch, Dogra looking to go down the ground, ends up hitting it weakly to long on 99/517.5 they keep falling, Narine gets another one, big turning offspinner again, tossed up on a length outside leg stump, and spits across him as he pushes forward, a thin edge to the keeper and he walks back immediately 104/716.5 Punjab have no answers against Bhatia, they can't get him away at all, and he has struck twice this over, Mascarenhas caught on the crease looking to push at a length ball that bounces, and he ends up feathering it to the keeper 100/617.6 PK is gone first ball, it was the flicked delivery that turns away from the right-hander, tossed up back of a length on middle, straightening and bouncing, PK had no clue about it and pushed inside the line to lose his bails 104/819.4 that has to be one of the most bizarre dismissals, Harmeet has walked outside off, and scooped Narine into the keeper's gloves, Narine has five, he has been nearly unplayable today 128/9Extras7 (lb 6, w 1)TOTAL134/9 (20 Overs, RR: 6.7)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Adam Gilchrist, 2.5 ov), 2-21 (Shaun Marsh, 4.2 ov), 3-73 (Mandeep Singh, 11.6 ov), 4-85 (David Hussey, 14.1 ov), 5-99 (Paras Dogra, 16.3 ov), 6-100 (Dimitri Mascarenhas, 16.5 ov), 7-104 (Bipul Sharma, 17.5 ov), 8-104 (Praveen Kumar, 17.6 ov), 9-128 (Harmeet Singh, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB YK Pathan 1 0 7 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 JH Kallis 4 0 30 0 7.5 10 3 1 0 0 SP Narine 4 0 19 5 4.75 14 1 1 1 0 Shakib Al Hasan 4 0 26 1 6.5 9 1 1 0 0 JD Unadkat 3 0 32 0 10.66 2 1 2 0 0 R Bhatia 4 0 14 2 3.5 13 0 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.6 what a blinder from Dogra, incredible take at cover, Kallis had made room to a tossed up ball and smoked it in the air, Dogra put in a big dive to his left at cover and caught it one-handed 13/13.4 straight to the bowler, Gautam pushes the length ball going across him, does not bother to keep it down, right to Mascarenhas in his followthrough 30/212.1 Punjab are back in this, Bisla departs now, Chawla flighting it up for the drive, Bisla goes for it, thinking it will spin away, but the ball does not turn, carries in with the angle and takes out middle stump 79/411.2 KKR have lost their third wicket, they had gone into a bit of a shell lately, Bhatt tossed it up, Tiwary pushed for the turn, the ball carried in with the angle to strike him in front, gone 73/314.4 Shakib has thrown it away, goes for another slow sweep after escaping the previous delivery, it is another googly from Chawla, Shakib was playing for the turn into him, top-edge swirled high and Chawla took it 88/612.4 Punjab edge ahead now, what a fightback from them, Chawla takes out Yusuf, who tries an awkward paddle sweep and is bowled, tossed up legbreak on leg stump, Yusuf reaches out, but somehow misses the ball, it just brushed his gloves, and carried on to hit the stumps 79/519.3 he's bowled Tendo., the legbreak appears innocuous, but it has taken out Tendo, who looked to swipe it through midwicket from outside off stump, an inside edge results, also finds its way on to the stumps 128/7Extras9 (b 4, lb 3, w 2)TOTAL132/7 (20 Overs, RR: 6.6)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Jacques Kallis, 1.6 ov), 2-30 (Gautam Gambhir, 3.4 ov), 3-73 (Manoj Tiwary, 11.2 ov), 4-79 (Manvinder Bisla, 12.1 ov), 5-79 (Yusuf Pathan, 12.4 ov), 6-88 (Shakib Al Hasan, 14.4 ov), 7-128 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB P Kumar 4 0 22 0 5.5 11 2 0 2 0 BA Bhatt 4 0 24 2 6 8 2 0 0 0 AD Mascarenhas 4 0 34 1 8.5 7 3 1 0 0 Harmeet Singh 4 0 27 1 6.75 7 3 0 0 0 PP Chawla 4 0 18 3 4.5 11 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.25, Interval 17.25-17.45, Second Session 17.45-19.10
Match days
15 April 2012 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kings XI Punjab 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 26 runs, 2 wickets)
- Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 9.1 overs (55 balls), Extras 4
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (Mandeep Singh 27, DJ Hussey 24, Ex 0)
- Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: Kings XI Punjab - 134/9 in 20.0 overs (PP Chawla 13, BA Bhatt 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 2 wickets)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 3
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 8
Match Coverage
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Punjab hold nerve to win thriller
On a pitch that favoured spinners in the previous match it hosted, Kolkata Knight Riders opted to bowl first against Kings XI Punjab




