Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI Punjab by 6 wickets
Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI Punjab by six wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Sawai Man Singh stadium here on Monday night.
Kings XI Punjab captain Yuvraj Singh won the toss and elected to bat against Rajasthan Royals in a Indian Premier League match at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium.
Kings XI Punjab score 166 for eight Kings XI Punjab captain Yuvraj Singh struck a half century to help his team put up 166 for eight against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League match. Electing to bat first, Yuvraj raced to 57 in 34-balls with the help of six fours and three sixes after his team was 73/4 at one stage. Karan Goel (26) and Piyush Chawla (24) were the other contributors with the bat.
Kings XI Punjab Scoreboard Karan Goel b Patel 26 James Hopes lbw b Warne 16 Kumar Sangakkara c & b Warne 20 Mahela Jayawardene st Kamran Akmal b Salunkhe 2 Yuvraj Singh lbw b Warne 57 Irfan Pathan b Trivedi 12 Sunny Sohal run out (Kamran Akmal) 4 Bret Lee c Kamran Akmal b Trivedi 0 Piyush Chawla not out 24 Wilken Mota not out 1 Extras (lb 1, w 2, nb 1) 4
Royals’ captain Shane Warne (3-19) and pacer Sidharth Trivedi (2-25) were the main wicket-takers. Chasing a target of 166, Kings XI romped to victory with 11 balls remaining and six wickets in hand. Austraian Shane Watson scored 76 off 49 balls while Ravindra Jadeja scored a valuable 36 runs. Rajasthan Royals Scoreboard M. Kaif c Sangakkara b Sreesanth 5 Kamran Akmal c Chawla b Hopes 15 Yusuf Pathan c & b Lee 7 Shane Watson not out 76 Darren Lehmann lbw b Pathan 17 Ravindra Jadeja not out 36
Extras (lb 2, w 6, nb 4) 12
Total (4 wickets; 18.1 overs) 168
Fall of wickets 1-6 (Kaif, 1.1 overs), 2-19 (Pathan, 2.3), 3-48 (Kamran Akmal, 4.5), 4-99 (Lehmann, 11.2)
Bowling Brett Lee 4-0-35-1 Sreesanth 3.1-0-38-1(2nb, 3w) James Hopes 4-0-33-1 (1w) Irfan Pathan 4-0-21-1(2w) Piyush Chawla 2-0-27-0 Wilken Mota 1-0-12-0
