Full Match Highlights: IPL 2012 - KXIP vs PW, Match 14

IPL 2012: Kings XI Punjab Team

Captain: Adam Gilchrist

Indian Players: Abhishek Nayar, Amit Yadav, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Harmeet Singh Bansal, Mandeep Singh, Nitin Saini, Paras Dogra, Parvinder Awana, Paul Valthaty, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, R Sathish, Shalabh Srivastava, Siddharth Chitnis, Sunny Singh, Vikramjeet Malik, Ramesh Powar

International Players: David Hussey, David Miller, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Nathan Rimmington, Ryan Harris, Shaun Marsh, Stuart Broad, James Faulkner, Azhar Mahmood

Coach: Michael Bevan

IPL T20 Cricket 2012: Kings XI Punjab - Schedule

Date    Match Details    Time    Place
Apr 06    Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals 20:00    Jaipur
Apr 08    Kings XI Punjab v Pune Warriors 20:00    Pune
Apr 12    Kings XI Punjab v Pune Warriors    20:00    Chandigarh
Apr 15    Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders    16:00    Kolkata
Apr 18    Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders    20:00    Chandigarh
Apr 20    Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Banglore   20:00    Chandigarh
Apr 22    Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians    16:00    Mumbai
Apr 25    Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians    16:00    Chandigarh
Apr 28    Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings    16:00    Chennai
May 02    Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Banglore    20:00    Bengaluru
May 05    Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals    20:00    Chandigarh
May 08    Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers    20:00    Hyderabad
May 13    Kings XI Punjab v Deccan Chargers    20:00    Chandigarh
May 15    Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils    20:00    Delhi
May 17    Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings    16:00    Dharamsala
May 19    Kings XI Punjab v Delhi Daredevils    16:00    Dharamsala
May 22    TBC v TBC, Q 1 (1st v 2nd)    20:00    Bengaluru
May 23    TBC v TBC, Eli (3rd v 4th)    20:00    Bengaluru
May 25    TBC v TBC, Q 2(L.o.Q1 v W.o.Eli.)    20:00    Chennai
May 27    TBC v TBC, Final    20:00    Chennai

Full Match Highlights: IPL 2012 - PW vs KXIP, Match 8

Full Match Highlights: IPL 2012 - RR vs KXIP, MATCH04

Match-8:Pune Warriors continued their winning run

 

 

Pune Warriors maintained their winning habit,beating Kings XI Punjab by 22 runs,thanks to Marlon Samuels who smacked 46 off 38 balls, hitting four fours and two sixes.Uthappa made 40 off 33 balls, with two fours and two sixes.Smith smashed three sixes in his 25.Skipper Sourav Ganguly got them off to a good start,making 20 runs off 18 balls.

Chasing 166 runs,Kings XI Punjab had the worst start,as they lost their both openers quickly.Bipul Sharma smashed 35 off 18 in the end,but failed to guide Punjab to a victory.

Match 4:Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI Punjab by 31 runs

 

An excellent inning of 98 by Rahane helped Rajasthan to register a victory against Punjab by 31 runs in Jaipur.Rahane smashed 16 fours and one six.Batting first, Rajasthan made 191 for four.

Kings XI Punjab were restricted to 160 for nine in reply.Mandeep Singh (34 in 25 balls)and Brad Hodge (21) were the top scorers.Cooper took four for 26.

Match-67:Kings XI Punjab's Play-off Chance Is Over

 

The Deccan Chargers beat the Kings XI Punjab by 82 runs at Dharamsala. Shikhar Dhawan hammered 95 in 57 balls,hitting nine fours and a six and Ravi Teja smashed 60 off 41 balls, hitting five fours and two sixes to help Chargers to make a huge total of 198 for two.

Kings XI were dismissed for 116, despite Gilchrist storked 51in 37 balls,hitting six fours and two sixes.Amit Mishra picked up four wickets for nine which included a hat-trick.no other batsman could score much.

It is now clear that the play-offs will now be played between the Chennai Super Kings, the Kolkata Knight Riders, the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Mumbai Indians.

Match-63:Gilchrist’s Ton Guided Kings XI Punjab To A Huge Win

 

 

Adam Gilchrist hammered a century making 106 runs off only 55 balls, including eight fours and nine sixes-his second in IPL as the Kings XI Punjab registered a huge 111-run victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore at mountainous Dharamsala.Shaun Marsh smashed 79 runs off 49 balls,hitting seven fours and five sixes.Johan van der Wath stroked a quick 30 runs, hitting three sixes and three fours in the later stage to

help Kings XI to post a giant total of  232 runs.

Chasing a huge total,the Royal Challengers Bangalore were dismissed on just 121.AB de Villiers top scored with 34 runs off 27 balls, with three fours and one six.

Match-60:Kings XI Beat Delhi By 29 Runs

 

 

Paul Valthaty hammered 62 runs off 50 balls, with six fours and three sixes to guide the Kings XI to a 29-run victory over the Delhi Daredevils at cool and beautiful Dharamsala. Marsh smashed 46 runs off 28 balls, including five fours and three sixes.

Dinesh Karthik stroked vital  27 off 19 balls to help Kings XI to finish at 170 for six from their 20 overs.

In reply,from Delhi Daredevils,David Warner and Naman Ojha put on 52 for the first wicket.But after that they lost the wickets regularly and Delhi was reduced to Delhi had been reduced to 141 for eight thanks to Piyush Chawla who took three wickets.

Match-57:Kings XI Punjab Beat Kerala

 

 

 

The Kings XI Punjab registered a much-needed victory over Kochi Tuskers Kerala by six-wickets in Kochi. Dinesh Karthik hammered 69 runs in just 33 balls,smashing five maximums and seven boundaries to guide Punjab to a win with seven balls to spare.Shaun Marsh contributed with 42 in 30 balls.

Earlier,Mahela Jayawardene scored an excellent half-century to guide Kochi to 178 for seven.He hit eight fours and two sixes in his 76 off 52 balls.He was well supported by opening partner Brendon McCullum,who smacked 32 runs and Owais Shah, who hit 23 in 12 deliveries. Bipul Sharma picked up two wickets for Punjab.

Match-54:Kings XI Crushed Mumbai Indians

 

 

The Kings XI Punjab thrashed Mumbai Indians by 76-runs at Mohali.Adam Gilchrist made 28 off 28 balls.Marsh smacked 43 in 34 balls and Dinesh Karthik stroked 31 in 24 deliveries.

Lasith Malinga took two for 24 for Mumbai.

Chasing 164 to win,Mumbai side was dismissed for just 87,thanks to Young Let-arm  spinner Bhargav Bhatt returned with figures of four for 22,taking the wickets of Kieron Pollard (17), Harbhajan Singh (12), Dhawal Kulkarni (2) and Munaf Patel (0).

Match-51:Pune Warriors Beat Kings XI Punjab by 5 wickets

 

 

 

Yuvraj Singh led his side to victory as Pune Warriors ended their seven match losing run beating Kings XI by 5 wickets at Mohali.Yuvraj made quickfire 35 off 15 balls, with five fours and two sixes.Robin Uthappa was made 22 vital runs.

Kings XI won the toss and chose to bat first.Paul Valthaty made 23 runs off 22 balls,including four fours in his own style.Shaun Marsh top scored in the innings,making 32 runs off 28 balls with three fours and one six.Kings XI could only manage 119 for eight in their 20 overs.Rahul Sharma took two wickets for Pune.

Match-47:Chris Gayle Crushed Kings XI Punjab

 

 

 

Chris Gayle's terrific century helped the Royal Challengers Bangalore to beat Kings XI Punjab by 85-runs.He smashed 107 runs,hitting ten fours and nine huge sixes.he faced just 49 balls to reach three figures,which is the second time in IPL.Virat Kohli contributed with 27 and AB de Villiers made 27.Ryan Harris took three wickets for Punjab. 

The Kings XI’s batting collapsed thanks to Sreenath Aravind, who took four for 14 and Gayle,grabbed three for 21.Ryan McLaren (28),Paul Valthaty (21), Dinesh Karthik (20) were the top scorers for Punjab.

Match-40:Mumbai Indians Outclassed Kings XI Punjab

 

 

Mumbai Indians beat the Kings XI Punjab by twenty-three runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai,thanks to crucial half centuries by Sachin Tendulkar and Ambati Rayudu.Tendulkar’s fifty-one runs came off forty-five balls while Rayudu scored fifty-one runs from thirty-seven balls.Pollard smashed quick twenty runs.The Mumbai Indians posted total of around 159. Piyush Chawla and Ryan Harris picked up a couple of wickets each.

Marsh hammered sixty-one runs from forty-seven balls for Punjab.But  Lasith Malinga  strike twice as did Harbhajan Singh to restrict the Kings XI Punjab to 139.

Match-37:Kolkata Knight Riders crushed Kings XI Punjab

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by 8 wickets at Eden Gardens.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and choose to Field first.
Dinesh Karthik was the top scorer from Kings XI Punjab batting innings,who made 42 runs in 42 balls with the help of 4 fours.
Kolkata Knight Riders made 34 runs for the loss of 2 wicket in their first power play of 6 overs. Kolkata Knight Riders scored their first 50 runs in 10.4 overs.Captain Gautam Gambhir was the top scorer from Kolkata Knight Riders batting innings. He made 45 runs in 44 ball including 4 boundries.

Iqbal Abdulla (Kolkata Knight Riders) was declared Man of the Match for his bowling efforts.

Match-26:Delhi Daredevils Beat Kings XI Punjab by 29 runs

 

The Delhi Daredevils beat the Kings XI Punjab by 29 runs,thanks to Virender Sehwag who hammered  77 off 35 balls with eight fours and four sixes and Warner who blasted 77 runs off 48 balls with seven fours and four sixes.Venugopal Rao scored 28 runs off just 15 balls and Naman Ojha made 19 balls off eight, with two sixes, to help Delhi to reach a huge total of 231.

Chasing a mammoth 232 for victory,Shaun Marsh blasted 95 runs, made off only 46 balls with nine fours and six big sixes. But it was not enough, to beat Delhi Daredevils.

Match-23:Kings XI crushed Rajasthan Royals by 48 runs

 

 

Shaun Marsh top scored with 71 off 42 balls with six fours and three sixes,as the Kings XI Punjab scored a big win by 48 runs over the Rajasthan Royals in Mohali.Earlier,Kings XI got off to a sensational start bringing up the first 50 runs in only three overs.Gilchrist made 28 runs off 16 balls with four fours and one six.but the real damage was done by  Valthaty-the volcano who made 46 runs off 31 balls,including four fours and three sixes.He took apart Trivedi’s second over for 25 runs.The score read 67 runs in only 4.2 overs.

Chasing a mammoth total of 196 runs,Rajasthan lost their openers for 18.
Shane Watson scored four boundaries in his score of 24 runs.Menaria contributed with 34 runs while Binny and Raut contributed 30 and 25 respectively. In the end, the huge chase proved too much for them.

Match-15:Valthaty Starred Again As Kings XI Beat Chargers

 

Kings XI Punjab continued their winning habit in the IPL 2011 as they crushed Deccan Chargers by eight wickets at Hyderabad,thanks to Paul Valthaty’s 75 off 47 balls, with eight fours and five sixes and Gilchrist’s 61 off 46 balls,including five fours and three sixes, chasing a stiff 166-run target.

Earlier, Valthaty stole the show with a dazzling display with the ball as well taking 4 wickets for 29 from his four overs.Sangakkara made 35 runs off 28 balls and Dhawan made 45 runs off 36 balls for  Deccan. Deccan just managed to reach 165 for eight in 20 overs. Ryan McLaren took two wickets.

Match-9:Kings beat Superkings

 

Paul Valthaty blasted an excellant century to guide the Kings XI Punjab to a magnificent six-wicket victory over the IPL-3 champions, the Chennai Super Kings.He hit 19 fours and two sixes in his match-winning knock of 120 not out in just 63 balls to help the Kings XI Punjab to achieve the big total of 189. Tim Southee, Albie Morkel and Suraj Randiv all picked up a wicket apiece.

Earlier, Kings XI made an excellent start to the match, stunning the champions when Praveen Kumar removed Anirudha Srikkanth and Suresh Raina for golden ducks with the first two balls of the match. Chennai reached the score of 188, with the help of  a century partnership between Murali Vijay, who made 74 in 43 balls and Subramaniam Badrinath, who struck 66 not out in 56 balls. Mahendra Singh Dhoni made an important 43 in 20 balls in the later stage of the inning,hitting four fours and two sixes .