DeVilliers would be blaming himself for missing to send the short ball from Sreesanth for a sixer. He gave a simple catch to Yuvaraj at mid-on. Dilshan trying to play over mid on sent it just above Yuvaraj's head, but Yuvi caught it well. Two wickets for Sreesanth. Delhi in trouble with 52 for 4 in 10 overs.
Dinesh Karthik and Manhas added 50 for the 5th wicket before Manhas was caught by Sohal off Mota for 26. Maharoof was bowled by Lee for 3 and Vettori was caught for 1.
Dinesh Karthik was the last man to get out for 32 as Delhi ended with 120 on the board. Lee picked 3 wickets for 15 in his 4 overs including a maiden. Sreesanth had the best bowling figures of IPL 2 picking 2 for 20 in his 4 overs.
Chasing a moderate score, Kings XI lost 2 wickets with 35 on the board in 5.2 overs. Yuvaraj and Sangakkara played sensibly and took Kings XI closer to the target. They added 53 for the 4th wicket in 63 balls. Slow but steady!
Sangakkar struck two continuous fours in the 11th over. Last 5 overs needed 35 runs. Yuvaraj got out at crucial time as he hit the juicy short ball to Sehwag at point.
Last 4 overs, 33 runs. Bhatia bowled a tight line in the 17th over in which he gave 3 runs. KXI is on the losing line! 30 from 18 balls. Irfan Pathan hit two sixes in Sangwan's over--the first one over mid wicket and the second one went over square leg.
15 from 12 balls. Maharoof started with a wide on the leg stump. Second ball was a leg bye and no run on the next ball. Again a wide. 12 from 10 balls. Third ball was a six over long on. There was no fielder on the boundary line, otherwise it would have been a catch!
Last over needed 2 runs and it was scored off the first ball from Vettori.
Now, Kings XI Punjab has a chance to grab one of the last four positions! They have 6 wins in 12 matches and is in parallel with Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers who are in 4th and 5th place.
Scoreboard:
Match # 46
Date: Friday May 15, 2009
Teams: Kings XI Punjab v. Delhi Daredevils
Captains: Yuvaraj and Sehwag
Toss: KXI, decided to field
Venue: OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein
Result: KXI won by 6 wkts with 5 balls remaining
Points: KXI 2; DD 0
Man of the Match: Brett Lee off KXI
Delhi Daredevils Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Gambhir | Run Out (Sangakkara/Mota) | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Sehwag | c Sangakkara b Lee | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Dilshan | c Yuvaraj b Sreesanth | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| deVilliers | c Yuvaraj b Sreesanth | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Manhas | c Sohal b Mota | 26 | 25 | 2 | 0 |
| D Karthik | c Mota b I Pathan | 32 | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| Maharoof | b Lee | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Vettori | c Sohal b I Pathan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhatia | c Chawla b Lee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sangwan | Not Out | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nehra | Not Out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 7, w 7) | 14 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 9 wkts in 20 overs | 120 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-19 (Sehwag, 2.4 ov), 2-20 (Gambhir, 3.3 ov), 3-46 (de Villiers, 7.2 ov), 4-51 (Dilshan, 9.1 ov), 5-101 (Manhas, 15.4 ov), 6-104 (Maharoof, 16.6 ov), 7-111 (Vettori, 17.6 ov), 8-111 (Bhatia, 18.1 ov), 9-116 (Karthik, 19.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| B Lee | 4 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| I Pathan | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| Chawla | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Sreesanth | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| Powar | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Yuvaraj | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mota | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Kings XI Punjab Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Bravo | b Nehra | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Takawale | c D Karthik b Maharoof | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Rahane | c deVilliers b Maharoof | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Jayasuriya | c Sehwag b Sangwan | 18 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| Tendulkar | Not Out | 43 | 47 | 6 | 0 |
| Duminy | Not Out | 21 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 3, nb 4) | 9 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 4 wkts in 19.1 overs | 123 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-22 (Katich, 3.1 ov), 2-35 (Sohal, 4.1 ov), 3-35 (Pomersbach, 5.2 ov), 4-88 (Yuvraj Singh, 15.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| A Nehra | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Sangwan | 4 | 0 | 42 | 1 |
| Maharoof | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| Vettori | 3.1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bhatia | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dilshan | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
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