Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab
Sunday, May 11th, 2008 at 12:51 am
Chennai, May 10 (IANS): Chennai Super Kings ended Kings XI Punjab’s winning streak, beating the visitors by 18 runs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Saturday night.
 
Set to chase 182, Yuvraj Singh-led Kings XI Punjab could only manage 163 for the loss of nine wickets in their allotted 20 overs.
 
Kings XI Punjab opener Shaun Marsh top-scored with 58 runs off 38 balls, while Irfan Pathan played a quick fire 18-ball, 40-run innings down the order.
 
Super Kings pacer Laxmipathy Balaji (24/5), who made a comeback to the game, registered the first hat-trick of the tournament and was undoubtedly the pick of the hosts’ bowlers.
 
Following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match in which Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 18 runs at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Saturday night: Match No.31, Indian Premier League, Twenty20, Chennai Super Kings vs. Kings XI Punjab, M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, May 10
 
Chennai Super Kings innings:
 
Sivaramakrishnan Vidyut c Jayawardene b Sreesanth 8
Stephen Fleming c Goel b Sreesanth 1
Suresh Raina c Marsh b Chawla 26
S. Badrinath c Yuvraj Singh b Singh 64
Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 60
Albie Morkel not out 7
Extras (lb 4, w 10, nb 1) 15
Total (for four wickets in 20 overs) 181
 
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Vidyut, 0.4 overs), 2-20 (Fleming, 2.2), 3-64 (Raina, 6.5), 4-155 (Badrinath, 17.3)
 
Bowling:
Sreesanth 4-0-29-2 (3w)
Irfan Pathan 4-0-33-0 (3w)
V.R.V. Singh 4-0-35-1 (1nb, 1w)
Piyush Chawla 3-0-36-1 (1w)
James Hopes 4-0-36-0 (2w)
Yuvraj Singh 1-0-8-0
 
Kings XI Punjab innings:
 
Shaun Marsh c Amarnath b Balaji 58
James Hopes c Dhoni b Morkel 14
Karan Goel c Morkel b Gony 1
Ramnaresh Sarwan b Balaji 20
Yuvraj Singh c Fleming b Amarnath 2
Mahela Jayawardene c Vidyut b Muralitharan 8
Irfan Pathan c Raina b Balaji 40
Piyush Chawla c Kapugedera b Balaji 17
Sreesanth not out 0
V.R.V. Singh c Dhoni b Balaji 0
Uday Kaul not out 0
Extras (lb 1, w 2) 3
Total (for nine wickets in 20 overs) 163
 
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Hopes, 1.6 overs), 2-29 (Goel, 4.3), 3-95 (Sarwan, 12.1), 4-96 (Marsh, 12.5), 5-97 (Yuvraj Singh, 13.1), 6-115 (Jayawardene, 14.6), 7-163 (Pathan, 19.3), 8-163 (Chawla, 19.4), 9-163 (Singh, 19.5)
 
Bowling:
Manpreet Gony 4-0-38-1
Albie Morkel 4-0-25-1
Palani Amarnath 3-0-35-1
Chamara Kapugedera 1-0-8-0
Muttiah Muralitharan 4-0-32-1 (1w)
Laxmipathy Balaji 4-0-24-5 (1w)
 
Toss: Kings XI Punjab, who chose to field first
Points: Chennai Super Kings 2, Kings XI Punjab 0
Man of the match: Laxmipathy Balaji
Umpires: A.V. Jayaprakash (India) and Brian Jerling (South Africa)
TV umpire: Ivaturi Shivram (India)
Match referee: Javagal Srinath (India)
Reserve umpire: S. Ravi (India)
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