Today’s Match Details – Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab
Match -8th DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 8, 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Toss – Pune Warriors have elected to bat first
Result – Pune Warriors won by 22 runs
Today in the 8th match of DLF IPL Season 5, Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to bat first. They got to a good start with captain Ganguly and J Ryder putting on 28 runs at 7 runs per over for the first wicket partnership. Pune Warriors lost both openers in the same over and it restricted their run rate. A partnership was required and thats exactly what M Samuels and R Uthappa provided. The duo took on to Kings XI bowlers and played sensible cricket to take the score past 100. In the 15th over M Samuels got out after scoring 46 runs off 39 balls which included 4 fours and 2 sixes, soon followed by C Ferguson and Robin Uthappa (40 runs off 33 balls which included 2 fours and 2 sixes). This sudden fall of wickets did not deter Smith who along with Pandey scored 27 runs in the 19th over and helped the team to cross the 150 run mark. Smith’s (25 off 12 balls which included 3 sixes) and MK Pandey’s cameo of 12 runs off 3 balls ( 1×4 1×6) helped Pune post a healthy total of 166/6 in 20 overs.
Chasing 167 to win the match, Kings XI lost both openers P Valthaty and A Gilchrist when team score was just 9. Reeling at 9/2 in 3.2 overs, the middle order had a daunting task in hand, the required rate was jumping with each passing over and at the end of 10 overs, KXIP were 53/3 and still needed another 114 to win. All hopes were on David Hussey but he got out after scoring just 18 and with his wicket, it was almost all over for the Kings XI Punjab. P Chawla (16 runs 8 balls 2×4 1×6) and Bipul Sharma played some good shots but it was too little too late for KXIP as they needed 45 runs of last 2 overs. Finally they could manage just 144/8 in 20 overs and hence lost the match by 22 runs.
