While Punjab got on board on day 7 Deccan stayed on top on day 8

Clear skies welcomed King's XI in Durban for a change and thats not the first time in the day that things went according to their wish.Punjab,keeping wickets in hand never panicked while chasing down an challenging total of 169!

After Pieterson chose to bat Uthapa fell early (without troubling the scorers) but Ryder and Kallis got them off to a flier but they were pegged back when Ryder and Pieterson fell quickly as they reach 71/3 off 10 overs.After the break Dravid(uncharacteristicaly) skied one from Chawla to mid on but a well made 62 by Kallis and 35 by Taylor propel them on to 169.

Punjab started cautiously as they reached 50 in 6.1 overs.Soon after Goel fell but Bopara who got his eye in made it big scoring 84 while Sangakara n Yuvi played around him as they chased down 169.Once the required runrate reached 12 RPO(as they took it easy against Kumble w/o giving him any wicket) but Bopara n Yuvi stayed cool and put the bad balls away to score an easy win(in hind sight)!What better sight than seeing ur fav team win....[a feel good movie :) ]

On day 8 it was Deccan (unbeaten yet) against Mumbai.Its always tough to keep (an in form) openers like Gilli n Gibbs calm and it was no different today as gilli made 35 in quick time and so does Smith(35) and they were threatening to make a big score but lost their way when Gibbs was runout for 58 as it was more like a procession with the rest and finally manage only 168!

Mumbai looked well in course till Sachin n Duminy were batting...once they fell target became difficult but (not out of hand) but short cameos from Bravo,Nayar n harbhajan wasnt enough and they fell short by 12 runs as Deccan maintained their unbeaten run while rain ensured that no ball is being bowled in CSK Vs KKR encounter :(

Day 7:PKXI bt BRC by 7 wickets

Day8:Deccan bt Mumbai by 12 runs
CSK Vs KKR never happened :(

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