Kings XI Punjab
Today’s matches: Battle of Bottom Royale !
Two matches today are between the teams occupying the bottom half of the table. Royal Challengers Vs Knight Riders and Kings XI Vs Mumbai Indians. I fancy Challengers and Kings XI to win.
Any team against Knight Riders is considered favorite. Royal Challengers almost lost their previous match against Knight Riders but for Mark Boucher. It [...]
Bret Lee returns and how well!
One of the hardest sights in cricket is see a premier fast bowler in the world reduced to a no entity. Too much cricket, injury and separation from wife all together had left him on sidelines. He is tough nut and a champion bowler.
I did not see him bowl against Pakistan twenty20 but here [...]
Challengers win: Miracles do happen!
Well this has to be a miracle. How else you can explain Challengers winning this match from nowhere. At the tactical commercial break in the second innings, Kings XI was perched on top.
To lose from 70/1against Challengers, it had to be a sloppy effort from Kings XI or a miracle. Both combined and [...]
Mumbai Indians do everything needed to lose the match !
As I write this, Mumbai Indians are doing everything to lose the match. Chasing 120 odd runs should have been a cakewalk. Cricket has thrown us bigger surprises than this. It still is a tight match.
How cool head gets you the job done. If Kings XI wins this match which looks like it, all credit [...]
Is Vettori the best spinner in world?
Kings XI Punjab had raced to 67 in just six overs. Daniel Vettori’s choose to make his presence felt. He took a catch of Goel who was going great guns. In the next 4 dismissals he had a vital role to play and closed the lid on Kings XI Punjab.
He prised out Bopara, Kumar Sangakkara [...]
Kings XI Punjab 2009 team
Kings XI Punjab had an impressive 10 wins from their 14 pool games, the second best record in the tournament behind Rajasthan Royals with 11 from 14. They lost to the Chennai Super Kings in semifinal by a massive nine wickets. Actually both Semifinals were duds.
Kings XI Punjab for this edition
Kings XI squad: Yuvraj [...]
Knight Riders finish on a winning note
Amazing night for the knights. Saurav Ganguly lead the team from the front in all departments. He has made sure that he is there till the end and took his team home. Ganguly’s innings of 86 from 53 balls is one of the best innings we have witnessed in IPL. He was well supported by [...]
Sreesanth with the Purple Cap, What a shame!
Santakumaran Sreesanth with 15 wickets is the proud owner of the purple cap. This happened after the match between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians. He has bowled some terrific spells by keeping both his opponents and his emotions in check. He has bowled 235 balls and conceded 329 runs. His best bowling figures are [...]
Mumbai Indians and the Tendulkar curse
Mumbai Indians lost to Kings XI Punjab by 1 run. This is really a shame considering the way Kings XI Punjab fielded and Mumbai Indians batted. Punjab dropped some crucial catches and were really sloppy in the field for the most part. When they fielded well (only Yuvraj) they have inflicted in some run outs [...]
Top bowlers for Kings XI Punjab
S.No
Player
Overs
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
NB
Wd
RPO
1
Irfan Pathan
27.2
1
174
12
0
10
6.4
2
S Sreesanth
24.1
0
203
8
4
8
8.4
3
VRV Singh
20
0
167
6
0
3
8.4
4
Piyush Chawla
20
0
160
8
0
3
8.0
5
Brett Lee
16
1
112
3
3
0
7.0
6
Gagandeep Singh
8
0
80
2
0
0
10.0
7
James Hopes
11
0
121
2
0
1
11.0
8
Yuvraj Singh
2
0
11
1
0
1
5.5
9
WA Mota
3
0
36
1
0
2
12.0
10
K Goel
2
0
25
0
0
0
12.5