Punjab Kings XI records a stunning victory over Deccan Chargers beating them by 3 Wickets
It is very good team effort by Kings XI Punjab, fighting till the final over to beat Deccan Chargers by 3 wickets. Batsmen stood bravely to stave off the challenge posed by bowlers of Deccan Chargers during anxious moments, to reach the target of 169 runs with one ball to spare. All the batsmen contributed their mite including fairly good scores of Mahela Jayawardane (43); Sunny Sohal (30) Kumar Sangakkara (25); Yuvaraj Singh (18) and Irfan Pathan (10). Special mention should be made about Brett Lee (14 not out), the Australian bowling star brought to the team from this match, in withering out the dangers in the last overs to see their side sail home.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field. Andrew Symonds, the Australian batsman scored 60 not out to put up the big total, ably assisted by other batsmen like Venugopal Rao (32); Suman (27) and Captain Gillchrist (20).
Mahela Jayawardane was the Man of the Match.
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