IPL5: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 - Match Recap
A clinical bowling performance from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Piyush-c82317 Chawla, led the Kings XI Punjab towards victory in a low scoring thriller against the Kolkata Knight Riders by a mere two runs at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Sunday, April 15, 2012.
Chasing a gettable twenty-over target of 134, the Kolkata Knight Riders needed 13 runs from the last 12 balls, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Vinay-Kumar-c2237 and Harmeet Singh ensured it was Punjab’s day, and at the end the hosts fell short by two runs. Vinay Kumar bowled the penultimate
over, and he conceded just four runs to leave the home side needing nine runs from the last six balls. Harmeet Singh kept his composure conceding just six runs in a tight final over, claiming the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RN-ten-Doeschate-c2338 as well, to help the side seal
a thrilling two-run victory.
After being put into bat, the Kings XI Punjab got off to a shaky start. Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869 sent the former back to
the pavilion, having him caught at cover by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470 on 1, to leave the tourists reeling at 21 for 2.
The hard-hitting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-James-Marshall-c90362. The duo scripted the most productive stand of the match – 52 in 7.4 overs – to put the visitors on course to a respectable score. Mandeep started the eighth over with
a bang pulling Jaydev Unadkat through the ropes while Hussey plundered a muscular boundary off Shakib in the next over. Although the boundaries were hard to come by in the half-century stand but the pair kept rotating the strike effectively. The pair took
eight doubles during the 46-ball stand.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mandeep-Singh-c74122 caught, to leave the score at 73 for 3. The KXIP opener went down on one knee for a slog-sweep over midwicket but fell to a Doeschate catch on the ropes. He scored 38 runs off 34 balls, which included
three fours and a six.
Hussey soon followed Mandeep to the pavilion, leaving the tourists in a precarious situation once again. A double wicket 17th over by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajat-Bhatia-c83456 left Punjab in dire straits with 100 for 6 on the board. The tourists looked down in the dumps after
Narine struck twice in the 18th over. He got the scalps of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bipul-Sharma-c48120 and Praveen Kumar on successive deliveries.
However the 30 runs scored by tail-enders Piyush Chawla, Harmeet Singh and Bhargav Bhatt in the last two overs proved decisive.
Defending an average total of 134 for 9, the KXIP bowlers kept the Kolkata Knight Riders batsmen under check right from the start. 20’s from Gambhir, Bisla and Tiwary were not enough to put the hosts in a commanding position as the run-rate kept increasing.
The tourists remained in control of the game till http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harmeet-Singh-c1533 kept their composure and sealed a thrilling win for KXIP
in the end.
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