IPL 6: Kings XI beat Kolkata by 4 runs

Mohali - Kings XI Punjab narrowly beat defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders by four runs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium here Tuesday.

Chasing 158 for victory, the Knight Riders managed 153 for nine. The lower order of the Kolkata team failed to fire after Gautam Gambhir (60) and Eoin Morgan (47) had put them in the driver’s seat.

Azhar Mahmood was the pick of the Punjab bowlers taking three for 21 while Praveen Kumar and Parvinder Awana took two wickets apiece.

Scorecard

Kings XI Punjab:

Adam Gilchrist lbw b Senanayake 7

Mandeep Singh c Bisla b Kallis 41

Manan Vohra c & b Balaji 17

David Hussey c Bisla b Narine 12

David Miller b Senanayake 20

Azhar Mahmood c & b Narine 0

Gurkeerat Singh b Narine 0

Manpreet Gony b Kallis 42

Piyush Chawla not out 11

Praveen Kumar c Pathan b Kallis 1

Parvinder Awana not out 0

Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 3) 6

Total: (for nine wickets in 20 overs) 157

Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Gilchrist, 3.5 overs), 2-61 (Vohra, 8.4), 3-70 (Mandeep Singh, 10.1), 4-99 (Hussey, 14.4), 5-99 (Azhar Mahmood, 14.5), 6-99 (Gurkeerat Singh, 14.6), 7-109 (Miller, 15.6), 8-150 (Gony, 19.1), 9-152 (Kumar, 19.4)

Bowling:

Laxmipathy Balaji 4-0-39-1

Jaques Kallis 4-0-24-3

Sachithra Senanayake 4-0-28-2

Sunil Narine 4-0-33-3

Rajat Bhatia 4-0-30-0

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Manvinder Bisla c Gilchrist b Kumar 0

Gautam Gambhir c Gilchrist b Gony 60

Jacques Kallis c Mandeep Singh b Azhar Mahmood 1

Eoin Morgan c Hussey b Azhar Mahmood 47

Manoj Tiwary b Awana 1

Yusuf Pathan c Miller b Kumar 13

Debabrata Das lbw b Azhar Mahmood 1

Rajat Bhatia b Awana 16

Sachithra Senanayake run out (Gilchrist/Kumar) 1

Sunil Narine not out 1

Laxmipathy Balaji not out 0

Extras (lb 7, w 5) 12

Total: (for nine wickets in 20 overs) 153

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Bisla, 0.1 overs), 2-1 (Kallis, 1.2), 3-106 (Gambhir, 13.1), 4-116 (Morgan, 14.6), 5-117 (Tiwary, 16.1), 6-124 (Das, 17.2), 7-147 (Bhatia, 18.6 ), 8-150 (Pathan, 19.2), 9-152 (Senanayake, 19.5)

Bowling:

Praveen Kumar 4-0-26-2

Azhar Mahmood 4-0-21-3

Manpreet Gony 4-0-18-1

David Hussey 1-0-14-0

Parvinder Awana 4-0-39-2

Piyush Chawla 3-0-28-0

Match details:

Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders, chose to field

Points: Kings XI Punjab 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0

Player of the match: Manpreet Gony

Umpires: CK Nandan and Simon Taufel (Australia)

TV umpire: Kyumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)

Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)