Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals - Indian Premier League - 55th match – Live Score and Update
Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 145 v Rajasthan Royals 147 - Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
The Rajasthan Royals thrashed the Kings XI Punjab in the 55th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), by eight wickets with six balls remaining, as they successfully chased down 146 runs needed to win at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium,
Mohali, Chandigarh.
Rajasthan Royals, who chose to field made inroads on the third delivery of the match when Chandila caught and bowled http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mandeep-Singh-c74122 for nil.
However, before the bowlers could gloat any further, the second-wicket partnership between C Gilchrist and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470 was outstanding and left fans mesmerised as the two batsmen clobbered the bowlers all around the park without a hint of remorse. The two batsmen
smacked impressive shorts, giving fans plenty to cheer about.
Finally this partnership came to its end on the wicket of Gilchrist, who hammered 42 runs, leaving his side on 102.
Then the side lost their third wicket with only 105 runs on the board on the dismissal of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 with only a run under his belt.
After piling 136 runs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-James-Marshall-c90362 was the next batsman to lose his wicket as he fell on a knock of 77 runs. It was then a sorry sight for Punjab as none of the remaining batsmen were good enough to score in double figures. Consequently, the side could post a
modest score of 145 for the loss of six wickets by the end of their 20 overs.
From http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cooper-c51561 was the best bowler with three wickets to his name.
The Royals had a terrible start to their run chase as they lost their first wicket with only five runs on the board as they lost skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bipul-Sharma-c48120. The batsman had scored only four runs as he left his side on five.
AM Rahane and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 then forged a competitive partnership as they took the score to 71, before the latter became the second and final wicket from his side after jabbing a knock of 31.
With Rahane unbeaten on 59 and SV Samson on 47, the side reached the target in 19 overs.
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