In the 19th match Of DLF – IPL, Kings XI defeated Deccan Chargers convincingly by 7 wickets. Chasing the target of 165, Kings XI started well and scored 41 runs in 6 overs for the first wicket partnership. Sarwan was the one to get out and that too very unfortunately as the straight drive touched the hands of Bangar and cliped the bails off. Kumara Sangakkara was the next to go  for mere 3 runs and the score was 45/2 in 6.5 overs. Yuvraj Singh came to the center and played awesome shots. He just scored 14 runs before being dismissed by Zoysa. Even when the wickets were falling on the other hand, one man was holding the innings together. He was Shaun Marsh who scored 84 runs. Mahela Jaywardene also played a responsible innings and played some of his trademark shots in covers. Both these players had a very good partnership and it was the batting of this duo which took the match from Deccan Chargers.

Scorecard – Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab – 19th Match

In the 19th match of DLF – IPL Deccan Chargers took Kings XI at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Kings XI won the toss and decided to filed first.Laxman was at his very best and played some elegant shots. But Gilly (Gilchrist) could not capitalise on the start and was out for only 6. Then the next to go was the very explosive batsman Gibbs for only 7. Deccan Chargers kept loosing wickets on the other end but Laxman played a captain’s knock of 48 before being dismissed by Chawla. The middle order failed miserably with Afridi, Rao, Zoysa and Bangar all back to pavilion when the team score was 98. But Rohit Sharma was the man who again played the prestige saving innings for Deccan Chargers. He scored 76 runs in 42 balls.He played the shots with much elegance and totally entertained the crowd. It was his heroic efforts which took the score to 164  in 20 overs. 17 runs were scored in the 19th over of the match.

Scorecard – Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab – 19th Match

In the 19th match of DLF – IPL, Kings XI Punjab take on Deccan Chargers. Both the teams are high on confidence after winning the last match. Now both want to maintain the winning streak and thus we expect it to be a thriller of a match.

Deccan Chargers (probable) 1 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 2 VVS Laxman (capt), 3 Herschelle Gibbs, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Shahid Afridi, 6 Sanjay Bangar, 7 Arjun Yadav, 8 Nuwan Zoysa, 9 Pragyan Ojha, 10 RP Singh, 11 D Kalyankrishna.

Kings XI Punjab (probable) 1 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 2 James Hopes, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Tanmay Srivastava, 7 Irfan Pathan, 8 Ajitesh Argal, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Sreesanth, 11 VRV Singh.

Date – May 1, 2008 – 19th Match
Venue – Rajiv Gandhi Int. Stadium, Hyderabad
20:00 India time.

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Kings XI have done it again in the 13th match of the Indian Premier League. Delhi Daredevils had given a small target and it was very easy for the Kings XI to chase that target. Batting of Kings XI Punjab Innings started and Karan Goel was out in the very first over, followed by Kumar Sangakkara in the 3rd over caught by Karthik. Then it seemed like Delhi DareDevils will fight it back and will bring out an interesting match out of a single sided one. But Simon Katich and Mahela Jayawardene had a good partnership and it eased the work for rest of Kings XI team members. They scored at a good runrate and never let the pressure built on. Once the partnership was broken, captain of the team Yuvraj Singh came to the center and played a captains knock. He was not out for 40 and took the team to victory. Katich laid the foundation for victory by scoring 75 runs in just 52 balls and his inning was well rewarded with a win.

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In the 13 match of DLF IPL Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat first. Riding on the previous success, Sehwag and Gambhir were confident to provide a good start but Brett Lee and Irfan Pathan shattered the dreams as Pathan got the prestigious wicket of Sehwag when the team score was only 11. Soon Brett Lee got the priced scalp of Shikhar Dhawan who might be considered unlucky to be given out when replays showed that the ball had touched the shoulders and not the hand gloves. VRV Singh was the next bowler to cause some problems for the Delhi Daredevils an got wickets of Malik and Gambhir. Half of the DareDevils were back to pavilion when the team score was mere 88 in 12 overs.Yuvraj Singh also bowled Karthik and caused more problems for Delhi Daredevils. Tiwari was the one who showed some guts against the pacers of Kings XI and scored 39 runs and provided much needed respite. VRV Singh again came to action and got rid of Tiwari while he was attempting to hit a straight shot.At the end of 18 overs Delhi DareDevils were 139/7. Some shots to boundary in the last two overs took the team score to 158 runs which was far less than they had expected when they won the toss and decided to bat first. Now its up to the bowlers of Delhi Daredevils to restrict the Kings XI batsmen and thus continue the winning stride.

Scorecard – Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils – 13th Match