Match: 27th T20, IPL3
Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Date: March 30, 2010
Toss: Mumbai Indians elected to field
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets

After wining the toss, Mumbai Indians invited Kings XI Punjab to bat. Kings XI Punjab were playing withhout Sangakkara. Shaun Marsh replaced him for todays match. Kings XI Punjab lost wickets at regular interval and could not get any partnership. S Marsh was the lone warrior from Kings XI Punjab who continued to score 57 in his first match. It was due to his innings and last over hitting by Piyush Chawla that Kings XI Punjab were able to post a total of 163/10 in 20 overs.

Chasing the total of 164 to win and reign supreme, Mumbai Indians got to a flying start with both Sachin and Shikar Dhawan scoring 42 runs for first wicket partnership. Sachin though got out soon but he still managed to become the leading batsmen in IPL and thus get the orange cap. At the end of 10 overs, Mumbai Indians were well placed at 82/2 and were in total control of the game. But then Kings XI came back strongly and took few quick wickets. This put some pressure and the game became more interesting with both sides having equal opportunity to win. Mumbai Indians needed 31 to win in last 3 overs and had 5 wickets in hand. Kings XI Punjab bowlers couldn’t restrict as Tiwary played off some good shots and took the team on verge of victory. Finally Mumbai Indians won the match by 4 wickets and Kings XI nightmare in IPL 2010 continued…

Match 27 Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab Match Scorecard

Match: 27th T20, IPL3
Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Date: March 30, 2010

Today in the 27th match of DLF IPL 2010, IPL points table toppers, Mumbai Indians will take on the table’s bottom ranked team i.e. Kings XI Punjab. This match seems to be a one sided match seeing the excellent current form of Mumbai Indians and poor form of Kings XI Punjab. Kings XI Punjab have won just one game so far and that too in a superover where as Mumbai Indians have played like a team and have attained the top spot so far in points table.

Today Kings XI Punjab would be playing without captain Sangakkara as he was given a ban of one match due to the team’s repeated failure to maintain the over-rate in the IPL. In his absence, Mahela Jayawardene is supposed to be the stand in captain today and fans of Kings XI Punjab do hope that the bad luck of team will end today with Mahela Jayawardene as the captain.

Team compositions
Mumbai Indians
SR Tendulkar*, DJ Bravo, S Dhawan, JP Duminy, CRD Fernando, Harbhajan Singh, ST Jayasuriya, Z Khan, DS Kulkarni, R McLaren, C Madan, I Malhotra, SL Malinga, AG Murtaza, GR Napier, AM Nayar, KA Pollard, AT Rayudu, R Sathish, KS Sahabuddin, R Shukla, AP Tare†, SS Tiwary

Kings XI Punjab
Mahela Jayawardene (Captian), Burt Cockley, Ravi Bopara, Yuvraj Singh, Shawn Marsh, Brett Lee, Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth, R Powar, V.R.V. Singh, P. Chawla, Karan Goel, Uday Kaul, Wilkin Mota, Ajitesh Argal, Tanmay Srivastava, Sunny Sohal, Ryan Ninan, Ravikant shukla, Ranadeb Bose, Vikramjeet Malik, Taruwar Kohli, Amanpreet Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Shalabh Srivastava, Love Ablish, Manvinder Bisla, Bipul Sharma, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Brett Lee, James Hopes, Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach, Simon Katich, Yusuf Abdulla, Nuwan Kulasekara, Adrian Barath, Jerome Everton Taylor.

Match: 23rd T20, IPL3
Venue: Mohali | Date: March 27, 2010
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bat
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 39 runs

After winning the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders decided to bat first. Ganguly and Gayle opened the innings for them. Saurav Ganguly started off well and it was high time that a high score was expected from Dada. Ganguly didnt let the fans down and went to score a 50 though Kolkata Knight Riders had lost two quick wickets of Gayle and Mandeep Singh. Manoj Tiwary and Ganguly got a good partnership going and took the score past 100. Ganguly got out after scoring a well deserved 50 runs off just 40 balls. But the star for Kolkata Knight Riders, was Manoj Tiwary who initially was playing steadily but rained terror on the Kings XI bowler in last few overs. He went on to score an unbeaten 75 off just 47 balls. It was his innings which helped Kolkata Knight Riders post a decent total of 183/5 in 20 overs.

Chasing a target of 184 to win, Kings XI Punjab opened the batting with Bopara and Yuvraj Singh. The only performer for Kings XI Punjab, Bopara got out on the third ball of the innings when even the team was not able to open its account. The scorecard read 0/1 and it was on the shoulders of Yuvraj and Bisla to get the team out of this situation. Kings XI Punjab needed more than 10 runs per over and with each over, this run rate was mounting. Though Yuvraj got a start but could not capitalize on it and got out after scoring 24runs. At the end of 6overs Kings XI Punjab were 42/2. Soon Bisla also got out leaving Kings XI Punjab 54/3 in 7.3 overs. The run rate was getting higher and higher and crossed the 12 runs per over mark soon. At the end of 12 overs, Kings XI Punjab were 82/3 still needing another 101 to win off just 48 balls. Wickets felt at regular interval and thus it was getting impossible for them to win and finally they lost the match by 39 runs

Match 23 Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard

Match: 23 T20, IPL 3
Date: March 27, 2010
Time: 8 pm
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Today PCB Mohali will witness a match between two teams who are struggling to get the winning momentum. Kings XI Punjab will take on Kolkata Knight Riders at 8pm in the 23rd match of Indian Premier League. Kolkata Knight Riders had got to a good start in this season but then lost the way from 3rd match and are on loosing streak on the other hand Kings XI Punjab is reeling at the bottom of the table with just one win and that too in a superover. Kings XI team has gained some strength with the joining of Brett Lee and Shaun Marsh and team do hope to taste victory before its too late.

On the other hand Kolkata Knight Riders, who started extremely well will be hoping to end the losing patch with a win over Kings XI i.e the last team in points table as of now.

Team compositions
Kolkata Knight Riders
SC Ganguly (captain), CH Gayle, AD Mathews, G Vignesh, LR Shukla, Rohan Gavaskar, Harpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, BJ Hodge, CR Pathak, CA Pujara, OA Shah, MK Tiwary, Harshad Khadiwale, BB McCullum, WP Saha, AB Agarkar, VR Aaron, AB Dinda, M Kartik, BAW Mendis, CK Langeveldt, I Sharma, Iqbal Abdulla

Kings XI Punjab
Kumar Sangakkara (Captian), Yuvraj Singh, Shawn Marsh, Brett Lee, Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth, R Powar, V.R.V. Singh, P. Chawla, Karan Goel, Uday Kaul, Wilkin Mota, Ajitesh Argal, Tanmay Srivastava, Sunny Sohal, Ryan Ninan, Ravikant shukla, Ranadeb Bose, Vikramjeet Malik, Taruwar Kohli, Amanpreet Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Shalabh Srivastava, Love Ablish, Manvinder Bisla, Bipul Sharma, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Brett Lee, James Hopes, Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach, Simon Katich, Mahela Jayawardene, Burt Cockley, Ravi Bopara, Yusuf Abdulla, Nuwan Kulasekara, Adrian Barath, Jerome Everton Taylor.

Final eleven will be announced just before the match.

Match: 19th T20, IPL3
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Date: March 24, 2010
Toss: Kings XI Punjab elected to field.
Result : Rajasthan Royals won by 31 runs

Rajasthan Royals were invited to bat first by Kings XI Punjab in the 19th match of DLF IPL today in Mohali. Rajasthan Royals got to a good start and all the top order batsmen contributed to the team score. Rajasthan Royals batsmen scored freely and three batsmen scored in 40’s. At the end of 20 overs, Rajasthan Royals were able to put a decent score of 183/5 and now it was on the bowlers to restrict Kings XI Punjab so that the Royals can open the account in points tally.

Chasing the target of 184, K Sangakkara and Bopara gave them the perfect start. Kings XI Punjab was scoring runs at more than 10 runs per over and it looked that this match will be a very close call. When K Sangakkara was out in the 4th over, Bisla came to bat and he continued where K Sangakkara left. He hammered the bowlers to all part of the ground and took the score to 85. It was here when the Rajasthan Royals seek the opportunity to come back in the match. After the fall of Yuvraj Singh, wickets started falling quickly and from 85/2 in 8 overs they were reduced to 126/6 in 14.5 overs. A very good start was wasted and Kings XI Punjab who once looked would win this match lost the match by 31 runs as they were limited to 152/10 in 19.1 overs.

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