Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab - IPL 5 - Kings incinerate Chargers by 25 runs - Live Score and Update
Kings XI Punjab 170/5 (20/20 ov) v Deccan Chargers 145/8 (20.0/20 ov) - Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 won by 25 runs
On Tuesday, May 08, Kings XI Punjab kept themselves in the running for the spot in the final four teams this year in the ongoing Indian Premier League, after beating Deccan Chargers by 25 runs, at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792.
After this win, the triumphant stand-in skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. We have two better spinners than me in the team, so more than happy with that. We haven't played too well at home, but we hope to win the reverse fixture."
On the other hand, this was yet another crushing defeat for Chargers, who have not clicked this year and are the last team in the tournament with only two wins from 12 games.
The side was hoping to make amends by beating Punjab in front of home crowd, however, their batting and bowling let them down and now that there is no chance for them to make it to the playoffs, the management of the team has to look at what went wrong for them this season.
Punjab, however, have shown that they are a strong unit and even in the absence of fulltime skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Gilchrist-c918, the side has prospered well.
After losing the toss, the franchise owned by Bollywood http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470 hit a stand of 55 runs, leaving the fielding side flabbergasted.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-James-Marshall-c90362 then departed after scoring 22 runs, followed by the wicket of N Saini, who faltered after contributing only two runs.
However, the remaining batting line-up steadfast and did not lose their way as they bolstered an intimidating total of 170 runs on the board for the loss of five wickets with Singh as the highest scorer after hammering 75 runs for which he was later named as the Player of the Match.
Needing 171 runs to win the game, Deccan never looked heading in the right direction as they kept losing wickets at crucial moments, which consequently cost them the match, after faltering on 145 runs for the loss of eight wickets.
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