Kings XI defeated Mumbai Indians today in the 10 th match of DLF – IPL by 66 runs. Brett Lee was the one who started at a fiercing pace and got rid of Jayasurya first and then Ronchi was superbly run out. It was a nightmare for Mumbai Indians as they had never expected such a start in chasing the score which was easily achievable. But Kings XI Punjab’s bowlers did a splendid job and took wickets at regular interval. Piyush Chawla was the one who changed the game in 1 over by taking 2 wickets and giving just 4 runs. Pollock on the batting end was playing a responsible innings and was posing a threat to Kings XI Punjab but Yuvraj singh took a stunning one handed catch to get rid of him. Once Pollock went back to dressing room, it was a mere formality left. Run Rate needed was more than 25 per over when 3 overs were left and happiness could be easily seen on the faces of Kings XI team players.

Preity Zinta and Daler Mehndi were seen smiling, dancing and cheering the team. It was the first victory for Kings XI Punjab in DLF – IPL where as Mumbai Indians still have to wait for Tendulkar as well as the victory.

Scorecard – Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians – 10th Match

Batting : Mumbai Indians

Bowling: Kings XI Punjab

Batting : Kings XI Punjab

Bowling : Mumbai Indians

In the 10 th match of DLF Indinan Premier League Kings XI scored a decent score batting first.They scored 182 runs in 20 overs thanks to the Sri Lankan Batsmen KC Sangakkara who scored 94 runs in 56 balls. He become the highest scorer of the tournament and will wear the orange cap in next match.Kings XI Punjab lost the first wicket at a total of 8 but after that a good partnership between KC Sangakkara and K Goel took the score to 81 runs in 8.1 overs. Once Goel was out, wickets started to fell and the scoring rate was also on a decline.But KC Sangakkara was the only one who played a responsible innings and took the score to some what more respectable. In the last few overs, few hits to boundaries took the team score to a total of 182 runs.

Scorecard – Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians – 10th Match

The 10 th match of DLF – IPL is today between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians. The question whose answers everybody wishes to know is that whether Sachin Tendulkar will play today or not. That would be answered in just a few hours from now.

Kings XI Punjab: (probable) 1 Karan Goel, 2 James Hopes, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 6 Irfan Pathan, 7 Sunny Sohal, 8 Brett Lee, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Vikram Singh, 11 Sreesanth.

Mumbai Indians: (probable) 1 Sachin Tendulkar (capt), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Luke Ronchi (wk), 4 Robin Uthappa, 5 Abhishek Nayar, 6 Dwayne Bravo, 7 Shaun Pollock, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Musavir Khote, 10 Ashish Nehra, 11 Dhaval Kulkarni.

Date – 10th Match April 25, 2008
Venue – Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
20:00 India time.

Keep checking iplcricketlive .com for more information about the match, match videos, match score cards and an analysis of each team performance.

Minister of State for Home Siddharam Mhetre says no cheers to cheer leaders for their vulgar and obscene performance during the Mumbai – Bangalore match.

He says: “We live in India where womanhood is worshipped. How can anything obscene like this can be allowed?” he asked. Mhetyre wondered why the organisers require “semi- nude” women to entertain people at cricket matches.

Source:hindu.com