a short ball is pulled towards midwicket, and that's that, Punjab have won on the road once more, Deccan have lost at home again, a 25-run win this for Punjab, they move up to 12 points now
Kings XI vs Chargers, 53rd match at Hyderabad, IPL, May 08 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
David Hussey had called their defeat to Rajasthan Royals three days ago one of their worst IPL matches. They were better today: Mandeep leading the way with the bat, Praveen and Mahmood turning in good spells with the ball, and Hussey himself taking two big wickets in an over.
Shaun Marsh: "Nice to win after our last game, we thought it was a competitive score. Not sure why we are doing better away from home, we'd like to have more wins at home. We have to play well in the back end of the series."
Here's the latest points table. Looks like a five-way race for two spots.
SriSri: "Liked the fact that for the last ball, require run rate is: 162, close to the total of Kings XI"
Cricket-India on Charger's Indian batsmen: "Do they have Indian batsmen better than Parthiv to replace him? Ravi Teja aint bad...or how about Sudhindra as a bowling option? what do u have to lose, anyway?"
Presentation:
Kumar Sangakkara: "I thought the difference today was the bowling in the first four overs, we bowled too short on a wicket that still had something in it for the bowlers. Kings XI showed us how to bowl and where to bowl. Mandeep and Dave batted really well."
David Hussey: "I thought our batters set the tone, Mandeep is going from strength to strength, I think he's a future players in all three forms for India. 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."
Mandeep Singh is the Man of the Match: "Hussey has supported us a lot, he has shown a lot of faith in me. I'm really satisfied today, as from the beginning of the tournament I wanted to stay till the 15th over, and I got the runs for the team."
Here's Abhishek Purohit's match report.
Not the most exciting of finishes today, but the results are just what the tournament needed in terms of the play-off race.
Thanks for all the mails today, join us tomorrow for RCB v MI. Till then it's goodbye from Siddarth Ravindran and the rest of the gang from Cricinfo.
a terrific stroke that, not much help for Chargers, that was overpitched and was driven towards sweeper cover for four
short of length and that is pulled to midwicket for a single
slower ball, back of the hand variety, pitched up and that is swung towards fine leg
looks to swipe this towards midwicket, edges it to the off side instead for a single
back of a length and outside off, tapped to the leg side for a single
length ball is slammed towards deep midwicket for four, 35 needed off the final over
short of length and angling in, awkwardly fended towards midwicket
Arvind:"That was poor from Jhunjhunwala!! That sums up their season!!! Poor cricket for almost most parts of this edition!! Not to forget 31 drop catches as well for the season!!" Thought it was 24, but I have lost count
slower ball from Awana, on a length and heading for leg stump, pushed towards point
overpitched and that is driven towards mid-off for a single
short of length delivery, Reddy goes for the pull, hit high on the bat and it loops towards Marsh at square leg, Chargers are eight down, will they be bowled out?
a big swipe and a miss, but Chargers still get four, that was angling in and angles past the leg stump after beating the batsman, and swings further away to beat the keeper
Praveen fires it in full, dug out towards mid-off
sent to long-on for a single
another short ball, not as short as the previous one though, Reddy muscles this to midwicket for four
a bouncer to test Reddy, he can't connect
a high full toss as he looks to follow the batsman, miscued it towards mid-off, not the best bit of running from Jhunjhunwala, he was almost jogging there, seemingly sure of making it, but a rifle throw from Marsh at mid-off catches him out by a couple of yards, that was shambolic from Jhunjhunwala, possibly the worst bit of cricket this season
length ball outside off, carved towards deep point for a single
51 needed off 18
fuller and flatter, on middle stump, driven towards long-off for a single
shorter and outside off, the conventional legbreak, slapped towards backward point
Over 20 • DCH 145/8
Kings XI won by 25 runs