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  • 15 Apr

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    Kings XI Punjab Went to Thrilling Win against Kolkata Knight Riders

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    A thrilling win by 2 runs in Eden Garden, proved that Kings XI Punjab cannot be counted as the weak team.  Harmeet Singh who kept his composure during this match bowled the final over and was wining over against  Kolkata Knight Riders.

    Chasing the modest 135 runs, KKR managed to reach the score, but a superb bowling performance from Harmeet Singh gave the momentum to Kings XI.

    Debabrata Das (35) to whom this was the first edition played an intelligent match with some lusty blows around.

    From Kings XI, along with Harmeet, even Praveen Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Bhargav Bhatt also bowled very well helping the team to have a thrilling win at least.

    From KKR, Bisla (27) and Manoj Tiwary (20) added 43 runs of partnership for the third wicket. Even Pathan tried to create some stir with scores but could manage to do.

    Narine was the best in bowling department with five wickets for KKR and restricted Kings to score 134 for nine.

    Kings couldn’t manage to judge his bowling and fall prey to him. Even Gilchrist couldn’t set well against his bowling. Kings XI found themselves struggling to make partnership.

    Sunil Narine after being the Man of the Match said, “My dad actually named me after you. I am enjoying the IPL so far. When I bowling just think of containing and bowling at the right areas. I have all my mates on BBM so I keep in touch with them with what’s happening in the West Indies and their matches.”

    Team Squad:

    Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautham Gambhir,  Jacques Kallis, Manvinder Bisla, Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Debabrata Das, Rajat Bhatia, Sunil Narine, Jaidev Unadkat

    Kings XI Punjab: Adam Gilchrist, Paras Dogra, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Mandeep Singh, Piyush Chawla,  Dimitri Mascarenhas, Bipul Sharma, Praveen, Bhargav Bhatt, Harmeet Singh

  • 06 Apr

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    Rajasthan May Have a Grip over Kings XI Punjab

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    The fourth match in this IPL5 season will be played between two under rated teams Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab, which is led by captain-cum –Coach Adam Gilchrist, at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.

    This year, Royals team will be backed by recently retired from International cricket Rahul Dravid, as Shane Warne called quit in the last season. Dravid will be having a tough time in this season as the team has some unproven players and also will be missing Shane Watson due to his international commitments.

    Rajasthan Royals have to be depended on players like Dravid, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Menaria and Faiz Fazal, including overseas players like Brad Hodge, Paul Collinwood and Owais Shah.

     

    On the balling department, Royals will be heavily depended on Sreesanth and Shaun Tait, who will be backed by Siddharth Trivedi and seamer Amit Singh.

    Kings XI Punjab, on the other hand haven’t auctioned for any high class players, thus making them weak against Royals. Team has to be depended on destructive players like Paul Valthaty, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, David Miller and Abhishek Nayar.

    Also there is a former Pakistani all rounder Azhar Mahmood in Kings XI squad, whom to fit in means dropping one international player.  Moreover, Punjab will be without pacer Ryan Harris, who is into his international commitment, which means Indian pacer Praveen Kumar will have a good chance in the bowling department.

    Kings XI Punjab haven’t had any good IPL season till date, whereas IPL inaugural winner Rajasthan Royals had a on and off seasons, which means it still has the potential to have a grip on Kings XI Punjab.