Punjab disheartened; Steve-led RR win

KXIP (Shar)made three changes to their playing eleven – Manan Vohra, Lakshmipathy Balaji, and Parvinder Awana made way for Murali Vijay, Anureet Singh, and Sandeep.

RR made five changes to their playing eleven – Shane Watson, Brad Hodge, Kevon Cooper, Abhishek Nayar and Ankit (Shar)made way for Steven Smith (who was leading the team), Stuart Binny, Deepak Hooda, Chris Morris, and Tim Southee.

On winning the toss, George Bailey, KXIP’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over.  They scored 35, and lost three wickets.

Ajinkya Rahane, who faced eight balls, didn’t get off the mark. Nine balls into the match, he was caught by Axar Patel. Anureet Singh broke the five-run stand.

Sanju Samson, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored five. Eight balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Sandeep, who broke the nine-run stand.

Karun Nair, whose 11-ball innings included a six, scored eight. Axar broke the 21-run stand.

RR scored 50 off 7.4 overs (46 balls). KXIP had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Steven, whose 23-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 33. Twenty-five balls after Nair’s dismissal, he was caught by Karanveer Singh. Mitchell Johnson broke the 39-run stand.

Binny, whose 16-ball innings including a couple of boundaries, scored 13. Three balls later, he was caught by Wriddhiman Saha. Johnson broke the one-run stand.

RR scored 100 off 13.5 overs (83 balls). KXIP had conceded 17 extras at that point.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While Hooda’s contribution to the partnership was 30, the contribution of James Faulkner, the player of the match, to it was 17. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.

Hooda, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 30. Thirty-six balls after Binny’s dismissal, Anureet broke the 51-run partnership.

Faulkner, whose 33-ball innings included two boundaries and three sixes, scored 46. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Miller. Anureet broke the 34-run stand.

Morris, who faced eight balls, scored six. He was unbeaten, as was Southee, who didn’t face a ball.

RR scored 150 off 18.4 overs (112 balls). KXIP had conceded 21 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

RR scored 162 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Karanveer, who was wicketless, conceded 43.

Axar and Sandeep picked up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 34, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 19.

Johnson, who conceded 34, picked up a couple of wickets.

Anureet, who conceded 23, picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of KXIP’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over.  They scored 51, and lost three wickets.

KXIP’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Sehwag, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. A ball into the chase, he was caught by Samson off the bowling of Southee.

The second-wicket pair put on 32. Saha, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 17 balls later, Samson ran him out.

Although his five-ball innings included a boundary. Glenn Maxwell had no reason to be in seventh heaven – a couple of overs later, he was caught by Southee. Faulkner broke the 14-run stand.  

KXIP scored 50 off 5.4 overs (34 balls). RR had conceded three extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 18. Vijay, whose 32-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 37. Twenty-two balls after Maxwell’s dismissal, Samson ran him out.

Miller, whose 21-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 23. Twenty-seven balls later, he was caught by Faulkner. Kulkarni broke the 28-run stand.  

KXIP scored 100 off 13.5 overs (83 balls). RR had conceded five extras at that point.

Axar, whose 28-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 24. Twenty-six balls after Miller’s dismissal, Southee broke the 30-run stand.

Johnson, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Southee. Needless to say, Faulkner was in seventh heaven.

Bailey, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 24. Three balls later, he was caught by Nair. Faulkner broke the two-run stand.

Anureet, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten, as was Karanveer, who faced five balls, scoring four. His runs came by way of a boundary.

RR eventually conceded nine extras. KXIP, who scored 136 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs, lost by 26 runs.

Binny, who bowled two wicketless overs, conceded 15.

Pravin Tambe, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 15.

Morris, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 21.

Kulkarni, who bowled three overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket.

Southee, who bowled four overs, conceded 36. He picked up two wickets.

Faulkner, who bowled four overs, conceded 26. He picked up three scalps.