short ball, hurries him as he goes for a pull. Sails over the fine leg boundary to end a thorough thumping. And that's saying something considering CSK made 187
Kings XI vs CSK, 29th match at Cuttack, IPL, May 07 2014 - Match Result
Kings XI are 2-0 against Super Kings now and some of our commenters are already predicting another showdown in the final. I for one won't rule that out. They look the two strongest batting line-ups and showcased that today. Amid today's manic game, Kieron Pollard and Mitchell Starc were fined for their distasteful confrontation. Our Assistant Editor Nagraj Gollapudi weighs in on the incident and the message IPL sends. That's all for now, this is Alagappan Muthu, signing off
Glenn Maxwell is the Man of the Match "Pitch was lovely, coming on quite well. The spinners held up a little and we got away quickly. We [him and Miller] love batting together, we talking about it a lot and it was fun to have a big partnership together and hit a few out of the park. Practice it and keep trying to expand my game and try and hit the ball to different parts of the ground. Keep trying to do what I'm doing and we're winning as well. We didn't have an idea in mind, thought the pitch would get better in the second innings but once we went there we saw how good it was and we just kept going. Kings XI fans have been great and hopefully the fans come out again for us"
Just fyi, Kings XI go top of the table on the basis of a spectacular net run-rate. "Dont relaly know what to say about it. It was something brilliant,"George Bailey says. "It was almost the future what we saw there. Maxi and Davey, the shots they played and even the other young players and their shots. They gave themselves a little time and that was crucial. I had a bit of luck tonight as well. Nice to see a good sized ground, I think we could have defended a little better and it was about being smart and our bowlers are clever. Chennai are the benchmark and for us to beat them a couple of times it gives us confidence"
"Maxwell batted exceptionally well and he was supported by the other batsmen as well. Where we lost the game was when our spinners came on and they got plenty out of them. The first 10 overs they were only 70 but the next 10, Maxwell got them to 40 over par," says MS Dhoni, "You [Maxwell's reverse slogs] can try, but you need some serious talent to do it one after the other. He is someone who is very different, like Sehwag or Tendulkar and he is batting at his best. Very good wicket, bit of bounce for the quicks but in the second innings it became two-paced. it's very important in a tournament like this, looking to score 230 and getting out for 130, then in the coming games we wouldn't be able to make it up. If we had got off to a great start, we could have gone for it. But we lost Smith and Jadeja was our final throw of the die but when he fell, we decided to just play it out"
K SHANKAR: "George Bailey must be the MAN of Match .. It was his innings that put the final score of Punjab out of the reach of CSK .... Maxwell's hitting is a common occurrence.. and Punjab have lost even when he scored " Not likely, but I can understand the sentiment
11.25 pm Super Kings tried to pace this chase. But they lost Dwayne Smith in the first over. As is their wont, they tried to get it into the last few overs but Kings XI Punjab's spinners adapted to their task well. Faf du Plessis managed a few late hits to get to a half-century but Maxwell, Miller and Bailey had put the game beyond one of the better batting line-ups this season
Maxi and Miller are playing with the crowd at the boundary. Asking them to make some more noise
he has to bowl that again. Slower ball slanted well down the off side
keeps it full on middle, tucked to deep midwicket
another outside edge and another four to third man. Backed away but the bowler tried to put it out of his reach outside off, but Ashwin is able to get just enough bat
gets a lucky outside edge that dribbles away. this was the legcutter and the deflection beats the dive of the keeper
akshs: "really a lack of heart by CSK.. they have waited till the !&th over to explode.. too late.. after the required run rate was above 26 RPO.. they should have given it a try in the 11th over.. when the required rate was 14.7 and had 8 wickets in hand.. really heart broken.. :'("
fires it in full and on middle, they pick up a couple to deep midwicket
just short of a good length and Manhas lofts it down to long-off
We will rock you plays out with 64 needed off the final over. CSK well and truly rocked. Ironically, Rishi Dhawan still takes his time to set his field
walks across and drags this short ball to square leg
R Ashwin comes out the middle and taps gloves with Manhas
the top hand came off the bat as he goes for the pull. But this Johnson short ball was a little too quick for him. Top edge caught easily at midwicket
shortish and outside off, steered through point to the man in the deep
gets under this length ball and sent it soaring over the long-on boundary. Think he held the pace off on that and gets punished
full toss outside off, belted to midwicket
Mithun Manhas comes out with 11 balls left in the innings
goes outside off to try and scoop it over the head of short fine leg, but the connection is too feeble. Kartik moves to his left and collects a simple catch
Swagath Subrama: "Looks like Kings XI Punjab just like to break streaks. They broke MI's losing streak(by breaking their own winning one), and now breaking CSK's winning streak."
Sai Kiran: "Need a six every ball from now !! can they do it ?? even that brings to super over "
full and wide outside off, Faf drills it to long-off
wide yorker, Dhoni stays rooted to his crease as he looks to chop at the ball. Gets an inside edge for a single
Santosh: "Faf is doing his part. Is Dhoni saving his energy for the last two?" Moves over the wicket
advances down again, but this time he can only down to long-on
this is the slower ball, a response to seeing the batsman moving around in his crease. But as the ball was bowled he was waiting on leg stump and tickled it fine again to bring up his fifty, off 22 balls
makes room as he chips down the track and lashes it through the covers
Faf jumped outside leg, Sandeep went further down and played into his hands. Glanced to the fine leg boundary
Sandeep to finish off. Around the wicket
yorker just outside off, Faf picks up a single to point to make it 17 off the over
1W | ||||
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1W | 1W | |||
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack | |
Toss | Chennai Super Kings, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2014 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.25, Interval 21.25-21.45, Second Session 21.45-23.05 |
Match days | 7 May 2014 - night (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Kings XI Punjab 2, Chennai Super Kings 0 |
Over 20 • CSK 187/6
Kings XI won by 44 runs