Match 49: KXI v. DC: Yuvaraj's Hat-trick help KXI stay in IPL 2!

The hat-trick by Yuvaraj Singh, the only player to have fetched two hat-tricks a season, helped KXI put pressure on DC. In the last over, 11 runs required and DC batsmen were not able to score. The wicket of Rohit Sharma was crucial which was picked by Irfan Pathan in the last over when DC needed 4 runs in 3 balls.

Yuvaraj picked his second hat-trick in the 14th over of the innings. He picked Gibbs caught at point of a short ball in the last ball of his second over and 12th over of the innings. He then bowled a beautiful delivery to beat Symonds. The ball was pitched on the middle and tempted Symonds to come out, the ball turned and beat him. Sangakkara fumbled but grabbed the ball in the second attempte and removed the bails.

Next delivery, poor decision by Venugopal to leave the ball pitched on the off and curvin in, lost his stumps.

At this stage, DC needed 54 from 36 balls. Rohit played another superb innings to bring DC into the match. Last 3 overs needed 43 runs and Rohit took on Mota. He hit him for two sixes and a four to get 18 runs to the board.

Last 2 overs needed 25 runs. Lee took Ravi Teja in the second ball but Rohit hit a six over square leg. The last ball was an over-stepped no ball which was also punished for over over third man. The re-bowled ball was a single to Rohit and he took the strike.

Last over needed 11 runs, Irfan Pathan to Rohit Sharma! Two runs of the first ball, four of the second ball to third man, next ball was a wide.

4 balls, 4 runs. Match in the hands of DC! Going for a big shot over mid on, he missed the ball and was bowled. Poor shot selection. He could have played a single or two!

3 ball, 4 runs. No run of the next delivery to RP Singh. DC panicking! 2 balls, 4 runs. RP Singh took on the slower short ball and hit it in the air. Irfan ran himself few yards and caught it!

1 ball, 4 runs. Harris hit it covers and went for two. Jaskaran Singh went for third as he was going to the danger end, but the poor decision by Harris to run to the pavilion after completing the second could have changed the game if he ran the third.

He may have lost his wicket, but a luck would have turned the game!

Earlier, put into bat KXI made 134. Sangakkara was the top scorer with 56 in 43 balls with 4 fours and a six.

Scoreboard:

Match # 49
Date: Sunday May 17, 2009
Teams: Kings XI Punjab v. Deccan Chargers
Captains: Yuvaraj and Gilchrist
Toss: DC, decided to field
Venue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Result: KXI won by 1 run
Points: KXI 2; DC 0
Man of the Match: Yuvaraj off KXI

Kings XI Punjab Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Sohal	c R Sharma b RP Singh	9	12	0	1
Katich	c Ojha b Symonds	11	10	2	0
Pomersbach	Run Out (Gibbs/Gilchrist)	1	2	0	0
Yuvaraj	b Venugopal	20	18	2	1
Sangakkara	c Harris b RP Singh	56	43	4	1
Mota	c Harris b Suman	12	19	0	0
I Pathan	c Gibbs b RP Singh	17	11	2	0
B Lee	Not Out	0	5	0	0
Chawla	Not Out	1	1	0	0
Extras	(b 1, w 5, nb 1)	7	-	-	-
Total	for 7 wkts in 20 overs	134	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-12 (Sohal, 1.6 ov), 2-15 (Pomersbach, 2.5 ov), 3-26 (Katich, 4.2 ov), 4-52 (Yuvraj Singh, 8.5 ov), 5-105 (Mota, 16.1 ov), 6-122 (Sangakkara, 17.6 ov), 7-131 (Pathan, 19.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Harris	4	0	31	0
RP Singh	4	0	26	3
A Symonds	2	0	10	1
R Sharma	2	0	23	0
T Suman	4	0	23	1
Venugopal	2	0	8	1
Ojha	2	0	12	0

Deccan Chargers Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gilchrist	st Sangakkara b Powar	23	13	4	1
Gibbs	c Chawla b Yuvaraj	26	37	3	0
T Suman	b Powar	0	1	0	0
A Symonds	st Sangakkara b Yuvaraj	25	25	1	0
R Sharma	b I Pathan	42	26	3	3
Venugopal	b Yuvaraj	0	1	0	0
Ravi Teja	Run Out (Sangakkara / Lee)	10	15	1	0
Harris	Not Out	2	2	0	0
RP Singh	c & b I Pathan	0	2	0	0
Jaskaran Singh	Not Out	0	0	0	0
Extras	(b 1, w 2, nb 2)	5	-	-	-
Total	for 8 wkts in 20 overs	133	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-34 (Gilchrist, 4.2 ov), 2-34 (Suman, 4.3 ov), 3-73 (Gibbs, 11.6 ov), 4-79 (Symonds, 13.1 ov), 5-79 (Venugopal Rao, 13.2 ov), 6-110 (Ravi Teja, 18.2 ov), 7-131 (Sharma, 19.3 ov), 8-131 (Singh, 19.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
B Lee	4	0	31	0
I Pathan	3	0	29	2
Sreesanth	2	0	10	0
Powar	2	0	11	2
Chawla	4	0	20	0
Yuvaraj	4	0	13	3
Mota	1	0	18	0