Marsh scored the 6th century of the IPL tournament this year. This is first century in the T20. He reached his 50 in 27 balls and touched the 3 figures in 58 balls. He hit 11 fours and 7 sixes in his 115.
Warne and Smith did not play in this match and Watson lead the team. The bowling attack was not that great as Marsh scored all over the ground. The first wicket added 133 runs in 82 balls. Hopes was the first to go caught by Salunkhe off Yousuf Pathan for 51 off 35 balls with 7 fours and a six.
Yuvaraj Singh missed the half century by a run. He smashed quick fire 49 in 16 balls with 2 fours and 6 sixes.
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Though this match is not important in terms of points or securing place in the semi-finals, it is important in terms of playing the semi-finals with a positive mind set and the record of winning.
Rajasthan manged to score just 180. Yousuf Pathan provided good entertainment in the end stage with his 39 off 15 balls with 3 fours 3 sixes. Patel, who opened the innings with Kaif scored 51 off 39 balls with 10 fours.
Match 56
Venue: Mohali
Date: May 28, 2008
Teams: Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals
Captains: Yuvaraj Singh and SR Watson
Toss: Rajasthan Royals and decided to field
Result: Kings XI Punjab won by 41 runs
Man of the Match: SE Marsh off Kings XI Punjab (Australia)
Points: Kings XI Punjab-2; Rajasthan Royals-0
Score:
Kings XI Punjab 221 for 3 in 20 overs (SE Marsh 115, JR Hopes 51, Yuvaraj Singh 49, L Pomersbach 1 not out, Extras-5 (lb 1, wide 3, nb 1), MM Patel 4-0-37-0, SR Watson 4-0-40-1, Pankaj Singh 3-0-48-2, D Salunkhe 3-0-23-0, SK Trivedi 4-0-48-0, YK Pathan 2-0-24-1) beat Rajasthan Royals 180 for 7 in 20 overs (M Kaif 1, NK Patel 57, Younis Khan 3, SR Watson 22, YK Pathan 39, Kamran Akmal 24, M Rawat 23 not out, D Salunkhe 6, Pankaj Singh 1 not out, Extras-4 (lb 3, wide 1), IK Pathan 4-0-10-1, S Sreesanth 3-0-44-1, JR Hopes 3-0-29-2, RR Powar 1-0-7-0, VRV Singh 4-0-32-0, PP Chawla 4-0-35-3, Yuvaraj Singh 1-0-20-0)
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