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RESULT
18th match (N), Ahmedabad, April 21, 2015, Pepsi Indian Premier League
(20 ov, T:192) 191/6

Match tied (Kings XI won the one-over eliminator)

Player Of The Match
65 (40)
shaun-marsh
Cricinfo's MVP
80.79 ptsImpact List
axar-patel
Report

Kings XI end Royals' run in Super Over

Brought in because regular captain George Bailey had a shoulder injury, Shaun Marsh played two crucial innings to give Kings XI their second win

Rajasthan Royals 191 for 6 (Rahane 74, Watson 45) tied with Kings XI Punjab 191 for 6 (Marsh 65, Miller 54)
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Super Over Kings XI Punjab 15 for 2 beat Rajasthan Royals 6 for 2
The man with the most runs for Kings XI Punjab had been on the bench for their first four games of the season. Brought in because regular captain George Bailey had a shoulder injury, Shaun Marsh played two crucial innings to give Kings XI their second win.
He first made 64 off 40, the highest score in a chase of 192, as Kings XI leveled the scores with Axar Patel's last-ball four. Marsh then watched David Miller depart off the first ball of the Super Over and went on to hit Chris Morris for three successive fours. Rajasthan Royals lost both their wickets halfway into Mitchell Johnson's over, which ended their five-match winning streak. Shane Watson was bowled first ball by a yorker, and James Faulkner, pondering a bye, was run out by Wriddhiman Saha.
The chase had been slipping away from Kings XI. They were reduced to 59 for 3 in the ninth over when Glenn Maxwell top-edged a slog off legspinner Rahul Tewatia. But Marsh and Miller kept their side alive as they put on 58 off 35. While Miller took his time to get going, Marsh kept the runs coming in his usual flowing manner, timing boundaries both sides of the wicket and straight down the ground.
Still, the asking-rate continued to climb steadily, and after Marsh top-edged a slog off Pravin Tambe, Kings XI needed 72 off the last five overs. Saha arrived and played a vital hand, swinging and pulling four fours in the eight balls he lasted.
Miller had found his range just before Marsh departed, and was now effortlessly launching sixes over deep midwicket. When he eventually failed to clear the off side boundary and fell for 54 off 30, 25 were required off 12.
Johnson and Axar brought it down to 14 from the final over, and ran four twos and a single off the first five balls from James Faulkner. Axar sliced the last one to the deep point rope to take it to the Super Over.
That they would be part of such a tight finish would not have been remotely on the Royals' players minds after the total they put up. Asked to bat by stand-in Kings XI captain Virender Sehwag, Ajinkya Rahane and Watson came within five runs of making it successive century opening partnerships.
Rahane was troubled initially by the swing the Kings XI bowlers generated, but he responded with some stinging shots through the covers. Watson took his time and was on 14 off 23 at one stage. He suddenly sprung into action, hitting his next six deliveries for four fours and two sixes to end on 45 off 35.
Steven Smith and Faulkner managed a run between them but Royals' young Indian batsmen contributed swift cameos. Stuart Binny ended the innings with a four and a six off Anureet Singh but Marsh's twin innings would overcome them.

Abhishek Purohit is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo

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Match tied (Kings XI won the one-over eliminator)
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Pepsi Indian Premier League
TEAMMWLPTNRR
CSK1495180.709
MI148616-0.043
RCB1475161.037
RR1475160.062
KKR1476150.253
SRH147714-0.239
DC145811-0.049
KXIP143116-1.436