Yuvraj-led KXIP beat Mumbai comprehensively

KXIP made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – James Hopes and Wilkin Mota made way for Ramnaresh Sarwan and V R V Singh.

MI made one change to their playing eleven – Vikrant Yeligati made way for Saurabh Tiwary.

Both the teams were led by Singhs from Punjab – while Yuvraj was KXIP’s skipper, Harbhajan was leading MI. On winning the toss, the latter chose to field.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 60, and lost a wicket.

Irfan Pathan, who faced three balls, scored half-a-dozen. Ten balls into the match, he was caught by Dhawal Kulkarni. Ashish Nehra broke the eight-run stand.

KXIP scored 50 off 5.3 overs (33 balls). MI had conceded an extra at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 26 balls. While Karan Goel was in seventh heaven, the contribution of Kumar Sangakkara, the player of the match, to the partnership was 43. Extras’ contribution to it was a couple.

The Sri Lankan’s half-century – which included nine boundaries and a six – came off 23 balls.

The second-wicket pair eventually scored 73. Goel, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 18. Thirty-nine balls after Pathan’s dismissal, Dwayne Bravo and Luke Ronchi ran him out.

KXIP scored 100 off 10.2 overs (62 balls). MI had conceded three extras at that point.

Yuvraj, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 18. Seventeen balls after Goel’s dismissal, he was caught by Bravo. Shaun Pollock broke the 26-run stand.

Sarwan, who faced nine balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 17 balls later, he was caught by Harbhajan. Nehra broke the 14-run stand.

KXIP scored 150 off 16.2 overs (98 balls). MI had conceded three extras at that point.

Although his innings included a six, Mahela Jayawardene had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored 12. Seventeen balls after Sarwan’s dismissal, he was caught by the substitute, Ajinkya Rahane. Harbhajan broke the 31-run stand.

Sunny Sohal, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Nehra. Kulkarni broke the three-run stand.

Sangakkara, whose 56-ball innings included 13 boundaries, in addition to the six, eventually scored 94. Four balls later, he was caught by Kulkarni. Harbhajan broke the run-a-ball stand.

Brett Lee, whose eight-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 16. He was unbeaten.

Piyush Chawla, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Harbhajan, who broke the 10-run stand.

Sreesanth, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Ronchi. Kulkarni broke the one-run stand.

The last-wicket pair put on a dozen. V R V, who faced a couple of balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Four balls later, Harbhajan and Ronchi ran him out.

The number of extras they eventually conceded gave MI no reason to be in seventh heaven. KXIP were dismissed for 182 off 20 overs.

Musavir Khote bowled a couple of overs, conceding 22. He was wicketless, as was Bravo, who bowled three overs, conceding 27.

Pollock bowled four overs, conceding 40. He picked up a wicket.

Nehra bowled three overs, conceding 22. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Kulkarni, who bowled four overs, conceding 37.

Harbhajan bowled four overs, conceding 32. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 39, and lost a couple of wickets.

Sanath Jayasuriya had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a run. Fifteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Lee, who broke the 14-run stand.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Ronchi, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 11. The next ball, Lee ran him out.

MI scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). KXIP had conceded four extras at that point.

Bravo, whose 21-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 23. Thirty-six balls after Ronchi’s dismissal, Chawla broke the 47-run stand.

Uthappa, whose 18-ball (Rob)innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 21. Three balls later, he was caught by Sarwan. V R V broke the four-run stand.

Tiwary, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 17. Nineteen balls (Chaw)later, the leggie broke the 26-run stand.

Abhishek Nayar, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Five balls later, he was caught by Chawla. Pathan broke the three-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Harbhajan, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was trapped leg before wicket by Pathan.

MI scored 100 off 14.2 overs (87 balls). KXIP had conceded five extras at that point.

Pollock, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 22. A dozen balls after Harbhajan’s dismissal, he was caught by Yuvraj. Sreesanth broke the 11-run stand.

Although his innings included a boundary, Khote had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored eight. A dozen balls later, he was dismissed hit wicket. Sreesanth broke the five-run stand.

Kulkarni, who faced 16 balls, scored just a couple. He was unbeaten.

Nehra, who scored just a couple, was unbea‘ten’.

The number of extras they eventually conceded gave KXIP no reason to be in seventh heaven. MI, who were dismissed for 116 off 20 overs, lost by 66 runs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

V R V and Lee picked up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter conceded nine.

Sreesanth, Pathan (whose spell included a maiden), and Chawla picked up a couple of scalps apiece. They conceded 31, 19, and 16, respectively.

[Note: The match will forever be remembered for IPL’s first on-field controversy – ‘Slapgate’. Harbhajan allegedly slapped Sreesanth, and was banned from playing the remainder of the tournament by match referee (and former India wicketkeeper) Farokh Engineer.]