Punjab won a real close thriller while CSK maintained their winning streak!
Today Punjab and DC played their important match in the tournament in terms of league table...(pts),well perhaps not as important as the white pebbles which the place is very famous for (or is it?) but predicting a winner (till the last few balls) was as difficult as locating one(in a mine field here) as the IPL caravan rolls on to Kimberly(place known for diamond rush in the 18th century)!
It was more like a neck-and-neck sprint race with either team (seemed like) leading for a brief moment before it became even again and in the end it was an exhausted Punjab which crossed the line first!After putting them in to bat,Punjab never let them(DC) get away by picking up regular wickets.They(DC) had slipped to 73/4 when Symonds came in with a new look[new(no) hair do] but was at his old typical best bludgeoning 60 off 36 balls to help them post 168 and it looked like DC was in charge after the initial hiccup!
Sohal gave a blistering(but brief) start for Punjab to even things out yet again but they lost wickets regularly and at the stratergic break they were at 86/4.They kept loosing wickets after the break but a brilliant innings by Jayawardene kept them in the game but when he wasnt fast enough to a R.Teja's throw from backward point(run out) game was again evenly poised as they needed 19 off 12.But some good hitting by Lee and Chawla saw them chasing it down with a ball to spare!That i guess is the second very close win for Punjab!
Later the 2 finalist from last edition CSK played RR!RR went on at abt run a ball almost till the 13th over as no set batsman carried on to make a big score (highest was Smith's 30) and they end up at 140.In reply despite breif innings from Raina and Vijay,Hayden and Badrinath got their eye in on a pitch that was turning square(like a sub continental pitch) but the RR's spinners werent able to make a big impact once they(Hayden and Raina) both got set!When Warne left Hayden stranded in the centre (of pitch) by beating him in flight and turn(stumped) it was almost too late as they(CSK) required just 15 from 3 overs!Hayden made (an uncharacteristic) 48 off 44 balls and Badri made 59 off 41 as they won with 10 balls to spare!CSK really seems to be on a roll!watch out!
Punjab bt DC by 3 wickets.
CSK bt RR by 7 wickets.
It was more like a neck-and-neck sprint race with either team (seemed like) leading for a brief moment before it became even again and in the end it was an exhausted Punjab which crossed the line first!After putting them in to bat,Punjab never let them(DC) get away by picking up regular wickets.They(DC) had slipped to 73/4 when Symonds came in with a new look[new(no) hair do] but was at his old typical best bludgeoning 60 off 36 balls to help them post 168 and it looked like DC was in charge after the initial hiccup!
Sohal gave a blistering(but brief) start for Punjab to even things out yet again but they lost wickets regularly and at the stratergic break they were at 86/4.They kept loosing wickets after the break but a brilliant innings by Jayawardene kept them in the game but when he wasnt fast enough to a R.Teja's throw from backward point(run out) game was again evenly poised as they needed 19 off 12.But some good hitting by Lee and Chawla saw them chasing it down with a ball to spare!That i guess is the second very close win for Punjab!
Later the 2 finalist from last edition CSK played RR!RR went on at abt run a ball almost till the 13th over as no set batsman carried on to make a big score (highest was Smith's 30) and they end up at 140.In reply despite breif innings from Raina and Vijay,Hayden and Badrinath got their eye in on a pitch that was turning square(like a sub continental pitch) but the RR's spinners werent able to make a big impact once they(Hayden and Raina) both got set!When Warne left Hayden stranded in the centre (of pitch) by beating him in flight and turn(stumped) it was almost too late as they(CSK) required just 15 from 3 overs!Hayden made (an uncharacteristic) 48 off 44 balls and Badri made 59 off 41 as they won with 10 balls to spare!CSK really seems to be on a roll!watch out!
Punjab bt DC by 3 wickets.
CSK bt RR by 7 wickets.
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