Match: 31st T20, IPL3
Venue: Mohali
Date: April 2, 2010
Toss: Kings XI Punjab elected to bat first.
Result: Royal Challengers won by 6 wickets

Today in the match number 31, Kings XI Punjab were in do or die situation after loosing 6 of the last 7 matches. They had to win this match if they wanted to stay in the competition and thus after winning the toss, they decided to bat first. The start was not good as they lost the priced wicket of Shaun Marsh when the team score was just 3. But Bisla and Sangakkara then took the score past 50. Bopara, Yuvraj and Irfan Pathan contributed to the team score and helped them post a target of 180/5 in 20 overs.

Chasing the target of 181, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost Kallis when the score was 28. But Pandey and Pieterson steadied the innings. Kevin Pieterson was the main stay of Royal Challengers and it was his innings which helped the Challengers look that total small. Virat Kohli also played a superb knock of 42 and took the team closer to victory. The final nail was driven by Uthapa who scored 22 off just 8 balls and snatched victory from the jaws of Kings XI Punjab. Royal Challengers Bangalore were able to win the match by 6 wickets in 19.1 overs.

Match Notes

* Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 7.1 overs (43 balls), Extras 0
* Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (81 balls), Extras 6
* Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 17.6 overs (111 balls), Extras 9

* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (37 balls), Extras 1
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (76 balls), Extras 4
* Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 16.5 overs (102 balls), Extras 4
* KP Pietersen: 50 off 37 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)

Match 31 Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Scorecard

Match: 31st T20, IPL3
Venue: Mohali
Date: April 2, 2010
Toss: Kings XI Punjab elected to bat first.
Result: Royal Challengers won by 6 wickets

Batting Scorecard – Kings XI Punjab

Batting Scoreboard : IPL 2010 Second Innings

Match: 31 T20, IPL3
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Date: April 2, 2010
Time – 8:00 pm

The underdogs Kings XI Punjab will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore today at PCB Mohali. Kings XI Punjab have lost 6 out of the 7 games played so far and are placed last in the points table. Seeing the current form of Royal Challengers Bangalore, it looks that Priety Zinta’s Kings XI has a very small chance of winning today. But as they say, cricket is a game of uncertainty and we should not prejudge, we hope that atleast one of the top order batsmen plays well for Kings XI Punjab today and give some moments of joy to Priety Zinta.

On the other hand, Kumble’s Royal Challengers are very confident of victory today because of the excellent form of some batsmen. Today’s match in IPL 2010 is expected to be a thriller as Royal Challengers would like to keep the winning momentum where as Kings XI Punjab are playing for pride and have nothing to loose.

IPL 2010 Squad
Royal Challengers Bangalore squad
A Kumble*, B Akhil, KP Appanna, RV Uthappa, MV Boucher, R Dravid, SP Goswami, JH Kallis, V Kohli, R Vinay Kumar, B Kumar, P Kumar, A Mithun, EJG Morgan, MK Pandey, KP Pietersen, SPD Smith, S Sriram, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, D du Preez, RE van der Merwe, CL White.

Kings XI Punjab squad
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 before match.

Match: 30 T20, IPL3
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: April 1, 2010
Time – 8:00 pm
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bat
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 24 runs

Saurav Ganguly won the toss and elected to bat first. Ganguly and Gayle opened the innings for Kolkata Knight Riders. Though Kolkata Knight Riders lost Gayle when the team score was just 15, Ganguly was today at his best on the other hand. Kolkata Knight Riders kept loosing wickets at regular interval but Saurav Dada stood firm on the other end. Saurav Ganguly (88 runs 54 balls 4*9, 6*5) showed his class today and proved why he is called the prince of Kolkata. Useful contributions from David Hussey, Pujaara and Saha helped KKR to post a total of 181/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing a total of 182 to win, Deccan Chargers lost Gilchrist early but Gibbs and Mishra steadied the innings and took the score to 77 when Mishra was eventually out. Gibbs and Symond then took the score past 100 and it looked like KKR’s would really have a tough time saving this match. But then again a twist came into match when KKR got two priced wickets of Gibbs and Rohit Sharma and Deccan Chargers were 137/4 in 17.2 overs. It was an impossible task for Deccan Chargers wo win this match as they needed 36 runs to win from last 9 balls and eventually they could make only 157/5 in 20 overs and thus lost the match by 24 runs.

Match 30 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers Scorecard

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