Shaun Marsh led Kings XI Punjab to defeat the Bangalore Royal Challengers and also moved their team to the second place in the IPL points table. Kings XI Punjab have now won 6 matches in the 9 matches played so far and have 12 points in their belt. Bangalore Royal Challengers are certainly in dismal as they have lost 7 matches in the 9 matches played so far.

Bangalore Royal Challengers headed by Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat first. Mark Boucher scored 39 runs off 32 balls (4 boundaries and 1 sixer) which was the highest score in their team’s score card. Kohli and Misbah-ul-Haq scored 21 runs each. The team’s skipper Rahul Dravid scored 29 runs off 26 balls. At the end of 20 overs, the Bangalore Royal Challengers ended up scoring 143 runs for the fall of 8 wickets.

Chasing the target score of 144 runs, the Kings XI Punjab started their Innings and made a strong foundation. James Hopes scored 27 runs off 19 balls (3 sixers). Pomersbach scored a quick 34 runs off 24 balls (3 boundaries and 2 sixers). Shaun Marsh stood unbeaten at 74 runs off 51 balls (9 boundaries and 2 sixers) and made sure his team wins the match. In 15.4 overs, the Kings XI Punjab met their target for the fall of only 1 wicket. Shaun Marsh was declared the Man of the Match and Kings XI Punjab won by 9 wickets.

Posted on May 13th, 2008 by Cricket
Filed under: IPL Cricket