Kings XI beats Mumbai Indians by 66 runs.
Under pressure, the Mohali team registers their first win in the IPL beating Mumbai Indians by 66 runs.
Chasing 183, Mumbai never have imagined starting like this. Charged up Brett Lee took Sanath Jayasuriya (1) in his third bowl (caught and bowled) of second over while his superb direct throw in the fourth bowl saw Ronchi (11) run out. The team was sweating at 18-2 after three overs.
Piyush Chawla then clean bowled Dwayne Bravo (23) in the 4th bowl of the 9th over after bowling three dot bowls. Bravo was dropped when he was on 4. If this was not enough, Sarwan caught Uthappa (21) in the 10th over off V R V's bowling to get rid of the Mumbai batsman. Mumbai Indians now are 66-4 in the 10th over. Piyush Chawla is having the ball in this game. He clean bowled Tiwary (17) in his fourth over and 13th over of the inning. His bowling figures read 4-0-16-2. He took Abhishek Nayar's (2) catch off Pathan's bowling in the next over. Pathan then caught Harbhajan (0) leg before in the very second bowl.
Captain Yuvraj Singh took a stunning catch to take the wicket of Pollock off Sreesanth's bowling in the 16th over. Pollock made 22. Sreesanth took Khote's (8) wicket in the 18th over, bowled him! or was it hitwicket? Sreesanth bowled a full and fast ball on off stump, it appeared as though Khote hit his leg stump with his bat while he was bringing it down and then the ball crashed into off stump after he missed the shot. Pathan bowled a maiden over to seal the fate for Mumbai Indians. Punjab Kings XI win the match by 66 runs.
Team Mohali lost six wickets in quick succession and none but Sangakkara could bring them to this respectable total. After Mahela Jayawardene (12) and Sunny Sohal (0) left in a gap of six balls to leave the team on 157-6 in the end of 18 over, the responsibility for Kings XI was left solely on Kumar Sangakkara's shoulders but he too departed in the 19th over. He was bowled by Harbhajan Singh when he was on 94. Kulkarni took his catch. Team Mohali lost Chawla and Sreesanth on duck, while V R V Singh (4) was gone in the 20th over.
The Mohali team kept losing wickets on a regular interval. R N Sarwan could score only 7 and was caught by Bhajji off Nehra's bowling in the 14th over. Kings XI were 122-4 with six overs to go. There had been no boundary since the past three overs.
Earlier Captain Yuvraj Singh left early in the 12th over. He scored 18 runs in 9 bowls and was looking dangerous when Bravo caught him in Pollock's fourth over.
Opener Karan Goel was run out by Bravo on the first bowl of the ninth over of the inning. The team's score was 86/2 in the end of 9 overs.
Smashing hits all over the ground Kumar Sangakkara completed his half century in 23 bowls in the eight over of the inning by hitting a four. He was at 54.
In a bad start Saurabh Tiwary caught Irfan Pathan off the bowling of Ashish Nehra in the second over of the inning. He was bowled for 6 runs. The team's score was 8-1 after second over.
Earlier the Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to field. Sachin Tendulkar did not play the match. The pitch report termed the pitch as cold and full of moisture making it a good track to bat on.
Mumbai Indians’ captain Harbhajan Singh,after winning the toss, said, “We would like to chase.” Opponent team’s captain Yuvraj Singh was happy that he lost the game, “Had I won the toss I would have batted first,” he said.
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