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 Kings XI Punjab hand Kolkata Knight Riders fourth straight loss
4th May 2008 10:00 IST
Agencies
A world record sixth wicket stand of 104 between David Hussey and Wriddhiman Prasanta Saha went in vain as Kings XI Punjab romped home to their fourth win on the trot by handing a nine-run defeat on Kolkata Knight Riders in a thrilling Indian Premier League tie in Mohali Saturday night.
The match before a packed PCA Stadium went down the wire even after Irfan Pathan and S Sreesanth wrecked the Knight Riders' top order only to see Hussey and Saha producing a sensational 104 off 55 balls -- a world record in Twenty20 cricket.
The duo resurrected the Knight Riders innings from a hopeless 50/5 at the end of 10 overs, and raised hopes of an improbable victory before the skyrocketing asking rate caught them up.
Hussey, who was out in the penultimate over, made a blistering 71 off 46 balls with the help of four boundaries and an equal number of sixes while Saha's unbeaten 32-ball knock of 59 included four sixes.
Requiring 19 in the final over, Saha and Ajit Agarkar could take just nine off Pathan, who bowled brilliantly throughout the innings and finished with figures of 4-0-18-2 to win the man of the match award.
The other successful Kings XI bowler, Sreesanth, returned with 2/25.
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