Today’s Match Details – Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders
Match -22 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Date – April 18, 2012
Venue – Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Today in the 22nd match of DLF IPL 2012, Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Kings XI Punjab at PCA Mohali. Kolkata Knight Riders will be looking forward to avenge the last match defeat in which Kings XI Punjab kept their cool in the final over and defeated KKR by just 2 runs.

Kings XI Punjab has won two matches out of four played so far and with a win today, they will move into the upper half of points table.

On the other hand Kolkata Knight Riders have played 5 games so far and have won just 2 and will be hoping to get the winning momentum. The biggest problem with KKR has been the throwing away of wickets due to reckless shot selection. Captain Gambhir criticized his batting order and said that despite having players like Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib-al-Hasan, Manvinder Bisla, Manoj Tiwary etc, the team is failing to deliver due to poor shot selection.

Kings XI Punjab IPL Squad 2012
Shaun Marsh, Sunny Singh, David Miller, Paul Valthaty, Azhar Mahmood, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Paras Dogra, Parvinder Awana, Siddharth Chitnis, James Faulkner, Ramesh Powar, Nitin Saini, Stuart Broad, Praveen Kumar, Ryan Harris, Nathan Rimmington, Love Ablish, Harmeet Singh, Bhargav Bhatt, Vikramjeet Malik, Shalabh Srivastava, Bipul Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Mandeep Singh, Rajagopal Sathish, Amit Yadav and Adam Gilchrist (captain).

Kolkata Knight Riders IPL Squad 2012
Gautam Gambhir(Captain), Marchant de Lange, Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, Manoj Tiwary, Debabrata Das, Chirag Jani, Sanju Samson, Iresh Saxena, Brett Lee, James Pattinson, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Pradeep Sangwan, Shami Ahmed, Sarabjit Ladda, Jaydev Unadkat, Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Laxmi Shukla, Rajat Bhatia, Shakib Al Hasan, Iqbal Abdulla, Brendon McCullum, Brad Haddin, Manvinder Bisla

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Today’s Match Details – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab
Match -17th DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 15, 2012
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bowl first
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 2 runs

Today in the 17th match of DLF IPL 2012, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bowl first at the hot and sweaty condition of Eden Gardens. Kolkata replaced injured Balaji by Jayadev Unadkat and Punjab dropped out of form Paul Valthaty and Parvinder Awana to include Paras Dogra and Bhargav Bhatt. Kolkata got the big wicket of Gilchrist when the team score was just 17. Soon the star batsmen Shaun Marsh also got out. Both the big names of Kings XI Punjab were back in pavilion when the team score was just 21. Narine taking both the wickets gave the best bowling start possible to KKR. Punjab needed a solid partnership to stabilize the innings, Mandeep Singh and D Hussey both played sensibly to take the team score past 50 and just when it looked that the duo is set for a big score, Hasan got the wicket of Mandeep and soon Hussey also got run out due to a terrible mix up. KXIP were struggling at 85/4 in 14.1 overs and needed some good hitting to get a reasonable total. But wickets kept falling regularly and Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers never allowed easy runs to Kings XI Punjab batsmen. Finally Kings XI Punjab managed to score 19 runs in the 19th over and post a total of 134/9 runs in 20 overs. S Narine was the star for Kolkata Knight Riders as he got 5 wickets for just 19 runs in his 4 overs.

Chasing 135 to win, KKR lost Kallis when the team score was just 13. Captain Gambhir was also out cheaply leaving KKR struggling at 30/2 in 3.4 overs. Manoj Tiwary and M Bisla then played sensibly and took the team to 74 before Tiwary got out. KKR were comfortably placed at 74/3 in 11.2 overs before Kings XI Punjab bowler P Chawla turned the match. He got three quick wickets leaving KKR struggling at 88/6 in 14.4 overs. Needing 36 to win from last 4 overs, the match was going for an exciting finish but superb hitting by D Das ( 35 runs off 23 balls) took the match to the last over finish. Finally it was Punjab who holded on to the nerves and won the match by 2 runs in a thrilling finish.

Match 17 IPL 2012 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab Scorecard

Today’s Match Details – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab
Match -17th DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 15, 2012
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bowl first
Result – Match in Progress

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Today’s Match Details – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab Preview
Match -17th DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 15, 2012
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Today in the 17th match of DLF IPL 2012, Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Kings XI Punjab at Eden Garden. Kolkata Knight Riders who registered a 5 wicket win on Friday against Rajasthan Royals at Eden Garden will be hoping to repeat the performance and win this match to move up the points table where as on the side, Kings XI Punjab are also coming with a win in their back as they defeated Pune Warriors by 7 wickets on past Thursday.

This match promises total entertainment to the Kolkata crowd as both teams are equally balanced and high on confidence as they are coming with recent victories.

Kings XI Punjab Squad IPL 2012
Shaun Marsh, Sunny Singh, David Miller, Paul Valthaty, Azhar Mahmood, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Paras Dogra, Parvinder Awana, Siddharth Chitnis, James Faulkner, Ramesh Powar, Nitin Saini, Stuart Broad, Praveen Kumar, Ryan Harris, Nathan Rimmington, Love Ablish, Harmeet Singh, Bhargav Bhatt, Vikramjeet Malik, Shalabh Srivastava, Bipul Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Mandeep Singh, Rajagopal Sathish, Amit Yadav and Adam Gilchrist (captain).

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad IPL 2012
Gautam Gambhir(Captain), Marchant de Lange, Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, Manoj Tiwary, Debabrata Das, Chirag Jani, Sanju Samson, Iresh Saxena, Brett Lee, James Pattinson, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Pradeep Sangwan, Shami Ahmed, Sarabjit Ladda, Jaydev Unadkat, Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Laxmi Shukla, Rajat Bhatia, Shakib Al Hasan, Iqbal Abdulla, Brendon McCullum, Brad Haddin, Manvinder Bisla.

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Today’s Match Details – Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors
Match -14th DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Date – April 12, 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Venue – Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Toss – Kings XI Punjab elected to field
Result – Kings XI Punjab won by 7 wickets

Pune tasted their first defeat in IPL 2012 as S Marsh and D Mascarenhas played exceptional cricket to give the much needed victory to Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2012.

Earlier in the 14th match of DLF IPL 2012, Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field first. The decision proved fruitful to KXIP as they got the first breakthrough when J Ryder was run out by Hussey. At 13/1 in 2.2 overs, Pune needed a partnership but superb bowling by D Mascarenhas never allowed any Pune batsmen to settle. He took 5 wickets and gave away just 25 runs in 4 overs. M Manhas was the top scorer for Pune with 31 runs but Pune batsmen never ever got into any good partnership and were eventually bowled out for 115 in 19 overs.

Chasing 116 to win and open the account in points tally, Kings XI Punjab lost P Valthaty on the very first ball of the innings but A Gilchrist and S Marsh then played sensible cricket and took the score to 50 before Gilchrist got out. The duo added 50 runs for the second wicket partnership and laid a solid platform for the coming batsmen. The fall of Gilchrist lowered the run rate but the required rate was still manageable. M Singh got out after scoring jut 10 runs leaving KXIP at 70/3 in 11.4 overs. 46 more runs were needed in 50 balls and it looked like an easy victory for KXIP. Shaun Marsh played brilliant cricket and stood firm on one end. His brilliant 64 off 54 balls helped KXIP register their first win and that too convincingly by 7 wickets.

Match 14 IPL 2012 Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors Scorecard