Miller and Maxwell's eerie progression

David Miller and Glenn Maxwell's dip in form this season has left Kings XI Punjab with a void in the middle overs. In their tournament opener against Gujarat Lions, they were dismissed by Dwayne Bravo in the space of three balls. In their next game against Delhi Daredevils, both fell within the space of four deliveries to Amit Mishra. On Saturday, they fell five deliveries apart to Moises Henriques. Kings XI lost all three matches.

Mustafizur Rahman has been Sunrisers' go-to bowler. He proved why against Kings XI. In his first over - the sixth of the innings - he produced a maiden, in which they had a wicket courtesy a run-out. He was reintroduced in the 14th over and brought out his variations of slow cutters and yorkers to concede just one. In his next over, he allowed just two singles. Mustafizur, then, conceded six off the last over to finish with figures of 2 for 9, the most economical spell of the season so far.

In the sixth over of Kings XI's innings, Manan Vohra set off for a single after punching a length ball to cover. Marsh, at the non-striker's end, realised there wasn't a run on offer and sent Vohra back. Shikhar Dhawan picked the ball up cleanly and threw down the stumps at the batsman's end. Vohra scurried back and would have made his ground had his bat not bounced up after a full-length dive.

Immediately after David Warner's blitz in the chase, Aditya Tare drove to mid-off and set off for his first IPL run for Sunrisers. The single wasn't on, though, and Dhawan was in action again. Tare made a desperate lunge, but was well short even with a dive.

With five to win, Moises Henriques jammed a yorker to midwicket. Deepak Hooda set off for a single before being turned down by his partner. Miller was quick on the opportunity and hit the stumps from close range at short midwicket in a single motion to find Hooda short.

Warner's exemplary form was on display in the third over of the chase. Sandeep Sharma's first ball on a full length was lofted with a straight bat over wide long-off. On the fourth ball, Sandeep bowled a good-length delivery on off, and faced similar fate as Warner presented the full face of his bat to punch him over long-off.