that's emphatic! Short ball pulled powerfully to the deep midwicket boundary and the two Punjab batsman exchange big smiles and a hug as well
CSK vs Kings XI, 3rd match at Abu Dhabi, IPL, Apr 18 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Kings XI won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
So we've had our first run fest of the Indian T20 but the action still doesn't stop. We have Rajasthan v Hyderabad coming up in a few minutes so do stick around for that as well.
Glenn Maxwell is the Man of the Match "I play with the bowler to try and upset the bowler and find the gaps. Feels pretty good to chase down 200+ against Chennai, they're a pretty good team. Hopefully the batsmen can keep it up and the bowlers can chip in as well"
"Just try and be positive. It was a pretty good wicket. We pulled it back with the ball in the middle overs considering they were heading for 230," George Bailey says, "Maxi has been in great touch and we hope he carries on for Punjab"
"When you score 200, you have to remember the opposition has every chance of scoring it as well," says MS Dhoni. "Fantastic wicket, they batted really well. We should have done better with the ball. [Bravo going off injured] Still he was not fit to bowl today, we played him as a batsman so we were a bowler short. Batsmen did their job, bowlers should have had different plans for different individuals. Bowl right areas. The margin of error is very small. Overall it will be difficult for the bowlers. Not much spin. The game was down to the batsman, we did well but they beat us fair and square"
Danish Patel: "Entertaining it surely has been, but worrying more-so for Indian cricket! Both innings were constructed by foreign players and in both innings Indian bowlers were taken to the cleaners! "
Siddharth: "You know your bowling attack is weak when your most economical bowler of the day is Ashish Nehra!"
5.50 pm You would have thought Chennai got enough on the board after making the first 200-plus total this year, but their bowling had no answer to the wiles of Glenn Maxwell. His sweeps and reverse sweeps and switch hits and the occasional orthodox cover drives ushered Punjab to their second victory chasing over 200 in the League. Of course he was helped in his endeavor by a couple of drops and some ordinary, leg-stump bowling
in the slot and Bailey has hoicked it over the long-on boundary. Cleared his front leg and let the hands go
good length ball which grips the pitch and darts outside off, Bailey muscles a mistimed pull through midwicket
full toss outside off, Miller flashes and gets a thick outside edge to third man
switches around to the left-hander
shortish and outside off, cut away strongly to deep extra cover
Run-a-ball needed now. 12 off 12
Vikram: "@Sahil, who disagreed with people calling the Chennai attack weak. The telling stat here is that all the Chennai bowlers have gone above 10 an over. They lack a quality fast bowler and if the pitches don't favor spin, they will be regularly taken to the cleaners." Mohit is back as well
walked at the bowler who fired in a leg stump yorker, misses the flick and the stumps en route to the keeper
finds the yorker outside off and Bailey pushes it down to long-on
full and speared in on the pads, Bailey looks to swipe it away but gets struck on the pads. No appeal, would have gone well down leg
Nehra around the wicket
low full toss outside off, Miller opens the face and slices it to deep point
slower ball on off stump, Bailey isn't fooled as he dabs into the covers and rotates the strike. That's all that's needed with an equation reading 14 off 16
full toss on leg stump, picked away to deep midwicket
Wayne: "Chennai could have gone with Badree instead of either Bravo or Faf. The bowling looked slightly weak with this lineup and Badree's 4 overs could have made the difference." Nehra's back
good length ball on middle and off, he strides forward to push it down the ground to long-on
good length ball on middle and leg, turned away to deep square leg for a couple that brings Miller his fifty
over long-off this time. Punjab are in a hurry to finish this off. Another little trip down the track and though it hit the bottom of the bat, it had enough to clear the fielder in the deep
offers length and Miller has pounced. He was down the track and belts it way into the crowd behind long-on
a little more flight but he's pushing towards leg stump. Bailey works it away behind square leg
darted in on leg stump, Bailey swivels on the back foot and sweeps it down to long leg
that was clever. Waited on this shortish ball with just a little room and he dabbed it fine of short third man and it just skimmed away
fullish on off stump, eased through point to get off the mark
The captain strides out with 39 off 26 left
what a yorker! Leg stump has been uprooted. There was no room to manoevre it, which was what Maxi was trying to do with a bit of an open face but the ball just kept coming in at him and cramping him up. He also seemed a little surprised by the extra pace on that and walks off the field with his bat raised. He's missed a personal landmark, but has placed his team in a very good position
Over 19 • KXIP 206/4
Kings XI won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)