MOHALI: On a day when Australian cricketers were in the limelight, Adam Gilchrist showed his excellence all the way to outwit his compatriot Shane Warne as Kings XI Punjab won an important match of the Indian Premier League 2011 (IPL 2011) by defeating Rajasthan Royals with a margin of 48 runs at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali on Thursday.
Man of the Match: Shaun Marsh
Man of the Match: Shaun Marsh
A total of six Australia cricketers – Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Shaun Marsh, Shaun Tait, Ryan McLaren, and Shane Watson – were featuring in a match between two IPL teams led by former Aussie greats.
Batting first on a placid track, Kings XI Punjab amassed 195 runs for the loss of seven wickets from their 20 overs, thanks mainly to a gutsy and attractive knock by Shaun Marsh (71 from 41 – 6 fours, 3 sixes). It is important to mention here that it was IPL tournament where Shaun Marsh first came into limelight hitting a century for Punjab last season.
Shane Watson
Shane Watson. Courtesy: AP PHOTO
Skipper Adam Gilchrist (28 from 16 – 4 fours, 1 six) started the action with some brutal hitting while his in-form opening partner Paul Valthaty (46 from 31 – 4 fours, 3 sixes) kept capitalizing on his good run as the opening pair scored 67 runs in just 4.2 overs, giving a perfect platform to the home side.
Dinesh Karthik (21 from 16) was the last batsmen who kept the scoring rate up but after his dismissal, batting looked impotent as the hosts could manage only 25 runs from the last five overs.
Adam Gilchrist
Adam Gilchrist. Courtesy: AP PHOTO
Rajasthan Royals’ bowling was two-coloured as a couple of bowlers performed outstandingly while the other three went for two many. Shaun Tait (4-1-22-3) and Shane Watson (4-0-24-2) cumulatively went for only 46 runs from their eight overs taking five wickets. On the other hand, SK Trivedi (4-0-59-0), Shane Warne (4-0-50-1), and the fifth bowler consisting of STR Binny (2-0-18-0), AL Menaria (1-0-7-0), and AS Raut (1-0-8-0) went as a whole for 142 runs from 12 overs.
Rajasthan never looked like chasing the huge total and their wickets continued to fall like house of cards as SA Asnodkar (9 from 9), Rahul Dravid (8 from 8), Shane Watson (24 from 16 – 4 fours), STR Binny (30 from 24 – 2 fours, 1 six), and Ross Taylor (Duck) couldn’t provide the impetus at the top.
Shane Warne
Shane Warne. Courtesy: AP PHOTO
AL Menaria (34 from 26 – 2 fours, 1 six) and AS Raut (25 from 21 – 3 fours) tried to save some pride by batting out the overes as Shane Warne remained not out at five while DH Yagnik stayed not out for 10 as Rajasthan Royals scored 147 runs for seven wickets from their quota, thus falling 48 runs short of the mammoth target.
Shaun Marsh was declared Man of the Match for his beautiful half century, who told media in the presentation ceremony, “Nice, we had a great win. All the boys played well, and good feeling at the moment. First time I have got a few off him [Warne], usually he gets me out pretty early. I do enjoy playing here, great place to play cricket. Having a lot of fun at the moment.”
Elizabeth Hurley
Elizabeth Hurley. Courtesy: AP PHOTO
The winning captain, Adam Gilchrist said, “Three in a row after a poor start. Been a bit of a stop-start tournament, seems like the tournament is just beginning. Fine line, but 2 for 5 is a fair distance from being 0 for 40. Paul backed himself, and Shaun was brilliant. Not too bad [personal form]. It’s all helter skelter, don’t know much about form in this form of the game.”
The losing captain Shane Warne was a little skeptical of his team’s performance with his girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley watching from the stands as he said, “Not the ideal starts. Two no-balls could have been two wickets. After that we lost our way. Adam and Paul played really. We pulled them back a bit, but we got off to an ordinary start ourselves. Trying to stay calm [when the no-balls happened], but it’s not easy. Something you can’t do in Twenty20 cricket. We got outplayed, we didn’t do a lot of basic stuff well.”
This was the third straight victory for Punjab who started the tournament with two back-to-back losses. A victory by big margin propelled the Kings XI Punjab on top of the league standing with Mumbai Indian both winning three of their matches.
Man of the Match: Shaun Marsh
Man of the Match: Shaun Marsh
A total of six Australia cricketers – Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Shaun Marsh, Shaun Tait, Ryan McLaren, and Shane Watson – were featuring in a match between two IPL teams led by former Aussie greats.
Batting first on a placid track, Kings XI Punjab amassed 195 runs for the loss of seven wickets from their 20 overs, thanks mainly to a gutsy and attractive knock by Shaun Marsh (71 from 41 – 6 fours, 3 sixes). It is important to mention here that it was IPL tournament where Shaun Marsh first came into limelight hitting a century for Punjab last season.
Shane Watson
Shane Watson. Courtesy: AP PHOTO
Skipper Adam Gilchrist (28 from 16 – 4 fours, 1 six) started the action with some brutal hitting while his in-form opening partner Paul Valthaty (46 from 31 – 4 fours, 3 sixes) kept capitalizing on his good run as the opening pair scored 67 runs in just 4.2 overs, giving a perfect platform to the home side.
Dinesh Karthik (21 from 16) was the last batsmen who kept the scoring rate up but after his dismissal, batting looked impotent as the hosts could manage only 25 runs from the last five overs.
Adam Gilchrist
Adam Gilchrist. Courtesy: AP PHOTO
Rajasthan Royals’ bowling was two-coloured as a couple of bowlers performed outstandingly while the other three went for two many. Shaun Tait (4-1-22-3) and Shane Watson (4-0-24-2) cumulatively went for only 46 runs from their eight overs taking five wickets. On the other hand, SK Trivedi (4-0-59-0), Shane Warne (4-0-50-1), and the fifth bowler consisting of STR Binny (2-0-18-0), AL Menaria (1-0-7-0), and AS Raut (1-0-8-0) went as a whole for 142 runs from 12 overs.
Rajasthan never looked like chasing the huge total and their wickets continued to fall like house of cards as SA Asnodkar (9 from 9), Rahul Dravid (8 from 8), Shane Watson (24 from 16 – 4 fours), STR Binny (30 from 24 – 2 fours, 1 six), and Ross Taylor (Duck) couldn’t provide the impetus at the top.
Shane Warne
Shane Warne. Courtesy: AP PHOTO
AL Menaria (34 from 26 – 2 fours, 1 six) and AS Raut (25 from 21 – 3 fours) tried to save some pride by batting out the overes as Shane Warne remained not out at five while DH Yagnik stayed not out for 10 as Rajasthan Royals scored 147 runs for seven wickets from their quota, thus falling 48 runs short of the mammoth target.
Shaun Marsh was declared Man of the Match for his beautiful half century, who told media in the presentation ceremony, “Nice, we had a great win. All the boys played well, and good feeling at the moment. First time I have got a few off him [Warne], usually he gets me out pretty early. I do enjoy playing here, great place to play cricket. Having a lot of fun at the moment.”
Elizabeth Hurley
Elizabeth Hurley. Courtesy: AP PHOTO
The winning captain, Adam Gilchrist said, “Three in a row after a poor start. Been a bit of a stop-start tournament, seems like the tournament is just beginning. Fine line, but 2 for 5 is a fair distance from being 0 for 40. Paul backed himself, and Shaun was brilliant. Not too bad [personal form]. It’s all helter skelter, don’t know much about form in this form of the game.”
The losing captain Shane Warne was a little skeptical of his team’s performance with his girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley watching from the stands as he said, “Not the ideal starts. Two no-balls could have been two wickets. After that we lost our way. Adam and Paul played really. We pulled them back a bit, but we got off to an ordinary start ourselves. Trying to stay calm [when the no-balls happened], but it’s not easy. Something you can’t do in Twenty20 cricket. We got outplayed, we didn’t do a lot of basic stuff well.”
This was the third straight victory for Punjab who started the tournament with two back-to-back losses. A victory by big margin propelled the Kings XI Punjab on top of the league standing with Mumbai Indian both winning three of their matches.
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