Match: 16th T20, IPL3
Venue: Chennai
Date: March 21, 2010
Toss: Chennai Super Kings elected to field
Result:Kings XI Punjab Won
Kings XI Punjab Innings
Desperate to win and open an account in the points table, Kings XI Punjab today opened the batting with Irfan Pathan. Though this played off well as he scored 39 runs and gave some platform to other batsmen. But the poor run of others continue and Kings XI Punjab could never find a partnership which could get them to a high score. Yuvraj Singh was the top scorer with 43. Kings XI Punjab lost some quick wickets in the last overs and thus could not score at fast pace. In the end of 20 overs they could only score 136/8 which looks like a real easy target seeing the current form of Chennai Super Kings.
Chennai Super Kings Innings
Chennai Super Kings were chasing 137 to win and they got to a flying start with Parthiv Patel and Hayden both hammering the bowlers of Punjab. They took the team score past 50 and then when the score was 65, Powar bowled Hayden. It was here that the match was opened and Kings XI could see a light of hope. Chennai Super Kings lost some quick wickets and even the run rate was dropped. What looked like an easy victory was infact turned to a hard fought match. Chennai Super Kings were 126/5 in 18 overs and needed 11 runs in last 2 overs. A superb second last over made this one sided match a real thriller as Chennai Super Kings needed 10 runs in last over and had 4 wickets in hand. 3 runs were needed from the last 3 balls and Irfan Pathan bowled a wonderful spell to draw the match. Score was tied at 136/7 in 20 overs and the result was drawn with the help of Super Over!
Super over decided the fate of match
Chennai Super Kings batted first in the Super Over. Hayden, Raina and Morkel batted for them. They could score only 9 runs in that over. Kings XI Punjab needed 10 to win in that super over and they did that in style. Mahela Jayawardene scored a six on the first ball and got out at the next ball. But Yuvraj Singh scored a four to ensure the win for Kings XI Punjab.
Kings XI Punjab won the first match of this season and have finally opened the account in points tally.
