Bowlers' strangle, Maxwell flash gives Kings XI success
The Kings XI Punjab bowlers restricted Rising Pune Supergiants to a total of 163 which Glenn Maxwell, on captaincy debut, helped overhaul with an over to spare.
08/04Result
4th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Indore, Apr 8 2017
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![Rising Pune Supergiant]( "Rising Pune Supergiant")
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![Kings XI Punjab]( "Kings XI Punjab")
164/4 (19/20 ov)
Player of the Match
08/04Result
4th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Indore, Apr 8 2017
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![Rising Pune Supergiant]( "Rising Pune Supergiant")
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![Kings XI Punjab]( "Kings XI Punjab")
164/4 (19/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
BA Stokes
50(32) 2x4 - 3x6
Control %76%
- Productive Shot
- on drive
- 13 runs
- 0x4 - 1x6
GJ Maxwell
44(20) 2x4 - 4x6
Control %73%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 12 runs
- 0x4 - 2x6
Best performances - Bowlers
Imran Tahir
- O4
- M0
- R29
- W2
- Eco7.25
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Sandeep Sharma
- O4
- M0
- R33
- W2
- Eco8.25
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
Kings XI Punjab , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-17.50, Second Session 17.50-19.20
Match days
08 April 2017 - day/night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kings XI Punjab 2, Rising Pune Supergiant 0
Scorecard Summary
RISING PUNE SUPERGIANT 163/6 (20 OVERS)
- Manoj Tiwary*40 (23)
- Ben Stokes50 (32)
- Swapnil Singh1/14 (2)
- Sandeep Sharma2/33 (4)
KINGS XI PUNJAB 164/4 (19 OVERS)
- David Miller*30 (27)
- Glenn Maxwell*44 (20)
- Imran Tahir2/29 (4)
- Ashok Dinda1/26 (3)
Commentator: Karthik Krishnaswamy
END OF OVER:19 | 7 Runs | PBKS: 164/4 | RR: 8.63
- Glenn Maxwell44 (20b)
- David Miller30 (27b)
- Ben Stokes4-0-32-0
- Ashok Dinda3-0-26-1
That's it from the first game of today's double-header. Switch over to Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils which will be under way in about 15 minutes. Good night, from here, and see you soon.
Glenn Maxwell: "Nice to start off with a new home ground and get some joy. We haven't had fruitful seasons recently so it was nice. It was a clean slate for the team, we came with blank minds and had plans for all their batsmen. We can't control the past, only the future. We practiced well and got around 230 in one of the practice games, so it felt nice to restrict them to 163. It's better to chase here, to know how to pace it and keep wickets in the back end."
Glenn Maxwell is the Man of the Match.
Steven Smith: "Probably wasn't quite enough. The wicket hardened up a bit, came on a bit nicer in the second innings. Was hard work in the afternoon, wicket was a bit tacky. We needed more, but we did well to get what we got after our start. We probably needed to play a bit more aggressively, without fear, should have gone a bit harder. 160 was reasonable, but we probably needed more than that."
Suresh: "If these two play like this, surely Kings XI have a chance like 2014, but missing Sehwag's starts."
7.25pm Pune remain win-less while batting first. Their total, 163 on a good batting pitch, was really not challenging enough today. Kings XI got themselves into a bit of trouble after their promotion of Axar Patel went wrong for them, but Maxwell and Miller did what Maxwell and Miller are renowned for, putting on an unbroken 79 off 52 to steer them home comfortably. Maxwell ends up with 44 off 20, and I now realise Miller faced seven balls more than his captain today.
18.6
1
Stokes to Maxwell, 1 run, full on off stump, and that is that. A straight-bat push to the left of midwicket, off a full ball on off stump, and a quick single
One to win now.
18.6
1w
Stokes to Maxwell, 1 wide, predictably, given the field, a bouncer, and he loses his line and whangs it a long way down the leg side while taking a tumble in his follow-through
Two to win. Will this be the last ball? Mid-on and mid-off inside the circle.
18.5
1
Stokes to Miller, 1 run, wide yorker, slashed away, thick edge down to third man
18.4
0
Stokes to Miller, no run, sees him coming down the track and cramps him with a slower ball into the body. Defends with a straight bat into the covers
18.3
0
Stokes to Miller, no run, wide yorker, Miller gets down low, looks for the flat-bat slap, and misses
18.2
4
Stokes to Miller, FOUR, short, gets up to chest height, and Miller is back and across in a flash to pull it, bat coming from up to down, and swivels to place it to the left of deep square leg. Super shot
Match Coverage
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Sharma duo stifles powerful Pune with the ball
Sandeep Sharma and Mohit Sharma's neat display early on pegged Pune on the back foot and restricted them to just 163
Star of the match - Breezy Maxwell floors Rising Pune
In his first game as Kings XI Punjab's captain, Glenn Maxwell shut the door on Rising Pune Supergiant with an unbeaten and typically innovative 20-ball 44
Bowlers' strangle, Maxwell flash gives Kings XI success
The Kings XI Punjab bowlers restricted Rising Pune Supergiants to a total of 163 which Glenn Maxwell, on captaincy debut, helped overhaul with an over to spare.
