Punjab lose to Tendulkar-led MI

MI made no changes to their playing eleven.

KXIP made one change to their playing eleven – Kumar Sangakkara, who was serving a one-match ban for slow over rates in three matches, made way for Shaun Marsh.

On winning the toss, Sachin Tendulkar, MI’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 48, and lost a couple of wickets.

Ravi Bopara scored a run. Ten balls into the match, he was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Zaheer Khan, who broke the five-run stand.

Manvinder, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Twenty balls (Bis)later, he was caught by Khan. Lasith Malinga, the player of the match, broke the 35-run stand.

KXIP scored 50 off 6.2 overs (38 balls). MI had conceded 13 extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 49. Mahela Jayawardene, KXIP’s skipper, scored 20. His 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. Thirty-six balls after Bisla’s dismissal, Malinga and Ambati Rayudu ran him out.

Yuvraj Singh, who faced three balls, scored two. Four balls later, he was caught by Harbhajan Singh. Dwayne Br(av)oke the three-run stand.

KXIP scored 100 off 12.3 overs (75 balls). MI had conceded 15 extras at that point.

Irfan Pathan, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 18. Twenty-seven balls after Yuvraj’s dismissal, he was caught by Harbhajan. Malinga broke the 32-run stand.

Marsh’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six – came off 42 balls.

The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Marsh eventually faced 47 balls, scoring 57. A ball after Pathan’s dismissal, he was dismissed by Malinga.

Brett Lee, who faced three balls, scored as many. Four balls later, he was caught by Kieron Pollard. Khan broke the five-run stand.

Karan Goel, who faced three balls, scored a run. Four balls later, Malinga broke the run-a-ball stand.

KXIP scored 150 off 18.5 overs (113 balls). MI had conceded 20 extras at that point.

Vikramjeet Malik, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Ten balls later, Khan broke the 17-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on 13. Piyush, whose 13-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 22. (Ry)An over (Chaw)later, McLaren ran him out.

Shalabh Srivastava, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

MI eventually conceded 21 extras. KXIP were dismissed for 163 off 20 overs.

Pollard, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 20.

McLaren, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 29.

Harbhajan, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 26.

Bravo, who bowled three overs, conceded 22. He picked up a wicket.

Khan, who bowled four overs, conceded 34. He picked up three wickets.

Malinga, who bowled four overs, conceded 22. He picked up four scalps.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 45, and lost a wicket.

Tendulkar, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Thirty-two balls into the Cha(wla)se, he was caught by Pathan. The leg-spinner broke the 42-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 6.3 overs (39 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave KXIP no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Pollard, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 20. Twenty-eight balls after Tendulkar’s dismissal, he was caught by Bopara. Pathan broke the 40-run stand.

Shikhar Dhawan’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 37 balls.

He eventually faced 40 balls, failing to add to the aforementioned score. Ten balls after Pollard’s dismissal, he was caught by Marsh. Bopara broke the nine-run stand.

MI scored 100 off 12.5 overs (77 balls). KXIP had conceded 14 extras at that point.

Rayudu, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Twenty-five balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, he was caught by Yuvraj. Srivastava broke the 31-run stand.

Bravo, whose four-ball innings included a six, scored eight. Bopara had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he caught him off his own bowling, breaking the 11-run stand.

MI scored 150 off 18.3 overs (111 balls). KXIP had conceded 16 extras at that point.

Saurabh Tiwary, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 31. A couple of balls after Bravo’s dismissal, he was caught by Goel. Bopara broke the 25-run stand.

Rajagopal Sathish, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. He was unbeaten, as was Harbhajan, who faced a ball, scoring a run.

KXIP eventually conceded 17 extras. MI, who scored 164 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 19.3 overs, won by four wickets with three balls to spare.

Goel, who bowled an over, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he was wicketless.

Malik, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 21.

Lee, who bowled 2.3 wicketless overs, conceded 24.

Chawla and Pathan bowled three overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 32, the latter conceded 20.

Srivastava, who bowled four overs, conceded 27. He picked up a wicket.

Bopara, who bowled four overs, conceded 31. He picked up three scalps.