Gilchrist-led KXIP beat Pune comfortably

PWI made one changes to their playing eleven – Yuvraj Singh made way for Tirumalasetti Suman.

KXIP made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Paul Valthaty and Siddharth Chitnis made way for Manan Vohra, the player of the match, and Rajagopal Sathish.

On winning the toss, Angelo Mathews, PWI’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of PWI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 24, and lost a couple of wickets.

Manish Pandey, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the (Ku)mark. An over into the match, Bhuvneshwar broke the one-run stand.

Suman, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored just half-a-dozen. Four balls later, he was caught by Praveen. Azhar Mahmood broke the 20-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on eight. Marlon Samuels, who faced nine balls, scored three. Sixteen balls later, Mandeep Singh and Adam Gilchrist, KXIP’s skipper, ran him out.

Uthappa, whose 23-ball (Rob)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. Eight balls (Chaw)later, Piyush broke the four-run stand.

Mathews, who faced four balls, scored as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. An over later, he was caught by Gilchrist. Parvinder Awana broke the five-run stand.

PWI scored 50 off 12.5 overs (77 balls). KXIP had conceded an extra at that point.

Ross Taylor, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. Twenty-one balls after Mathews’ dismissal, he was caught by Gurkeerat Singh Mann. Praveen broke the 15-run stand.

Abhishek Nayar, whose 26-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 25. He was unbeaten.

Mitchell Marsh, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, included 15. Sixteen balls after Taylor’s dismissal, Ryan Harris broke the 25-run stand.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Nineteen balls later, Mahmood broke the 15-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Rahul Sharma, who faced a ball, scored a run. Four balls (Chaw)later, he was run out.

KXIP eventually conceded three extras. PWI scored 99 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Chawla, Awana, and Harris picked up a wicket apiece. They conceded 19, 16, and a dozen, respectively.

Praveen and Mahmood picked up a couple of scalps apiece. They conceded 31 and 19, respectively.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 56, and lost a wicket.

Gilchrist, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 15. Fourteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Samuels. Mathews broke the 21-run stand.

KXIP scored 50 off 4.3 overs (27 balls). PWI had conceded an extra at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While Mandeep’s contribution to the partnership was 21, Vohra’s contribution to it was 32. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Mandeep, whose 26-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 31. Forty-four balls after Gilchrist’s dismissal, Rahul broke the 58-run partnership.

Vohra, whose 28-ball innings included seven boundaries, eventually scored 43. He was unbeaten, as was David Hussey, who scored eight. His 11-ball innings included a boundary.

KXIP, who scored 100 (for the loss of a couple of wickets) off 12.2 overs (75 balls), won by eight wickets with 46 balls remaining. PWI had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Ashok Dinda and Bhuvneshwar bowled a couple of overs apiece. While the former conceded 28, the latter conceded 16. They were wicketless, as was Marsh, who bowled 3.2 overs, conceding 24.

Mathews, who bowled two overs, conceded 12. He picked up a wicket, as did Rahul, who bowled three overs, conceding 20.