DLF IPL Season 5 - Match 22
Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders at PCA Stadium, Mohali
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat. Gilchrist and Valthaty opened the innings. Valthaty failed to come out of his miserable form and got out for just 8 runs. Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh steadied the innings. Gilchrist had to retire hurt after a hamstring injury. Mandeep Singh replaced him but left immediately scoring just 6 runs. After David Hussey got run out after making 10 runs, there was miserable collapse from the KXIP batsmen. Shaun Marsh made 33 off 30 balls and Gilchrist who came out to bat again remained not out on 40 off 30 balls. Poor batting effort resulted in a non-impressive total of 124/2 from KXIP. Bret Lee and Sunil Narine bowled well to capture 2 wickets apiece.
Chasing a paltry score of 125, KKR lost their out of form batsman Brendon McCullum once again very cheaply, this time making 15 runs. Bisla looked comfortable but got out after making 11 runs. Kallis joined Gambhir and they batted splendidly without taking any risk and sailed across the target in just 16.3 overs. Their combined effort enabled KKR won by 8 wickets with lot of deliveries remaining. This improved their NRR and KKR jumped to the 3rd place in the Points Table, pushing Pune Warriors to the 4th place. Chawla was the successful only successful bowler for KXIP claiming 2/19.
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