Gilchrist slays Super Kings

May 18, 2012

Pujab

Dharamsala: Kings XI Punjab severely dented the chances of Chennai Super Kings qualifying for the play-offs and kept themselves in the reckoning with a convincing six-wicket win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the picturesque HPCA Stadium here yesterday.


Skipper Adam Gilchrist, making a comeback to the Kings XI set-up after a hamstring injury kept him out of nine matches, scored an unbeaten 64 off 46 balls (9x4, 6x2) to carry his team past the 121-run target set by Chennai.


Thus, Kings XI (16 points) moved into the fifth position behind Chennai (17).


Punjab have to play table-toppers Delhi Daredevils while Chennai have finished all their 16 games.

Two wickets each by Praveen Kumar, Azhar Mahmoud and Parvinder Awana helped Kings XI restrict Super Kings to a paltry total of 120 for seven and gain two crucial points.


Sprightly start

Mandeep Singh (24) and Gilchrist gave their team a sprightly start, scoring 51 in six overs, before the Indian youngster got castled by Albie Morkel. In the absence of Shaun Marsh, Punjab's batting line-up looked thin in star power. Nitin Saini (1) and David Hussey (9) put their team in a spot of bother by getting out in quick succession.


Gilchrist, however, held his end up, hitting out aggressively. He exploded towards the end, scoring 22 runs off Yo Mahesh's 15th over and that sealed the win for Punjab.


Put in on a pitch with a greenish tinge, defending champions Chennai lost Murali Vijay (10) and Michael Hussey (7) without much on the board.


Suresh Raina, who is the only player yet to miss a match in the IPL, smacked Mahmoud for two sixes.


Wide ball

However, he fell caught behind in the same over while slashing at a wide ball.


Chennai skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who promoted himself up the order, again played a lacklustre innings, scoring six off 16 balls.


West Indian Dwayne Bravo came to the rescue of Super Kings when his team was reeling at 46 for four in the 11th over. He played a watchful innings of 48 off 43 balls, stringing small partnerships with Ravindra Jadeja (13) and Morkel (14) as Chennai stuttered to a below par score.


Scoreboard

Chennai Super Kings:

• M. Vijay c Gilchrist b Kumar 10

• M. Hussey c Gilchrist b Kumar 7

• S. Raina c Gilchrist b Azhar Mahmood 17

• M.S. Dhoni c Saini b Awana 6

• D. Bravo c Gilchrist b Harris 48

• R. Jadeja c Saini b Awana 13

• A. Morkel c Kumar b Azhar Mahmoud 14

• S. Anirudha not out 1

• R. Ashwin not out 0

Extras: (b-1, lb-2, w-1) 4

Total: (for seven, in 20 overs) 120

Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-20, 3-42, 4-46, 5-78, 6-112, 7-119.

Bowling: Kumar 4-0-18-2, Harris 4-0-24-1, Mahmoud 4-0-28-2, Awana 4-0-12-2, Hussey 3-0-23-0, Chawla 1-0-12-0

Kings XI Punjab:

• A. Gilchrist not out 64

• M. Singh b Morkel 24

• N. Saini c Dhoni b Bravo 1

• D. Hussey c Dhoni b Bravo 9

• S. Chitnis c Dhoni b Hilfenhaus 11

• A. Mahmood not out 9

Extras: (lb-3, w-2) 5

Total: (for four wickets in 16.3 overs) 123

Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-55, 3-69, 4-114.

Bowling: Hilfenhaus 4-0-20-1, Morkel 3.3-0-28-1, Ashwin 4-0-27-0, Bravo 3-0-18-2, Mahesh 2-0-27-0



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