IPL5: Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 edge past Chennai Super Kings – Cricket News Update
Kings XI Punjab pulled-off an upset win in the 37th game of Indian Premier League (IPL5), played against the reigning champions, Chennai Super Kings, at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk.
Punjab, the visiting team, was able to defend a middling total of 156 courtesy some great piece of bowling from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Piyush-c82317 Chawla. The star studded batting line-up of CSK fell seven runs short of the target, as the
defending champions suffered their fourth defeat of the tournament.
Mahmood, the right-arm medium pacer notched three wickets, which also included the prized scalp of in-from batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Faf-du-Plessis-c1427.
Chawla, on the other hand, made amends for his jaded performance in the match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238, and his
four over spell went for 20 runs.
Earlier in the day, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Hussey-c1380, Kings XI Punjab’s stand-in skipper, won the toss and opted to bat first on a pitch that looked dry and had little grass on it.
Openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470, provided a solid start up-front. The two batters amassed 68 runs for the first wicket. Marsh (32) took the game to CSK’s bowlers; Singh on the other hand played the anchor role.
Mahmood, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-James-Marshall-c90362. The all-rounder did not let the momentum dip as he stepped up from the start. Mahmood played
a cameo of 18 runs before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379 trapped him in-front of stumps.
The third-wicket partnership of 30 runs, between Singh and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-Lawson-Miller-c53037, was also quite handy. However, Punjab failed to capitalize on the good start and finished their innings on 156.
Chasing 157 runs to win should have been an easy task for a batting line-up as equipped as CSK's. But the Chennai based franchise made things difficult for themselves.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s decision of promoting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WP-Saha-c2800 at number four back fired, as the batter, who scored 6 runs from 14 balls, wasted some precious deliveries, that mounted pressure on the batsmen who followed.
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