Kings XI Punjab marked their fifth successive victory in the IPL match after defeating the Bangalore Royal Challengers by 6 wickets at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore. Kings XI Punjab joined Rajasthan Royals in the IPL Points table with 10 points and is currently positioned in place 2 due to net run rate.

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field first. The Bangalore Royal challengers had a poor opening. Jaffer, White and Kallis were dismissed for zero run. Kohli scored a decent 34 runs. The team’s skipper Rahul Dravid took the responsibility and scored 66 runs off 51 balls. All other batsmen except to these 2 batsmen scored single digit figures. At the end of 20 overs, the Bangalore Royal Challengers scored 126 runs for all out.

Chasing the target of 127 runs, the Kings XI Punjab started their Innings thru their openers Shaun Marsh and James Hopes. Shaun Marsh scored 39 runs off 34 balls and James Hopes was dismissed for a meager 5 runs. Sarwan scored 31 runs and the team’s skipper Yuvraj Singh failed to play to his caliber by scoring just a run. However the Kings XI Punjab met their target in 18.2 overs and won the match by 6 wickets. Sreesanth was declared the Man of the Match.

Posted on May 6th, 2008 by admin
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