IPL 2013: Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors- As it happened...

==================================================================================== Zee Media Bureau

Live updates of the match between Kings XI Punjab and Pune Warriors to be played at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh. SCORECARD» I COMMENTARY» POINTS TABLE» I SCHEDULE» ==================================================================================== Kings XI Punjab beat Pune Warriors by 7 wickets. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 19.5 II Score: 186/3 Luke Wright will bowl the last over. Miller gets a single off the first ball. Perfect yorker this time and Mandeep gets it away for a single. Miller gets this one and smashes this one over long off for a six. This is a full toss and Miller hits it straight and the batsmen take two runs. MIller wins it for Kings XI Punjab with a six off the fifth ball of the over. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 19 II Score: 170/3 Dinda to bowl the 19th over. Miller gets a boundary off the first ball. The second ball is full and wide and Miller smashes it to sweeper cover for four runs. This one is smashed to long off for a single. Mandeep gets a single off the next ball. Miller hits this to the man at cover and takes off for a single, Dinda could not collect the ball or else Miller would have been short of his ground. Mandeep gets two runs to third man. Kings XI need 16 off 6 balls. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 18 II Score: 157/3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar is into the attack now. Mandeep tries to paddle sweeps this one but only manages to get his pads, no run taken. Full toss this time and Mandeep gets it to third man for two runs. Beats him with a perfect yorker this time. Single to long off for Mandeep. Miller gets another single to sweeper cover. This time he gets a thick edge and the ball flies to the third man boundary. Kings XI need 29 runs in 12 balls. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 17 II Score: 149/3 Miller gets a single off the first ball of the over from Dinda. Mandeep gets two runs off the second ball. Mandeep gets a single to mid wicket. MIller gets a single this time to third man. Dinda bowls out a good over. His line was very full and the batsmen could not get under any. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 16 II Score: 141/3 Wright is back into the attack. Mandeep whacks this one to long on for a single. Miller smashes this one to long off for a single. Mandeep this time gets a single to long on. This one is hit high in the air and the ball goes over long off boundary for a six. Quick single taken and that takes Miller to his fifty off just 29 balls. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 15 II Score: 129/3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar is back into the attack and Miller gets a single off the first ball. Slower ball and Mandeep gets an edge to it but the ball went to the wicketkeeper on the bounce. Mandeep gets a single to long on. Another single to mid off for a single. Mandeep hits this one past the fielder at deep mid wicket for a four. Paddle sweeps this but it only goes as far as the wicketkeeper and the batsmen take a single. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 14 II Score: 121/3 Rahul Sharma is into the attack. Mandeep hits the first ball straight to long off for a single. Short again and Miller hammers it to long off, a single taken. Mandeep gets to his fifty with a couple of runs square of the wicket. He cuts to cover for a single this time. Short again and Miller pulls it hard to the deep mid wicket fence for a boundary. Another single to long on. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 13 II Score: 111/3 Dinda is back into the attack. Starts off with a full toss that is driven to long off for a couple of runs. This time Dinda gets it too wide outside off stump. Another single to Miller. Mandeep goes towards the off stump and lifts the ball over short fine leg for a four. Mandeep gets a single off an overthrow from short third man. Good yorker beats Miller this time. Another perfect yorker to end the over. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 12 II Score: 102/3 Mendis comes back into the attack and Mandeep gets a single off the first ball. Miller hits this high and long over long on for a six. This one is short and wide and Miller cuts it powerfully for a four. Another short one and this time he gets only a single of the cut. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 11 II Score: 90/3 Luke Wright is into the attack. Mandeep gets a single off the first ball to long on. Miller gets another single off the second ball. Another single for Mandeep off the third ball. This was brilliantly driven past cover for a four. Miller beaten outside the off stump this time. Run out opportunity missed in the last ball off the over. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 10 II Score: 83/3 Yuvraj Singh comes back into the attack. Starts off with a full toss that Mandeep hits to short fine leg, no run taken. He flicks the next one to deep mid wicket for a single. Miller smashes this one over long on boundary for a six. Gets two runs to deep mid wicket to end the over. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 9 II Score: 72/3 Rahul Sharma is back into the attack and Mandeep hits it over the infield for two runs. Gets another couple of runs towards mid wicket this time. Mandeep drives this to cover, no run taken. This one is hit to long on for a single. Batsmen dealing in singles here but singles are not going to get them anywhere close to the target they need to win this match. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 8 II Score: 65/3 Mendis is back into the attack. Miller gets a single to mid off. Mandeep gets a single towards mid wicket. Miller gets two runs towards deep mid wicket. This one is short and Miller cuts it for another single. Mandeep gets another single to end the over. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 7 II Score: 59/3 Yuvraj Singh comes into the attack. Mandeep defends the first one back to the bowler. Flicks the next one to deep mid wicket for a single. Vohra gets a couple of runs to sweeper cover. Yuvraj gets the breakthrough. This was was flighted and Vohra played all over it and the ball crashed onto the stumps. David Miller comes to the middle now and gets a single to fine leg. Manan Vohra b Yuvraj 22(13) ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 6 II Score: 55/2 Rahul Sharma is into the attack and he start soff with a short one outside off stump that is cut straight to cover, no run taken. This time Mandeep flicks it to mid wicket for a single. Vohra sweeps this one four a boundary. Another short one that Vohra pulls to deep mid wicket for a single. Mandeep meets this one on the full and hits it to deep mid wicket for a boundary. Quick single taken off the next ball. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 5 II Score: 44/2 Dinda comes into the attack and Vohra flicks it to deep mid wicket for a four. Vohra flicks this one again and gets three runs for it. This one is on the pads again and the ball goes down the leg side for a single. Vohra plays three dot balls to end the over. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 4 II Score: 36/2 Mendis gets four runs to third man off Mendis' first ball off the next over. Mandeep latches on to a short one and gets four runs for it. Single this time to long on. Single to Vohra to end the over. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 3 II Score: 26/2 Bhuvneshwar continues as the batsmen take runs easily. This time it's over-pitched and Mandeep hits it to extra cover for a four. Single to square leg to end the over. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 2 II Score: 15/2 Ajantha Mendis to bowl the second over. Mahmood is wrapped on the pads first up and that was plumb, no hesitation for the umpire. Manan Vohra is the new man in the middle. He gets an edge off the first ball he faces but the ball falls short of the fielder at slip and rolls away to third man, three runs taken. Mandeep gets two runs to sweeper cover. This time he offers some width and Mandeep gets two runs to sweeper cover. Another edge and the fielders at slip can't get to it again and the ball runs away for a boundary. Azhar Mahmood lbw b Ajantha Mendis 0(4) ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 1 II Score: 5/1 Adam Gilchrist and Mandeep Singh are in the middle. Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl the first over. Slightly on the pads and Gilchrist helps it to the fine leg boundary for four runs. Gilchrist slashes at one outside off stump and gets an edge through to Uthappa who takes a safe catch. Azhar Mahmmod comes in at number three. Good ball outside off stump, Mahmood lets it go through to the keeper. Mahmood gets an inside edge that goes to short fine leg, no run taken. A leg bye this time to fine leg. Gilchrist c Uthappa b Bhuvneshwar 4(3) ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 20 II Score: 185/4 Azhar Mahmood to bowl the last over. Smith takes single off the first ball. This one is hit high in the air and Hussey takes a good catch at long on. End of a brilliant cameo from Wright. Smith reverse sweeps one for a single. Nayar reverse sweeps this one for another single. Another single for Smith. Nayar gets two runs off the last over of the innings. Luke Wright c David Hussey b Azhar Mahmood 34(10) ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 19 II Score: 179/3 Praveen Kumar to bowl the 19th over. Smith takes a single off a leg bye. Praveen bowls this really wide of the off stump. Hits this one over extra cover and gets a four. Digs out a yorker and the fielder at third man makes a mess of it as the ball goes for a boundary. Slower ball and Wright gets two runs towards mid wicket. Slower ball again and Wright hits it over long on for a six. Gets two runs off the last ball. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 18 II Score: 159/3 Azhar Mahmood into the attack now. Slower one to start the over and Yuvraj is out, taken at mid off.Luke Wright comes to the middle now. Smith gets a single off the next ball. Wright smashes this one towards the vacant deep mid wicket region for a four. Slower one outside off stump and Wright cuts it for a four through the off side. This one is smashes straight down the ground for a four. Slower one and Wright smashes it wide of long on for a four. Yuvraj c Gurkeerat Singh b Azhar Mahmood 34(24) ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 17 II Score: 142/2 Awana comes into the attack and Yuvraj rocks back and hits it over deep mid wicket for a six. Slower one this time and Yuvraj can't get it away. Beats Awana outside off stump this time. Wide ball this time. Over-pitched and Yuvraj lofts it over the bowler for a six. This is a slower one and Yuvraj hits it in the air towards deep square leg but the ball lands safely, batsmen take a single. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 16 II Score: 128/2 Gony bowls this short and Finch cuts it straight to the man at sweeper cover. Big wicket for PunjabSteve Smith comes to the middle and starts off with a single of the leading edge. Short and Yuvraj miscues a pull but the ball lands safely and the batsmen take a single. Another single off the fifth ball to Smith. Yuvraj takes a single off the last ball. Finch c Manan Vohra b Gony 64(42) ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 15 II Score: 124/1 Praveen Kumar into the attack and Finch plays the first one back to the bowler. Finch cuts the next one over cover for a boundary. Single this time to Finch. Yuvraj gets a single this time. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 14 II Score: 116/1 Chawla continues as Finch plays it to the leg side for a single. Yuvraj comes down the wicket but Chawla adjusts his length and Yuvraj has to check his shot, no run taken. Yuvraj sweeps this one over fine leg for a six. Single to fine leg off the next ball. Googly this time but it's short and Yuvraj puts t away for a four. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 13 II Score: 103/1 Gony is brought in to the attack now. Yuvraj pushes the first one to cover, no run taken. This is a good yorker from Gony, Yuvraj gets a single. This one is in the slot and Finch hits it over deep mid wicket for a six, it also brings up Finch's fifty. Gony bowls this one short and Finch pulls this for a four. Finch gets a single towards long on. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 12 II Score: 91/1 Piyush Chawla is into the attack now. Finch gets a single to sweeper cover. Yuvraj cuts one past point for a boundary. He defends the next one back to the bowler.Single to end the over. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 11 II Score: 83/1 Runs have been coming at a good pace for Pune. However they have lost the wicket of Uthappa. Finch is going well on 44* and Yuvraj has just joined him in the middle. Uthappa c Gilchrist b Awana 37(33) ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 7 II Score: 57/0 Gony into the attack now and he starts off with a short ball as well that Finch pulls with a lot of power to the mid wicket fence for four runs. Gets a single towards cover. The last ball is slapped straight down the ground for four runs. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 6 II Score: 48/0 Praveen Kumar comes into the attack . Finch tries to play the second ball on the leg side and the ball takes the leading edge and falls just short of Praveen on the follow through. A leg bye off the next ball. Uthappa pushes this one back to the bowler. Driven to cover, no run taken. Just the leg bye off the over. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 5 II Score: 47/0 Awana continues as Uthappa pushes this one on the leg side and takes two runs. Another couple of runs to deep mid wicket to Uthappa. This time he pushes it to mid wicket, no run taken. Uthappa nudges this towards the leg side for another couple of runs. This one pushed on the off side to the man at cover, no run taken. Gives the bowler the charge and hits it for a boundary over point. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 4 II Score: 37/0 Uthappa geta single off the first ball of Mahmood's new over. Two runs to Finch past point. Short again and Finch pulls it to deep mid wicket for a boundary. This one is defended straight back to the bowler. This is hit to mid on and the batsmen take a quick single. Uthappa plays this one to mid off for a single. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 3 II Score: 28/0 Awana comes into the attack and Finch cuts it wide of third man for two runs. This time he pushes the ball to the man at cover, no run taken. This time he is wrapped on the pads but the ball was going down the leg side. Gets back and punches this one to mid wicket for a single. This one goes through Finch, good pace being generated here by Awana. Short this time and he pulls it to the deep mid wicket fence for a boundary. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 2 II Score: 20/0 Azhar Mahmood to bowl the second over. Finch pushes the first ball back to the bowler. This time the ball gets a faint nick and Gilchrist drops a simple catch. This is over-pitched and Finch hits it hard and straight for a six. Finch drives this time and the ball goes past the fielder at mid off for a four. This one gets a thick edge and the ball goes to third man for a single. ==================================================================================== PUNE Over: 1 II Score: 9/0 Uthappa and Finch are in the middle to start the innings for Pune. Praveen Kumar to bowl the first over. Uthappa cuts the first one to third man for two runs. A push to mid on gets him a single this time. Finch also gets a single to mid on off the fourth ball. This one is down the leg side and the umpire calls it a wide. This one is over-pitched and Uthappa drives it past covers for a four. Short and wide again and Uthappa cuts to the man at point, no run taken. Nine runs off the over. ==================================================================================== TOSS: Kings XI Punjab have wont the toss and they have decided to bowl first. Pune (Playing XI): Robin Uthappa(w), Aaron Finch(c), Yuvraj Singh, Steven Smith, Luke Wright, Abhishek Nayar, Mithun Manhas, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Ajantha Mendis Punjab (Playing XI): Adam Gilchrist(w/c), Mandeep Singh, Manan Vohra, David Hussey, David Miller, Azhar Mahmood, Gurkeerat Singh, Parvinder Awana, Piyush Chawla, Manpreet Gony, Praveen Kumar