The two underdogs of IPL 2012 played the inaugural game of Subrato Roy Stadium, Pune at the home of Pune Warriors. Despite wobbling till 17th over, some good hitting by Steven Smith helped them set a decent target of 167 runs. Pune Warriors bowlers finally earned another easy win for their team.
In reply Kings XI had the same start, with both openers being run out in first 4 overs. After that they were never in the game. The result says only 22 runs victory, similar margin that was earned by Rajasthan Royals against KKR early today, but the match was completely dominated by Warriors.
Match Facts
- MOM: Samuels
Karbonn Kamaal Catch: Manish Pandey
Most 6s: Steven Smith
Pune Warriors lead Kings XI 3-0.
Pune Warriors started home campaign at new stadium with a win.
80-run 3rd wicket parntership between Samuels and Uthappa is Warriors highest for any wicket.
Pune Warriors innings (20 overs maximum)
- Ryder run out 8 runs 8 balls
Ganguly c Valthaty b Mascarenhas 20 runs 18 balls 3 4s
Samuels b Harmeet Singh 46 runs 39 balls 4 4s 2 6s
Uthappa b Harmeet Singh 40 runs 33 balls 2 4s 2 6s
Ferguson c & b Harmeet Singh 3 runs 6 balls
Steven Smith b Faulkner 25 runs 12 balls 3 6s
Manish Pandey not out 12 runs 4 balls 1 four 1 six
Rahul Sharma not out 0
Extras (lb 7, w 3, nb 2) 12
Total (20 overs) 166/6
Fall of wickets
- 1-28 (Ganguly, 3.6 ov), 2-32 (Ryder, 4.5 ov), 3-113 (Samuels, 14.6 ov), 4-121 (Ferguson, 16.3 ov), 5-132 (Uthappa, 18.2 ov), 6-166 (Smith, 19.4 ov)
Bowling
- Praveen Kumar 4 ov 27/0
Faulkner 4 ov 31/1
Mascarenhas 4 ov 23/1
Bipul Sharma 2.4 ov 40/0
Piyush Chawla 2 ov 14/0
Harmeet Singh 3.2 ov 24/3
Kings XI Punjab innings (target: 167 runs from 20 overs)
- Gilchrist run out 6 runs 11 balls 1 four
Valthaty run out 1 run 5 balls
Mandeep Singh c Uthappa b Ryder 24 runs 23 balls 3 4s
Abhishek Nayar c Ganguly b Nehra 24 runs 28 balls 2 4s
David Hussey b Sharma 18 runs 17 balls 1 six
Piyush Chawla c Pandey b Sharma 16 runs 8 balls 2 4s 1 six
Mascarenhas c Ryder b Samuels 5 runs 5 balls
Bipul Sharma not out 35 runs 18 balls 3 4s 2 6s
Faulkner c Ganguly b Dinda 3 runs 4 balls
Praveen Kumar not out 1 run 2 balls
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 4, nb 1) 11
Total (20 overs) 144/8
Fall of wickets
- 1-7 (Valthaty, 2.1 ov), 2-9 (Gilchrist, 3.2 ov), 3-50 (Mandeep Singh, 9.4 ov), 4-75 (Nayar, 12.5 ov), 5-84 (Hussey, 13.6 ov), 6-99 (Chawla, 15.1 ov), 7-106 (Mascarenhas, 16.4 ov), 8-131 (Faulkner, 18.6 ov)
Bowling
- Dinda 3 ov 13/1
Samuels 4 ov 23/1
Nehra 3 ov 20/1
Rahul Sharma 4 ov 34/2
Kartik 3 ov 23/0
Ryder 3 ov 25/1
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