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
Toss – Kings XI Punjab elected to bat
Result – Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets
Kolkata Knight Riders outclassed Kings XI Punjab in both batting and bowling to register a 8 wicket win today.

Today in the 22nd match of DLF IPL 2012, Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first. Paul Valthaty and Adam Gilchrist opened the innings and scored 24 runs for the first wicket partnership in 3 overs. Brett Lee provided the first break through to KKR when he got the wicket of Paul Valthaty who scored just 8. Shaun Marsh and Gilchrist then played some good shots but while attempting a single in the 6th over, Adam Gilchrist suffered a hamstring injury and was retired hurt. Mandeep Singh was the next to come in but Balaji got his wicket when he had scored just 6 runs. S Marsh and D Hussey then had the challenge to lift the run rate but first Shaun Marsh was dismissed by Brett Lee and then a terrible mix up lead to Hussey’s wicket via run out. With 87/4 in 14.2 overs, Kings XI Punjab needed some power hitting but the batsmen failed to score runs and even after Gilchrist’s return, Punjab managed to post a modest total of 124/7 in 20 overs.

Chasing 125 to win, Kolkata Knight Riders got to a superb start with B McCullum and G Gambhir adding 53 runs in just 5.5 overs for the first wicket partnership. B McCullum was the first wicket to fell as he got out after scoring 15 off 18 balls (3×4). M Bisla was the next to come in and he along with captain Gambhir played some good shots to take KKR to 74 before getting out. KKR needed 50 to win from last 10 overs and it was a cake walk for them. Gambhir scored a brilliant 66 off 44 balls (7×4, 1×6) and Kallis scored 30 off 23 balls (2×4, 1×6) to take their team to a superb 8 wicket win.

Match 22 IPL 2012 Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders Scorecard

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
Toss – Kings XI Punjab elected to bat
Result – Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets

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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 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors
Match -21st DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Date – April 17, 2012
Venue – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Toss – Pune Warriors elected to bat first
Result – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets

Today in the 21st match of DLF IPL 2012, Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to bat first. R Uthappa and J Ryder opened the innings and gave a flying start to Pune as they added 63 runs in 7 overs for the first wicket partnership. J Ryder was the first wicket to fell as he got out after scoring 34 runs off 22 balls (4×4,1×6). After this wicket, R Uthappa smashed RCB Bowlers to sides of the ground as he along with Ganguly took the score past 100. Ganguly again failed today as he was out after scoring just 8 runs but it was Uthappa’s 69 runs off 45 balls (9×4,2×6) and M Samuels 34 off 20 balls (1×4,2×6) which helped Pune post total of 182/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing 183 to win, RCB lost T Dilshan in the third over when the team score was just 7. C Gayle and M Agarwal then took the score to 42 when RCB received another blow as Agarwal also got out after scoring just 9 runs. Gayle and V Kohli had a huge task once again in their hands as RCB needed 120 to win from their last 10 overs. But Kohli failed once again as he got out after scoring just 16 leaving RCB struggling at 72/3 in 11.5 overs. Chris Gayle was the only hope for RCB and he completed his first half century in IPL 2012. Gayle continued to hit sixes as he scored 5 sixes of R Sharma’s one over to ensure that the game goes for a thrilling end. Just when it looked Gayle is taking the game away from Pune, Nehra clean bowled him bringing smiles to Pune Warrior’s faces. AB de Villiers was the next batsmen in and he along with Tiwary hit some might sixes and brought RCB closer to victory. RCB needed 28 runs to win from 2 overs but superb bowling by Dinda restricted RCB to just 7 runs in the second last over. RCB needed 21 to win from last over and AB de Villiers smashed a four followed by two sixes and on the last ball of the innings, Tiwary hit a six to take his team to a superb 6 wicket win.

Match 21 IPL 2012 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors Scorecard

Today’s Match Details – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors
Match -21st DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Date – April 17, 2012
Venue – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Toss – Pune Warriors elected to bat first
Result – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets

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