- BATSMENRB4s6sSR11.3 stumped him! Hussey moves around the stumps to the left-hander, cleverly tossing it up into the rough outside off stump, and Marsh skips down in an attempt to heave it over mid-on but misses completely for Saha to take care of the rest, so the change works well 98/33.5 and he's gone, attempting another big shot over midwicket but the ball gains on him from a length and skies up into the evening for Hodge to run to his right from mid-on and hold it 28/118.3 leg stump goes for a walk, Sangakkara exposing all three sticks and trying one of those paddle-scoops to fine leg but Gul pitches very full and straight and hits his mark 155/68.6 gone! Smart stuff from Saha! Fires it in flat outside off stump, Yuvraj goes for the late slash but misses and loses balance, Saha fumbles the ball and it rolls forward, but Yuvraj's back leg slides outside the line and Saha picks up the ball to break the stumps, it goes upstairs and the verdict is that Yuvraj just failed to drag the foot back over the line, a marginal call and it goes against the batsman 82/212.1 and he wastes no time! Begins with a short one which gains on Jayawardene, cramped going for the pull shot, getting the toe end of the bat on it and it balloons straight to Ganguly at midwicket 102/413.3 good throw! Hodge tosses it up invitingly, Goel goes for a booming drive, misses, it flies past Saha and slip towards short third man, the nonstriker calls for a single but Goel is slow to get back and flat throw is accepted by Hodge 106/5Extras14 (b 4, lb 5, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL178/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.9)Fall of wickets: 1-28 (James Hopes, 3.5 ov), 1-49* (Kumar Sangakkara, retired not out ), 2-82 (Yuvraj Singh, 8.6 ov), 3-98 (Shaun Marsh, 11.3 ov), 4-102 (Mahela Jayawardene, 12.1 ov), 5-106 (Karan Goel, 13.3 ov), 6-155 (Kumar Sangakkara, 18.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB I Sharma 4 0 41 0 10.25 9 6 1 0 1 AB Agarkar 3 0 26 0 8.66 5 4 0 1 0 AB Dinda 3 0 24 1 8 12 4 1 1 0 Mohammad Hafeez 3 0 28 1 9.33 5 3 1 0 0 DJ Hussey 3 0 23 1 7.66 8 2 1 0 0 Umar Gul 4 0 27 2 6.75 9 3 0 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.1 timber! Hafeez loses his marbles, skipping down and slogging across the line with his eyes shut, looking to heave this over midwicket but the ugly stroke fails to connect and ball makes contact to rearrange the furniture, Pathan is mobbed by his team-mates 23/22.5 gone! Ganguly gets back and uppercuts a pretty short ball outside off stump right down Pathan's throat at third man, positioning himself to pouch it just inside the boundary 22/14.6 and he gets his man soon after the reprieve! Das doesn't move his feet as he attempts a slog over extra cover and the top-edge spirals up and settles in Yuvraj's palms at mid-off to spark a highly enthused reaction from Sreesanth 29/43.6 nailed him! Pathan pitches full just around and about off stump, bringing the ball back in and rapping Hodge on the front foot, late on the stroke, and a throaty appeal is upheld by the umpire after a thought, and it looked, to the naked eye, to be hitting him in line with middle and off 25/318.5 but this one's taken! Another slower ball from Gagandeep sucks Hussey out of his crease, he plays a repeat of the previous slog, which goes up into the starry evening for a long time but this time Hopes settles under it mid-off and takes it, then pumping his fists and letting out an almighty roar because Punjab know how important that wicket is 154/69.4 middle stump is pegged back as Shukla makes room and fails to connect 50/5Extras7 (b 1, w 6)TOTAL169/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.45)Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Sourav Ganguly, 2.5 ov), 2-23 (Mohammad Hafeez, 3.1 ov), 3-25 (Brad Hodge, 3.6 ov), 4-29 (Debabrata Das, 4.6 ov), 5-50 (Laxmi Shukla, 9.4 ov), 6-154 (David Hussey, 18.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB S Sreesanth 4 0 25 2 6.25 13 3 0 1 0 IK Pathan 4 0 18 2 4.5 16 1 1 1 0 VRV Singh 4 0 31 1 7.75 6 3 0 0 0 Gagandeep Singh 4 0 43 1 10.75 6 2 3 0 0 JR Hopes 3 0 35 0 11.66 4 0 3 0 0 PP Chawla 1 0 16 0 16 2 0 2 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Kings XI Punjab , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00
Match days
3 May 2008 - 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 - 49 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 6.1 overs (37 balls), Extras 3
- Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 3
- KC Sangakkara retired hurt on 10* from 49/1 to 106/5
- Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 17.6 overs (109 balls), Extras 13
- Innings Break: Kings XI Punjab - 178/6 in 20.0 overs (IK Pathan 24, PP Chawla 21)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 4 wickets)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 6
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 6
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (DJ Hussey 26, WP Saha 25, Ex 0)
- DJ Hussey: 50 off 38 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 18.2 overs (110 balls), Extras 6
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 52 balls (DJ Hussey 54, WP Saha 46, Ex 0)
- WP Saha: 50 off 28 balls (1 x 4, 4 x 6)
Match Coverage
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Ishant Sharma has been fined 10% of his match fee for kicking the stumps down during the IPL match against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali yesterday
Any time banking, and the Son of Swampy
The Plays of the day for the IPL match between the Kings XI Punjab and the Kolkata Knight Riders
Too many chinks in Kolkata's armour
It's hard to imagine a 104-run partnership from just 55 balls being intrinsically worthless, especially in the Twenty20 format where such associations are usually 24-carat gold
Punjab surge to fourth successive win
Kings XI Punjab maintained their momentum with a fourth successive win while the Kolkata Knight Riders slumped to their fourth straight defeat



