Date – May 7, 2009
Result – Chennai Super Kings Win By12 Runs (D/L)

Chennai Super Kings Innings
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. Though badrinath got out for a duck but on the other end Hayden was at his best today and he along with Raina and Dhoni made the mockery of Kings XI bowlers. M Hayden scored 89 runs in 58 balls ( 4*8 , 6*6). Dhoni also scored a half century (56 runs 27 balls 4*7, 6*2) and guided Chennai Super Kings to a healthy score of 185/3 in 18 overs as match was reduced due to rain.
FOW:S Badrinath (0-1, 0.1), S Raina (76-2, 9.1), M Hayden (176-3, 17)

Kings XI Punjab Innings
Chasing a mammoth target, Kings XI Punjab’s batsmen played really well and scored runs freely. At one moment it looked they would be able to win the match. Katich, Yuvraj and Jayawardene played very useful innings but in the end they could manage only 174/3 in 18 overs and it was via D/L Chennai Super Kings were declared the winners.
FOW:S Sohal (2-1, 0.2), K Goel (53-2, 6.2), S Katich (84-3, 9.1)

Man of the match: M Hayden

Date – May 5, 2009
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 78 runs

Rajasthan Royals Innings
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field first. Rajasthan Royals opener Ojha (68 runs 51 balls 4*5, 6*5) and Smith (77runs 44 balls 4*12, 6*1) came to open the innings and right from the first over they smashed all bowlers. This was one of the best batting performance by any team in IPL and was the first time any team crossed 200 run mark in IPL-2. Smith was particularly severe on bowlers and both openers scored 135 runs for first wicket stand. Smith got out in the 15th over, bringing Yusuf to crease. He scored just 12 runs and was the second one to get out. Jadeja played a cameo of 33 runs in 12 balls ( 4*5, 1*6).
In the end Rajasthan Royals scored 211/4 in 20 overs.

Kings XI Punjab
Kings XI Punjab started the innings on a disastrous note and lost the wicket on the very first bowl of the innings. Chasing a target of 212, they needed a solid start but this could not happen and they kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. The pressure of high run rate kept mouting and the batsmen kept loosing the nerve and Kings XI Punjab were reduced to 53/5 in 10 overs. The match looked out of the reach and Kings XI Punjab could manage only 133/8 in 20 overs and thus suffered a humiliating defeat by 78 runs.
Fall of Wickets
Rajasthan Royals
G Smith (135-1, 14.5), Y Pathan (153-2, 16.2), N Ojha (164-3, 17), R Jadeja (203-4, 19.2)

Kings XI Punjab
S Sohal (0-1, 0.1), K Goel (2-2, 1), S Katich (25-3, 5), K Sangakarra (29-4, 6), M Jayawardene (39-5, 7.4), I Pathan (87-6, 13.3), P Chawla (103-7, 15.4), *Yuvraj Singh (127-8, 18.1)

Date – May 3, 2009
Result – Punjab won by 6 wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and decided to bat first. They got to a moderate start but Hodge played a superb innings to help Kolkata Knight Riders pose a total of 153/3 in 20 overs. Ganguly, Gayle, Wyk and McCullum also scored decent scores. Today was one of the rare days in IPL-2 that Kolkata Knight Riders looked confident and scored runs freely. Now its up to bowlers to defend this total.

Kings XI Punjab Innings
Chasing the target of 154, Sangakkara was the first wicket to fell in the very first over. This was not the start Preity Zinta’s team would have wanted. But after loosing the initial wicket, the batsmen played with caution and scored runs with ease. Kings XI Punjab scored ones and two’s and came near the target slowly and steadily. Jayawardene ended his IPL’s poor form and scored half century and remained unbeaten till end. The game got very thrilling as till the last over it was open for both teams. The nail bitting match finished with Kings XI scoring the winning runs on the last ball of the match. King Khan’s dream team Knight Riders lost yet another match and are now at the bottom of the league table.

Fall of wickets
Kolkata Knight Riders
C Gayle (23-1, 4.4), *B McCullum (54-2, 10.3), S Ganguly (105-3, 16)

Kings XI Punjab
K Sangakarra (1-1, 0.5), S Sohal (45-2, 5.1), S Katich (77-3, 9.2), *Yuvraj Singh (109-4, 14.1)

Man of the match: M Jayawardene

Date – May 1, 2009
Result – Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 8 runs

Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings
Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to bat first. They lost Ryder were early in the innings but the scoring rate was good. The wickets fell at regular interval but each batsmen did contributed to the team score. Yuvraj Singh took a hattrick and it looked that Bangalore Royal Challengers would not be able to score even 100 in this match. But Kohli and Merve made sure that the team posts a decent score and at the end of innings they scored 145/9 in 20 overs.

Kings XI Punjab Innings
Kings XI Punjab got to a flying start with Yuvraj Singh and Goel scoring the runs freely. They both scored 70 runs in 9.5 overs at which Yuvraj got out. Kings XI Punjab looked in total control of the match right through the innings. But Bangalore Royal Challengers came good when it mattered the most.They bowled three tight overs and KIngs XI Punjab needed 13 off the last over which was bowled by Kumar. Kings XI Punjab just could not manage 13 runs in the last over and lost the match by 8 runs

Fall of wickets
Bangalore Royal Challengers
J Ryder (2-1, 0.5), R Bishnoi (27-2, 4.4), S Goswami (38-3, 6.1), R Uthappa (80-4, 11.5), J Kallis (80-5, 12), M Boucher (84-6, 13.1), R Merwe (128-7, 17.5), V Kohli (133-8, 18.1), *A Kumble (136-9, 19.1)

Kings XI Punjab
Yuvraj Singh (70-1, 9.5), K Goel (73-2, 11), K Sangakarra (84-3, 12.4), S Katich (84-4, 12.5), M Jayawardene (116-4, 17.1), K Sangakarra (129-5, 18.2), I Pathan (137-6, 19.4), R Powar (137-7, 19.5)

Man of the Match – Yuvraj Singh

Date – Apr 29, 2009
Result – Punjab win by 3 runs

Kings XI Punjab Innings
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first but the decision was not in favor as the pitch was not conducive for stroke play. Kings XI Punjab lost quick wickets and never recovered from the jolts. Only one batsmen, Kumara Sangakkarra showed some resistance and scored unbeaten 45. The second highest scorer was Goel who scored 12 runs. All other batsmen failed to use the opportunity and score some runs. In the end, after 20 overs, Kings XI Punjab managed just 119/8.
Now it lies on the bowlers to defend this low but competitive total as the pitch seems to have something for the bowlers.

Mumbai Indians Innings
Chasing a total of 120, Mumbai Indians got to a disastrous start as both openers – Jayasurya and Tendulkar were sent back to pavilion when the team score was just 4. Mumbai Indians were reeling at 12/3 in 4.1 overs. Then Bravo and Duminy started to settle the innings and before they could even normalise Mumbai Indians, Bravo was out leaving Mumbai Indians 45/4 in the 10th over. Duminy was the only hope left for Mumbai Indians and he did not disappoint. He played a superb knock of 59 runs and took Mumbai Indians very close to victory. In last over Mumbai Indians required 12 to win and they lost Duminy. This was the turning point and they lost the match by just 3 runs. This was one of the closest match in IPL in which the pendulum shifted from one to another right across the game.

Fall of wickets
Kings XI Punjab
K Goel (18-1, 3.5), R Bopara (18-2, 4.3), Yuvraj Singh (41-3, 8.3), M Jayawardene (52-4, 10.3), I Pathan (84-5, 14.3), W Mota (97-6, 16.2), P Chawla (97-7, 16.4), R Powar (119-8, 20)

Mumbai Indians
S Jayasuriya (1-1, 0.1), S Tendulkar (4-2, 1.2), S Dhawan (12-3, 4.1), D Bravo (45-4, 9.2), A Nayar (94-5, 17.1), Harbhajan Singh (101-6, 18.1), JP Duminy (113-7, 19.4)

Man of the Match – KC Sangakkara