 Shaun Marsh guides Kings XI Punjab to victory
2nd May 2008 09:00 IST
Agencies
Earlier, Rohit Sharma stood tall amid ruins and hammered an unbeaten 42-ball 76 as Deccan Chargers posted 164/8 despite a middle and lower order collapse.
It was a slipshod show by the Deccan batsmen with only Rohit, skipper VVS Laxman (48) and Shahid Afridi (13) managing double digit scores.
Rohit's magnificent knock was product of his 42-ball stay in the middle, which included 10 hits to the fence besides a couple of sixes.
Put into bat, Deccan Chargers began with a flourish but Irfan Pathan bowled Adam Gilchrist (6) in the fourth over, while Piyush Chawla soured Herschelle Gibbs' (7) IPL debut.
Though Laxman and Rohit showed signs of a recovery, Chawla struck again removing the Deccan captain, which left the hosts 67/3 in nine overs.
Afridi (13) hit Gagandeep Singh for a huge six but a rush of blood did him in and in the next delivery, Yuvraj took a skier in his fourth attempt to cut short the Pakistani all-rounder's stay in the middle.
Rohit continued playing his shots but wickets kept tumbling at the other end with Venugopal Rao (1), Bangar (3), Zoysa (1) and Kalyankrishna (3) failing to make any mark.
Kings XI leggie Chawla once again impressed with a three-wicket haul, conceding 28 runs in his four overs. |
