IPL 2013: Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals - As it happened...

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Live Updates of the match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals to be played at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh. SCORECARD» I COMMENTARY» POINTS TABLE» I SCHEDULE» ==================================================================================== Rajasthan Royals win by 8 wickets. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 19 II Score: 147/2 Gony to bowl the 19th over. He starts with a short ball and Samson pulls it off the backfoot for a six over deep mid wicket. He drives the next one to cover, no run taken. Slower ball this time and Samson flicks it to deep backward square leg for a single. Good yorker this time, Rahane digs it back to the bowler, no run taken. Rahane gets a single off the next ball, that could have been risky had the fielder connected with the throw. samson drives it hard for a boundary past long off. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 18 II Score: 135/2 Praveen Kumar continues as Samson pulls a short one to the leg side for a single. Rahane gets some bat on a wide one and takes a quick single. Samson gets this one to third man for a single. Rahane is beaten by a yorker this time. He gets a leg bye off the next ball. Samson hits this down the ground for a single. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 17 II Score: 130/2 Awana is back to bowl his last over. Samson guides this one past short third man for a boundary. This is a slower one and he guides this one to short third man and takes a single. Rahane tries to run this one to third man but gets an inside edge and the ball rolls to the keeper, no run taken. Rahane digs out a yorker and flicks it to mid wicket, no run again. Rahane pulls this one to backward square leg for another couple of runs, he gets to his fifty. This one is smashes to deep mid wicket for a six. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 16 II Score: 117/2 Praveen Kumar comes back into the attack as Samson slaps it to sweeper cover for two runs. Gets a single off the next ball. This one is wide down the leg side and the ball beats the keeper as the batsmen take two runs. Rahane drives one down the ground for a single. Full toss this time and Samson flicks it to deep mid wicket for a boundary. Drives the next one to mid off and takes a risky single. No run off the last ball. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 15 II Score: 105/2 Vipul Sharma continues as Samson steps out and defends the first one back to the bowler. He drives the next ball to cover, no run again. He steps out this time and smashes it back over the bowler for a boundary. He hits this one to long on for a single. Rahane gets another single to deep mid wicket this time. Samson nudges this one on the leg side for another single. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 14 II Score: 98/2 Chawla continues as Samson gets an edge on the first ball and the ball goes to short third man, no run taken. Gets a single this time towards the leg side. Rahane defends a quicker one to cover. Rahane gets a single to long on this time. Samson defends this one back to the bowler. He gets a single off the last ball. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 13 II Score: 95/2 Vipul Sharma is back into the attack. Samson hits the first ball to long off for a single. Rahane drives this one to sweeper cover for another single. Samson defends the next ball to cover, no run taken. He flicks this one to mid on, no run again. This one is defended to cover, no run taken. This time he gets it away to long on for a single. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 12 II Score: 92/2 Rajagopal Sathish is into the attack now as Rahane gets a single to deep square leg off the first ball. Samson gets a couple of runs to deep mid wicket. Slower delivery this time and Samson cuts it late and between the fielder at point and short third man for a boundary. He gets this one to long on for a single. Rahane gets a single to mid wicket this time. Samson gets a single off the last ball to long on. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 11 II Score: 82/2 Awana comes back into the attack and starts this spell with one wide down the leg side. Another wide down the leg side. Rahjane defends this one on the leg side. Single this time to deep mid wicket. Samson guides this one to third man for a single. Rahane flicks this one to backward square leg for two runs. Similar shot this time for another couple of runs. Short this time and Rahane pulls it to deep mid wicket for a single. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 10 II Score: 73/2 Chawla starts a new over with a short ball and Watson pulls it for a boundary towards deep mid wicket. He guides the next one to third man for a single. Rahane guides this one to short third man for another single. Quicker one this time and the ball beats Watson's and crashses on to the stumps. Sanju Samson is the new man in the middle. Samson drives the first one to sweeper cover for a single. Rahane cuts the last ball for a single. Watson b Chawla 31(25) ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 9 II Score: 65/1 Gony is into the attack now as Rahane pushes the first one to point, no run taken. Short this time and Rahane pulls it to deep mid wicket for a single. Watson guides the next ball to third man for a single. Rahane nudges the next one to point, no run taken. Slower one this time and Rahane defends it back to the bowler. Rahane steps out and hits this inside out for a six. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 8 II Score: 55/1 Chawla is back into the attack as Watson defends the first one to cover, no run taken. He defends the next one back to the bowler.Short again and Watson pulls it to long on for a single. Rahane hits this inside out and over deep extra cover for a six. He defends the next ball to cover. Rahane pushes this one on the leg side for a single. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 7 II Score: 47/1 Vipul Sharma is back into the attack. Watson smashes the first ball over long off boundary for a six. Watson flicks the next one to mid wicket, no run this time. He pulls a short one to deep mid wicket for a single. Rahane drives the next ball to cover, no run taken. He punches this one to long on for a single. Watson flicks the last ball to the leg side for a single. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 6 II Score: 38/1 Praveen Kumar comes back into the attack. Watson punches the first ball to mid on, no run taken. Watson gets a bit of width and he drives it past cover for another boundary. He punches this one to mid off and takes a quick single. Another drive from Rahane but this time straight to cover, no run taken. Rahane flicks this one to the leg side for a single. Low full toss this time and Watson flicks it away for a single. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 5 II Score: 31/1 Awana continues as Watson defends the first one back to the bowler. Watson works this one on the leg side for a single. Rahane tries to pull this one but the ball gets the top edge and drops just short of the man at third man, single taken. Watson drives this past cover for a boundary. Watson chips this one to deep mid wicket for a single. Another short one and Rahane drives it through cover for another boundary. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 4 II Score: 20/1 Piyush Chawla is into the attack now as Rahane punches the first ball off the back foot for a single to long off. Watson pulls a slightly shorter one to deep mid wicket for another single. Rahane pulls another short one to deep mid wicket, single taken again. Watson drives this one but Mandeep at cover puts in a brilliant diving effort to save a few runs. Another short one and Watson pulls this one to loing on for a single. Rahane hits another short one to the deep mid wicket fence for a boundary. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 3 II Score: 12/1 Parvinder Awana is into the attack now as Watson guides the first one to third man for a single. Rahane punches this one past the man at mid on for a boundary. He punches the next one to cover, no run this time. He defends the next ball back to the bowler. He nudges this one on the leg side for a single. Watson is beaten outside off stump off the last ball. ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 2 II Score: 6/1 Bipul Sharma to bowl the second over. Rahane gets a single off the first ball. Dravid is bowled off the second ball off the over. Watson is the new batsman in the middle. He gets a single to long off this time. Rahane defends this one to cover, no run taken. Another defensive short to cover, no run again. Rahane sweeps this one to short fine leg for a single. Dravid b Bipul Sharma 4(7) ==================================================================================== RAJASTHAN Over: 1 II Score: 4/0 Praveen Kumar to bowl the first over for Punjab. Rahul Dravid and Ajinkya Rahane will start proceedings for Rajasthan. Dravid hits the first ball to mid off, no run taken. Dravid gets some width this time and he cuts it hard and in the gap for a boundary. He strokes the next one to point, no run taken. Dravid slashes on a wide one but fails to make contact. Dravid flicks this one from his pads on the leg side, no run again. No run off the last ball. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 20 II Score: 145/6 Faulkner to bowl the last over as Sathish gets two runs off the first ball. He clips it for a single this time. Gony gets two runs to deep square leg this time. Wide this time outside off stump. Gony looking for the big one hits this one in the air and is easily taken by the man at sweeper cover. Sathish gets a single off the next ball. Piyush Chawla will take strike now. He gets a single off a yorker to end the innings. Gony c Samson b Faulkner 3(3) ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 19 II Score: 137/5 Kevon Copper to bowl the 19th over. Marsh gets a single off the first ball. Miller works as lower one to the leg side for a single. Marsh tries to hoik this one over long on but misses and the ball crashes on to the stumps. Gony is the new man in the middle. He gets a single off the first ball to long on. Miller hits this one high in the air and the man at long on takes an easy catch. David Miller c Rahane b Kevon Cooper 8(11) Shaun Marsh b Kevon Cooper 77(64) ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 18 II Score: 134/3 Shane Watson comes back into the attack. Marsh does not connect the first ball. He gets a leg bye off the second ball. Miller drives the next ball to sweeper cover for two runs. Another couple of runs to Miller towards sweeper cover. Miller gets a single this time to long off. Another single off the last ball. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 17 II Score: 127/3 Kevon Cooper is back into the attack. Miller defends the first one back to the bowler, no run taken. Gets a single this time to deep mid wicket. Marsh whips the second ball to deep square leg for two runs. Marsh hits this one high in the air and Dravid running sideways missed it. Marsh slashes this one in the air towards sweeper cover for a single. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 16 II Score: 120/3 Faulkner comes back into the attack and starts with a yorker, no run taken. Marsh gets under this one and hits it over long on for a six. He nudges the next one towards the off side for a single. Miller gets a single to long on this time. Marsh drives the next ball past sweeper cover for a boundary. Gets a single to square leg to end the over. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 15 II Score: 107/3 Watson comes back into the attack as Marsh gets a single off the first ball. Hussey flicks this one to mid wicket, no run this time. Watson goes past Hussey's defence this time and gets him bowled. Miller comes to the middle now. He starts with a drive to mid off, no run taken. He gets a leg bye this time. Marsh pulls the last ball for a single to deep mid wicket. David Hussey b Shane Watson 1(3) ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 14 II Score: 104/2 Cooper is back into the attack. Gilchrist gets a single to deep mid wicket. Marsh gets a single to long off off the next ball. This is a slower one and Gilchrist hits it straight to Cooper. David Hussey is the new man in the middle now. He flicks this one to deep mid wicket for a single. Marsh hits the next one back to the bowler, no run taken. He flicks this one to long on for a single. Gilchrist c and b Kevon Cooper 42(32) ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 13 II Score: 100/1 Faulkner comes into the attack and starts with a yorker that hits Gilchrist's pads, no run taken. He steps down the ground this time and hits it to long on for a single. Marsh gets a couple of runs to backward square leg this time. He tucks this one to square leg, no run this time. This one is full and straight and Marsh gets some bat on it and the ball races away to the boundary. No run off the last ball. Seven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 12 II Score: 93/1 Watson comes back into the attack as Marsh drives the first one to sweeper cover for a single. Gilchrist cuts the next one to point, no run taken. Gilchrist pulls a short one to long on for another single. Marsh guides the next ball to third man for a single. Gilchrist swings the next ball to deep mid wicket for a single. Marsh gets a boundary off the last ball past short fine leg for a boundary. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 11 II Score: 85/1 Trivedi starts a new over with a short one and Marsh pulls it hard towards deep mid wicket for a boundary. Gets a single this time to long on. Gilchrist hits the next one to long on for another single. Marsh gets a to edge on an attempted cut and gets two runs for it. A quick single taken to cover this time. Gilchrist tucks this one to fine leg for two runs. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 10 II Score: 74/1 Kevon Cooper is into the attack now. He starts with a wide outside off stump. Marsh gets a single off this one to point. Gilchrist hits this one wide off third man for two runs. He drives the next ball to sweeper cover for a single. Marsh gets another single to short fine leg. Gilchrist hits this one to long off for another single. Another wide, down the leg side this time. Gets a single off the last ball. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 9 II Score: 65/1 Siddharth Trivedi is into the attack now. Marsh defends the first one to point, no run taken. The next ball hits the pads and goes to the leg side, no run taken. Marsh tries to heave this one but gets an inside edge on it and gets a single. Gilchrist dabs the next one to the leg side for a single. Marsh drives this one past cover for a boundary. He drives the last ball to long off for a single. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 8 II Score: 58/1 Shane Watson is into the attack now as Marsh gets a single to third man off the first ball. Gilchrist plays the next one back to the bowler.Gilchrist defends the next one to cover, no run again. He slashes at this one outside off stump and gets a boundary towards extra cover. He gets a single to deep mid wicket. Marsh gets a single to point off the last ball. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 7 II Score: 51/1 Chandila into his last over. Gilchrist gets a single off the first ball. Marsh steps out and hits it over the bowler's head for a six. Another similar shot and this time he gets a boundary. This time he gets an edge on a cut but the ball goes past point and the batsmen take three runs. Gilchrist misses with an attempted cut, no run taken. No run off the last ball as well. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 6 II Score: 37/1 Faulkner into the attack now as Gilchrist gets an edge on the first ball but the ball goes past wicketkeeper for a boundary. He steers the next one for another boundary. He gets a single off the next ball to mid wicket. Marsh cuts this one to point, no run taken. He tries to steer this one as well but misses. The next ball is short again and Marsh looks to cut but can't get the ball past point. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 5 II Score: 28/1 Chandila continues as Marsh gets a single off the first ball. Gilchrist drives the next one to cover, no run taken. He steps out and tries to loft this but can't time it properly, single taken. Marsh hits this one to mid on for another single. Gilchrist forces this one to mid wicket for another single. Marsh drives the last ball to mid off, no run this time. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 4 II Score: 24/1 Sreesanth continues with one outside off stump Marsh hits it to mid off, no run. This time he finds the gap with another beautiful drive and gets a boundary. Another drive to cover, no run taken. Short this time and Marsh pulls it for a single. Short again and Gilchrsit this time pulls it away for a boundary. This one is hit straight past the bowler for another boundary. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 3 II Score: 11/1 Chandila continues with a wide one outside off stump and Marsh gets a single off it towards point. Gilchrist gets a single this time to long off. Marsh flicks this one from his pads to deep mid wicket for two runs. Marsh gets a single off the next ball. This one is hit to mid off by Gilchrist, no run taken. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 2 II Score: 6/1 Sreesanth to bowl the second over. He starts with a full delivery on the off side, Marsh plays it back to the bowler. Next ball is defended to the off side. Peach of a delivery this time and Marsh is beaten all ends up. Marsh hits this one to mid off and takes a quick single. Gilchrist defends this one on the off side, no run taken. He drives in the gap this time past mid off for a boundary. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 1 II Score: 1/1 Mandeep Singh and Adam Gilchrist are in the middle for Kings XI Punjab. Ajit Chandila will bowl the first over for Rajasthan. First ball is well flighted and Mandeep defends it to the bowler. He tries to cut the next one but is beaten. Mandeep Singh hits this one back to the bowler who takes a simple catch. Shaun Marsh is the new batsman in the middle. He defends the next two balls, no run off the over yet. He gets a single of the last ball. Mandeep Singh c and b Chandila 0(3) ==================================================================================== TOSS: Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and have decided to bowl first. Punjab (Playing XI): Adam Gilchrist(w/c), Mandeep Singh, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, David Miller, Bipul Sharma, Rajagopal Sathish, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Manpreet Gony, Parvinder Awana Rajasthan (Playing XI): Rahul Dravid(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson, Brad Hodge, Sanju Samson, Dishant Yagnik(w), Kevon Cooper, James Faulkner, Siddharth Trivedi, Ajit Chandila, S Sreesanth ==================================================================================== Kings XI Punjab needed a miracle to win their last match against Bangalore and the miracle occurred in David Miller who hit a splendid century to lead his team to a much needed victory. They will be hoping for the same magic from their frontline batsmen this time around too. Shaun Marsh and Mandeep Singh will be expected to contribute a lot more and not leave the team stranded after getting fine starts. On the bowling front Parvinder Awana and Praveen Kumar will have to fire along with Piyush Chawla. Rajasthan Royals have been very impressive this season. Their captain, Rahul Dravid, has led from the front and the advent of new players such as Sanju Samson and Stuart Binny has added to their performance. Ajinkya Rahane’s consistent performance with the bat has been vital to their success. Bowling has been a bit of concern for the Royals and they will be looking to sort it out in today’s match.