- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.1 Kartik strikes first ball, umpire Erasmus thinks awhile before raising his finger, Nayar struck in front missing a sweep to one that does not turn, but that has pitched just outside leg 54/22.6 Rahane's gone, there was no single here, he had rushed too far up the pitch, Nayar whipped this to Bailey's left at mid on, took a couple of steps out and stopped, the captain is quick to the ball and scores a direct hit, Rahane had already given up trying to regain his ground, he had no chance 22/116.5 gone now, backs away to leg, Awana hits the blockhole, and the stumps, as Samson misses 159/513.1 gone now, goes down for another slog sweep, misses, and Patel hits middle with a full delivery angled in 128/315.3 Miller's 'caught' one this time, but it has still not gone to hand, Binny mishits a slog, Miller runs forward at long on, it bursts through his wrists, but he has a second line of defence, the gap between his legs, it lodges between his thighs, he puts his hand underneath to prevent it from slipping out, but all credit to the legs there 144/4Extras6 (b 2, lb 1, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL191/5 (20 Overs, RR: 9.55)Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Ajinkya Rahane, 2.6 ov), 2-54 (Abhishek Nayar, 6.1 ov), 3-128 (Shane Watson, 13.1 ov), 4-144 (Stuart Binny, 15.3 ov), 5-159 (Sanju Samson, 16.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AR Patel 4 0 22 1 5.5 14 4 0 0 0 MG Johnson 4 0 29 1 7.25 14 3 1 0 1 P Awana 4 0 40 1 10 9 2 3 1 0 L Balaji 4 0 46 0 11.5 7 6 2 0 0 M Kartik 4 0 51 1 12.75 5 2 4 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.4 Sehwag sees deep point, and Sehwag will take him on of course, he slices this widish back of a length ball straight to the man however 5/12.4 they're picking out the fielders, although this is a sharp, tumbling take by Kulkarni at deep backward square leg, he's swung a short of a length ball and Kulkarni has not had to move much 10/213.5 Maxwell departs finally, he mishits this full delivery, it goes straight and high, stays airborne for an age, but Smith at long on judges it neatly 126/3Extras9 (lb 5, w 4)TOTAL193/3 (18.4 Overs, RR: 10.33)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Virender Sehwag, 1.4 ov), 2-10 (Wriddhiman Saha, 2.4 ov), 3-126 (Glenn Maxwell, 13.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KW Richardson 3 0 25 1 8.33 5 2 1 1 0 DS Kulkarni 4 0 50 1 12.5 11 5 4 1 0 JP Faulkner 3.4 0 45 1 12.27 3 1 3 1 0 PV Tambe 4 0 26 0 6.5 8 0 2 0 0 R Bhatia 3 0 38 0 12.66 3 3 2 1 0 STR Binny 1 0 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Kings XI Punjab , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
18.30 start, First Session 18.30-19.45, Interval 19.45-20.05, Second Session 20.05-21.30
Match days
20 April 2014 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kings XI Punjab 2, Rajasthan Royals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 1 wicket)
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (35 balls), Extras 2
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 11.1 overs (68 balls), Extras 2
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (SV Samson 22, SR Watson 29, Ex 0)
- SR Watson: 50 off 28 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 16.1 overs (98 balls), Extras 3
- SV Samson: 50 off 32 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 191/5 in 20.0 overs (SPD Smith 27, JP Faulkner 8)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 2 wickets)
- Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 4
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (CA Pujara 9, GJ Maxwell 38, Ex 3)
- GJ Maxwell: 50 off 28 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 11.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 7
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 59 balls (CA Pujara 16, GJ Maxwell 79, Ex 6)
- Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 8
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (CA Pujara 13, DA Miller 35, Ex 2)
- DA Miller: 50 off 19 balls (6 x 6)
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