DLF IPL Season 5 - Match 14
Pune Warriors India Vs Kings XI Punjab at Mohali
Pune Warriors needed to work hard to keep their unbeaten record in this tournament so far. Angelo Mathews replaced Murali Kartik considering the grass in the Mohali pitch. Pune also included the experienced Mithun Manhas. Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field expecting some bounce and movement in the pitch. Ganguly and Ryder opened the innings for Pune Warriors. Ganguly looked comfortable at one end while Ryder was struggling to pick singles. Ryder was run out for 7 trying to go for a quick single and sent by back by Ganguly. Ganguly got out after scoring 16 runs off 8 deliveries. Marlon Samuels looked uncomfortable right from the first delivery and was out for 2 facing 12 deliveries. Uthappa, Mathews and Smith could not contribute much. It was Mithun Manhas who cared to stay at the wicket scoring 31 off 28 balls. After his departure the batsmen who followed showed little discipline getting out trying to play rash strokes. Pune were bowled out for 115 runs in 19 overs, wasting one full over. Dimitri Mascarenhas bowled beautifully reading the conditions well and was rewarded with 5/25 from 4 overs.
Kings XI Punjab had the worst possible start losing Paul Valthaty for a duck off the first delivery of the innings bowled by Dinda. Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh steadied the innings. Gilchrist managed to score runs in the midst of struggle whereas Shaun Marsh batted fluently. Gilchrist got out for 21 runs. Mandeep Singh got out for 10. Piyush Chawla was sent ahead of David Hussey. He provided good support to well settled Shaun Marsh. Chawla remained unbeaten on 21 and Marsh was unbeaten on 64 to enable KXIP reach the target comfortably winning by 7 wickets with 14 balls remaining.
It was the first defeat for the Pune Warriors in this season and it was very much on the cards after the lethargic manner in which they batted, bowled and fielded in this match. With this defeat all the teams in this Season are beaten at least once.
The Points Table looks completely different with Pune Warriors and Rajasthan Royals losing their first match in the series. They were pushed to 3rd and 4th position. These two need to pull up their socks if they want to remain in the top four.
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