The poor show of Bangalore Royal Challengers poor form continues and not only that, the difference of opinion between the skipper and the owner also has come out open.
The Bangalore attitude was not that great in this match! They never looked for a win, it looked!
Winning the toss and deciding to bat, Bangalore never looked to make a score that would cross 180 or 200. First over added 3 runs and then Kohli gave a maiden over. Pressure is on the openers. Arunkumar got out in the 1st bal of the third over, edging the Sreesanth delivery to Jayawardane at point.
Misbah hit two fours of the last two balls to take the score to 14/1 in 3 overs. Kohli hit two fours in the first two balls of the 4th over bowled by Pathan.
Misbha hit a six of the first ball of the 5th over and then a four in the 5th ball. He gave the momentum and was building the innings. He could have playes more sensibly by playing at least a step away from the crease. He played backfoot and hit the stumps with his back foot and ran for a single. Later it was found that he was hit wicket, very unlucky, both the Misbah and Bangalore.
Kohli hit two fours in the 6th over and was bowled by Chawla in the next delivery. At the end of 10 overs, Bangalore were 74 for 3, thanks to Misbah's firing innings.
White the danger batsman got out in the 11th over, first ball caught and bowled by Chawla, giving his 2nd wicket.
The runs were not coming as expected. Dravid got out in the 15th over bowled by Pathan. He was out for 29 off 26 balls.
Boucher opened his shoulders and he hit a six and two fours of Hopes. That was the only big over and end of 16 overs, Bangalore were 118 for 5. The last 5 overs added just 25 runs to the score and Bangalore ended their innings at 143 for 8.
The chase was easy for Kings XI as the Bangalore never showed a positive sign of winning or even trying.
Steyn's first over costed 12 runs followed by Zaheer Khan giving away just 1 run. Hopes and Marsh were never troubled and they started the innings well. Hopes hit a six of Zaheer Khan, a pull of the short ball over mid wicket. He hit another 6 of Praveen Kumar.
Marsh was dropped at mid-off by Chipli on 12. Zaheer missed a caught and bowled chance for Hopes on 19. Finally, Vijaykumar dismissed Hopes caught by Steyn, who held the diving catch running from extra cover. He was out for 27 off 19 balls with 3 sixes.
That was the only wicket to fall for Kings XI. Marsh and Pomersbach scored the remaining runs. Marsh reached his 50 in 35 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes. The unbeaten second wicket partnership was 102 runs in 56 balls. Marsh was on song hitting his 74 off 51 balls with 9 fours and 2 sixes.
Pomersbach was not out 34 off 24 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. This was the 7th defeat for Bangalore Royal Challengers.
Marsh was declared man of the match for his wonderful 74, leading his team to victory.
Match 34
Venue: Mohali
Date: May 12, 2008
Teams: Kings XI Punjab and Bangalore Royal Challengers
Captains: Yuvaraj Singh and Rahul Dravid
Toss: Bangalore Royal Challengers and decided to bat
Result: Kings XI Punjab won by 9 wickets with 26 balls remaining
Man of the Match: SE Marsh off Kings XI Punjab (Australia)
Points: Kings XI Punjab-2; Bangalore Royal Challengers-0
Score:
Bangalore Royal Challengers 143 for 8 in 20 overs (J Arunkumar 1, V Kohli 21, Misbah-ul-Haq 21, CL White 10, R Dravid 29, MV Boucher 39, P Kumar 5, R Vinay Kumar 1, Z Khan 1 not out, A Kumble 0 not out, Extras-15 (b 5, lb 2, wide 8), S Sreesanth 4-0-29-3, IK Pathan 4-1-23-1, PP Chawla 4-0-33-2, VRV Singh 4-0-15-1, Yuvaraj Singh 2-0-14-0, JR Hopes 2-0-22-0) lost to Kings XI Punjab 144 for 1 in 15.4 overs (SE Marsh 74 not out, JR Hopes 27, LA Pomersbach 34 not out, Extras-9 (lb 5, wide 4), DW Steyn 2-0-33-0, Z Khan 4-0-35-0, P Kumar 2.4-0-15-0, R Vinaykumar 2-0-11-1, A Kumble 4-0-36-0, V Kohli 1-0-9-0)
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