An inspired Chennai Super Kings shrugged off the underdogs’ tag with a comprehensive display to thrash Kings XI Punjab by nine wickets and join Rajasthan Royals in the IPL final. Punjab’s batting had been in superb form through most of the tournament, but they came unstuck in the face of some accurate and relentless seam […]
Rajasthan Royals may have ended the league stage on top, but it will be the Kings XI Punjab who head into the semi-finals full of confidence after triumphing by 41 runs in a dead-rubber top-of-the-table clash in Mohali.
Shane Warne rested himself for the game, and there was not much the Rajasthan Royals’ captain-cum-coach could do […]
12th Over: Yuvraj into the attack. FOUR! Watson heaves it over mid wicket. A single gets Yusuf on strike. SIX! He blasts it over thr rope to get off the mark. SIX! Yusuf goes straight past the bowler’s head. Wow! Cramped for room/ A single to get Watson on strike.
11th Over: Chawla continues. Patel drives […]
Shane Warne, the Rajasthan Royals’ captain, took the opportunity of this dead-rubber top-of-the-table clash to take a break, and it may be another masterstroke as it allowed him to watch from the dugout while Kings XI Punjab’s top order blasted their way to 221 for 3.
Shaun Marsh led the way for Punjab with a 69-ball […]
Match facts
Wednesday, May 28
Start time 20.00 (local), 14.30 (GMT)
The Big Picture
Not only have Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab already made it to the semi-finals, but they’ve also ensured that, regardless of what happens in the remaining league games, they’ll remain Nos. 1 and 2 in the points table. Rajasthan are four points clear of […]
The Kolkata Knight Riders’ final game of the season provided Sourav Ganguly and his team a chance to redeem themselves in front of their home fans. An insipid performance in the field and for three-fourths of the chase suggested the campaign would end on a low note but, after Umar Gul sparked life into the […]
Kumar Sangakkara and Shaun Marsh yet again built a solid foundation as Kings XI Punjab reached 174 for 6, the highest total at Eden Gardens in the tournament. It was the final game for the Kolkata Knight Riders - already out of the reckoning for the semi-finals - in front of their home fans but […]
18th Over: Sreesanth back into the atttack. Two runs off the first two balls. Now, a dot ball. FOUR! Gul powers that through mid wicket. Kolkata still in the hunt. SIX! Gul is on fire. He picks up the slower one and launches it over the ropes. Four leg byes
17th Over: SIX! Dada goes ballistic. […]
Match facts
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Start time 20:00 (local time), 14:30 (GMT)
The Big Picture
Kings XI Punjab will play their second dead match in two days when they take on the Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata. Sealing a spot in the semi-finals did not stop Punjab from putting on a convincing performance against the Deccan Chargers and […]
The Mumbai Indians have launched an official complaint against Suresh Shastri, the third umpire, over two ‘contentious’ run-out decisions that went against them in their match against Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday. Mumbai lost the crucial encounter by one run in the last over, a result which has made their chances of qualifying for the […]
Yuvraj Singh, the Kings XI Punjab captain, was pleased with Kumar Sangakkara’s performance on his return from injury but had concerns over his side’s poor fielding against the Deccan Chargers.
“We need to sort out our fielding,” Yuvraj said. “This is something we are going to have a chat about.” Sloppy work on the field allowed […]
20th Over: RP to bowl the last over. A leg bye. Chawla chips it over the infield to get two. FOUR! Chawla punhes it through covers and that is it. Mohali win by six wikcets
19th Over: Styris back into the attack. SIX! Chawla blasts it into the crwod. Chawla gets a single to bring Jayawardena […]