IPLT20 Live Cricket Score : Kings XI Punjab beat the Bangalore Royal Challengers
April 25, 2009
Ravi Bopara clubbed Kings XI Punjab to its first IPL victory this season with a rock solid 85 against Bangalore Royal Challengers here on Friday. Bopara’s 59-ball knock contained five sixes and four fours.
Set a target of 169 to win, Punjab knocked off the runs for the loss of just three wickets with one over to spare.
Bangalore’s total was built on 62 off 46 balls from South African Kallis after opener Ryder had got the innings off to a fast start thanks to his 32 from 21 balls.
Left-arm swing bowler Yusuf Abdulla accounted for both men before adding the wickets of England’s Kevin Pietersen (0) and Kiwi Ross Taylor (35) as he finished with career best Twenty20 figures of four for 31 off four overs.
Abdulla received admirable support from fellow left-arm swing bowler Irfan Pathan who snared three for 35 off four overs including two wickets in the last over of Bangalore’s innings.
Scores :
Royal Challengers Bangalore: J. Ryder b Abdulla 32, R. Uthappa c Yuvraj b Pathan 0, J. Kallis c Jayawardene b Abdulla 62, K. Pietersen c Goel b Abdulla 0, R. Dravid c V.R.V. Singh b Chawla 10, R. Taylor c Jayawardene b Abdulla 35, V. Kohli c Bopara b V.R.V. Singh 2, Praveen b Pathan 13, R. Vinay Kumar (not out) 1, Pankaj Singh b Pathan 0, A. Kumble (not out) 5, Extras (b-4, lb-1, w-3) 8, Total (for nine wkts. in 20 overs) 168.
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-48, 3-48, 4-73, 5-134, 6-142, 7-159, 8-162, 9-162.
Kings XI Punjab bowling: Bose 2-0-24-0, Pathan 4-0-35-3, Abdulla 4- 0-31-4, Chawla 4-0-19-1, Yuvraj 3-0- 28-0, Bopara 1-0-4-0, V.R.V. Singh 2-0-22-1.
Kings XI Punjab: R. Bopara c Ryder b Kallis 84, K Goel (run out) 19, K. Sangakkara c Pankaj b Kumble 26; Yuvraj (not out) 30, M. Jayawardene (not out) 1, Extras (b-1, lb-3, w-9) 13, Total (for three wkts. in 19 overs) 173.
Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-92, 3-158.
Royal Challengers bowling: Praveen 4-0-36-0, Pankaj 2-0-20-0, Kallis 4-0-51-1, Vinay Kumar 1-0-4-0, Pietersen 2-0-16-0, Kumble 4-0-19-1, Ryder 2-0-23-0.
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