The return to Mohali seemed to be working in favour of Kings XI, as they got the early wicket of Dhawan after skipper Bailey had won the toss and put in Sunrisers to bat. Despite Warner's quickfire 58, the bowlers were able to restrict SRH to a sub par score of 150/6. But two quick wickets rocked the KXIP chase, and though they made a late fightback, ultimately it proved too little too late.SRH winning the contest by 20 runs, with Trent Boult the MoM.
Sandeep Sharma started off superbly with a maiden over, that had Warner in a spot of bother more than once. Shikar Dhawan, fell trying to ease the pressure from the other end, gifting the wicket to Mitchell Johnson who was bowling the new ball for a change.Warner however took charge with a brisk half century, but yet again his side were not able to take full advantage.advantage. Naman Ojha and Moises Henriques struggled to get the big hits, with the latter not even having a strike rate of 100 after facing 32 balls.It was Ashish Reddy in the end who smashed 22 off 8 balls with two sixes who eventually helped SRH reach the 150 mark.
Glenn Maxwell was left out again and another big hitter Virender Sehwag was also dropped as Manan Vohra was finally handed a chance. In spite of the absence of the two big guns, the score was very much gettable. But.But KXIP, were dealt a double blow by the opening pace duo of Trent Boult and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. Vohra and then Shaun Marsh both played on to leave them at 13/2 in just 3.1 overs.Bailey came in and accelerated the scoring but was dismissed just when he was threatening to cut loose. Vijay was unfortunately run out, with Miller's wrong call leaving him stranded. When the South African also returned to the pavilion, it seemed just a matter of time before KXIP bundled over. But Saha and Axar Patel had other ideas, as they put on 44 in 29 balls to get their team a sniff at victory. Boult dropped a skier of Saha, but he more than made up for it in the 17th over dismissing both him and Patel to finish off Punjab.
Sandeep Sharma started off superbly with a maiden over, that had Warner in a spot of bother more than once. Shikar Dhawan, fell trying to ease the pressure from the other end, gifting the wicket to Mitchell Johnson who was bowling the new ball for a change.Warner however took charge with a brisk half century, but yet again his side were not able to take full advantage.advantage. Naman Ojha and Moises Henriques struggled to get the big hits, with the latter not even having a strike rate of 100 after facing 32 balls.It was Ashish Reddy in the end who smashed 22 off 8 balls with two sixes who eventually helped SRH reach the 150 mark.
Glenn Maxwell was left out again and another big hitter Virender Sehwag was also dropped as Manan Vohra was finally handed a chance. In spite of the absence of the two big guns, the score was very much gettable. But.But KXIP, were dealt a double blow by the opening pace duo of Trent Boult and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. Vohra and then Shaun Marsh both played on to leave them at 13/2 in just 3.1 overs.Bailey came in and accelerated the scoring but was dismissed just when he was threatening to cut loose. Vijay was unfortunately run out, with Miller's wrong call leaving him stranded. When the South African also returned to the pavilion, it seemed just a matter of time before KXIP bundled over. But Saha and Axar Patel had other ideas, as they put on 44 in 29 balls to get their team a sniff at victory. Boult dropped a skier of Saha, but he more than made up for it in the 17th over dismissing both him and Patel to finish off Punjab.
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