IPL-4 (13th April): Sensational Valthaty wins it for Kings

By Team Bellevision
Bellevision Media Network

Mohali, 13 April 2011: Chasing a massive 189-run target posted by Chennai Super Kings, Kings XI Punjab got off to a flier as their openers - Adam Gilchrist and Paul Valthaty - declared an all out attack from the outset at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Wednesday. Earlier, recovering after the two early blows by Praveen Kumar, Chennai Super Kings raised to a huge 188/4.

 

Opener Murali Vijay (74 off 43 balls) and S Badrinath shared an impeccable 124-run stand for the third wicket and played important roles in taking Chennai to over 180 after Adam Gilchrist won the toss and asked Chennai to bat first. Chennai skipper MS Dhoni joined the run riot in the end overs by swatting 43 runs off just 20 balls.

 

Praveen Kumar gave Kings XI Punjab a dream start, taking two Chennai Super Kings’ wicket in the very first over of the innings. The swing bowler first trapped Chennai’s last-match hero Srikkanth Anirudha on the very first delivery and followed it up by getting Suresh Raina caught at short mid-wickeet.

 

The other two wickets were snapped by Australian Ryan Harris and leg-spinner Piyush Chawla. Kumar troubled the Chennai batsmen with his swing and nagging line and length. After surviving an early scare by Kumar, Badrinath kept the Chennai scoreboard ticking with well-stolen singles and occasional boundaries.

 

 

Vijay, who was at the other end during the devastating opening overs, held his nerve and made sure that his side didn’t lose more wickets. And once seeing the opening spell of Kumar and Harris, the two Chennai batsmen treated the other Punjab bowlers with disdain.

 

Vijay was more aggressive between the two, hitting boundaries at will. The opening batsman raised to his fifty in just 34 balls with a huge six over mid-wicket region. Badrinath, on the other hand, didn’t mind playing second fiddle to Vijay.

 

Vijay was finally stumped of the bowling of Piyush Chawla but not before the right-handed batsman brutally dismantled the Punjab bowlers. Once Vijay departed, Badrinath took the charge of thrashing the opposition bowlers. He completed his fifty in 46 deliveries and remained unbeaten. Dhoni, too, opened his hands after Vijay’s departure and hit 22 runs in the last over of Kumar’s spell. 

 

Match Summary

Indian Premier League 2011 Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings, 9th match Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh, April 13, 2011

Match Information Toss: Kings XI Punjab (Elected to field) Match Status: Kings XI Punjab won by 6 wkts

Batting: Kings XI Punjab Innings

Batsmen Kings XI Punjab (193/4 in 19.1 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Paul Valthaty not out 120 63 19 2 190.48 Adam Gilchrist (c) (wk) c S Randiv b A Morkel 19 15 2 0 126.67 Shaun Marsh run out (S Anirudha/S Randiv) 12 14 0 0 85.71 Sunny Singh c S Jakati b S Randiv 20 11 2 1 181.82 Abhishek Nayar lbw b T Southee 0 1 0 0 0.00 Dinesh Karthik not out 21 11 2 1 190.91 Ryan McLaren             Piyush Chawla             Praveen Kumar             Bhargav Bhatt             Ryan Harris             Extras: b - 0, w - 1, nb - 0, lb - 0 1   Total:(193 for 4 in 19.1 overs) 193 Run Rate: 10.07

Fall Of Wickets

1/61 (Adam Gilchrist, 5.5 ov.), 2/100 (Shaun Marsh, 10.1 ov.), 3/136 (Sunny Singh, 13.6 ov.), 4/136 (Abhishek Nayar, 14.1 ov.)

Bowling: Chennai Super Kings

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Ravichandran Ashwin 4 0 37 0 0 1 9.2 Tim Southee 4 0 33 1 0 0 8.2 Albie Morkel 3 0 38 1 0 0 12.7 Suraj Randiv 4 0 32 1 0 0 8.0 Scott Styris 1 0 13 0 0 0 13.0 Shadab Jakati 2.1 0 28 0 0 0 12.9 Suresh Raina 1 0 12 0 0 0 12.0

Batting: Chennai Super Kings Innings

Batsmen Chennai Super Kings (188/4 in 20 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Srikkanth Anirudha lbw b P Kumar 0 1 0 0 0.00 Murali Vijay st A Gilchrist b P Chawla 74 43 6 4 172.09 Suresh Raina c P Valthaty b P Kumar 0 1 0 0 0.00 Subramaniam Badrinath not out 66 56 8 0 117.86 MS Dhoni (c) (wk) b R Harris 43 20 4 2 215.00 Scott Styris             Albie Morkel             Ravichandran Ashwin             Suraj Randiv             Tim Southee             Shadab Jakati             Extras: b - 0, w - 1, nb - 1, lb - 3 5   Total:(188 for 4 in 20 overs) 188 Run Rate: 9.40

Fall Of Wickets

1/0 (Srikkanth Anirudha, 0.1 ov.), 2/0 (Suresh Raina, 0.2 ov.), 3/124 (Murali Vijay, 14.5 ov.), 4/188 (MS Dhoni, 19.6 ov.)

Bowling: Kings XI Punjab

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Praveen Kumar 4 1 37 2 0 0 9.2 Ryan Harris 4 0 25 1 0 0 6.2 Ryan McLaren 4 0 31 0 1 0 7.8 Piyush Chawla 3 0 33 1 0 0 11.0 Abhishek Nayar 2 0 24 0 0 0 12.0 Bhargav Bhatt 3 0 35 0 0 1 11.7