Kings XI vs Guj Lions, 26th match at Rajkot, Apr 23 2017, Indian Premier League

RESULT
26th match (D/N), Rajkot, April 23, 2017, Indian Premier League
(20 ov, T:189) 162/7

Kings XI won by 26 runs

Player Of The Match
65 (40)
hashim-amla
Cricinfo's MVP
90.51 ptsImpact List
axar-patel
Match centre 
Comms: Alagappan Muthu
Scorecard summary
Kings XI Punjab 188/7(20 overs)
65 (40)
2/35 (4)
34 (17)
1/7 (2)
Gujarat Lions 162/7(20 overs)
2/24 (4)
32 (24)
2/36 (4)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
PLAYERTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
PBKS90.5134(17)38.3242.962/362.6747.54
PBKS84.7565(40)7684.75--0
GL71.0922(12)23.4921.822/352.4449.27
GL50.2958(44)61.7650.29--0
GL46.98--01/71.6746.98
end of over 209 runs
GL: 162/7CRR: 8.10 
Dinesh Karthik58 (44b 6x4)
Basil Thampi11 (10b 1x4)
Sandeep Sharma 4-0-40-2
Mohit Sharma 4-0-25-1

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"Very good toss to lose. Wicket got a bit slower and our bowlers bowled really well. Got some wickets in the Poweplay and we were clinical," Glenn Maxwell says after Kings XI have successfully defended their first total this season, "Amla and Marsh are outstanding. Classical batsmen, and for them to get as deep as they did, it allowed the hitters to play their game. Making handy contributions most games, but I would like to make a bit more to make it easier on the lower order. I can't say enough about Cariappa, he bowled the right lengths, him and Axar Patel did a great holding job and kept the run-rate up for them. We have a great group of guys who are easily motivated. The guys have celebrated Hashim and Manan's outstanding innings the other day. I'm uncertain of Hashim's fitness issues, he was pretty sore when I was out there batting with him. Anytime you lose a run of games in a row, you desperately need to turn it around. For us to win this game, after losing the game, on a good wicket, I'm pleased about the character they showed."

Hashim Amla is the Man of the Match for his second fifty-plus score in two matches. He isn't at the presentation.

7.30 pm The toss didn't go Kings XI's way. The middle overs didn't go their way either. But an Amla fifty at the top and Axar's brilliance towards the end of their batting innings gave them a good total to bowl at. But their bowling has been iffy all season and 189 didn't seem impossible for Gujarat Lions. Axar took those odds on again, dismissing Suresh Raina when he was going strong, and then nipped Dwayne Smith out in the death. KC Cariappa was also very good with his offspinners and carrom balls. Finished with 2 for 24. On the back of all that, Kings XI have moved into the top four.

Good innings from Dinesh Karthik though. He picked the right shots to play up against a bowling attack executing their plans to bowl wide yorkers very well. But he just doesn't have a power-hitter's game and that ended up hurting him. ESPNcricinfo's Match Day experts Brad Hogg and Ajit Agarkar are live now, do join them here and here as they discuss this match, and preview the one between RCB and KKR.

"You can't chase 190 every time. Bowlers have to do something. We haven't won any 4 pm games. It's a learning curve for us. Spinners have to step up," Suresh Raina says, "Nathu got cramps, so I had to bowl Smith in the second last over. The bowlers are lacking confidence. They are not executing on match day, they do well in the nets, but not on match day. We thought we could still chase it down, but while we were batting, the wicket got slower and Sandeep and Mohit bowled good slower balls and made it hard for us to hit. At this stage, I can't say anything. We have to go there. Couple of injury issues, but we have to win more games, we can't just talk in training. We'll go to Bangalore, regroup and hopefully we can win"

19.6
Sandeep to Karthik, no run

there it is. Yorker zips past Karthik outside off and Kings XI have finally defended a total this season

19.5
1
Sandeep to Thampi, 1 run

yorker just outside off. All that can be done to that is a chop towards cover

19.4
1
Sandeep to Karthik, 1 run

slower short ball down leg, Karthik pulls to long leg

19.3
1
Sandeep to Thampi, 1 run

full and just outside off, Thampi swings it over to deep midwicket

19.2
2
Sandeep to Thampi, 2 runs

short delivery on off stump, Thampi walks down to it and pulls between deep square leg and deep midwicket. Miller, the substitute, racing to his right, puts in the dive and saves a boundary.

19.1
4
Sandeep to Thampi, FOUR runs

inside edge to the fine leg boundary. This is a yorker, reversing into Thampi. He goes for a whip through midwicket and gets lucky

Thirty six needed off the last over

end of over 195 runs
GL: 153/7CRR: 8.05 RRR: 36.00
Dinesh Karthik57 (42b 6x4)
Basil Thampi3 (6b)
Mohit Sharma 4-0-25-1
T Natarajan 3-0-22-0
18.6
Sharma to Karthik, no run

finishes the over with his top pace and its a dot too. Karthik tries a late cut but is beaten

18.5
1b
Sharma to Thampi, 1 bye

another slower ball, back of the hand, to the tail-ender. Good plan. Thampi slogs across the line, and misses wildly. Karthik pinches a bye

18.4
1
Sharma to Karthik, 1 run

offcutter, pitches short, and into the body. Karthik misses out on the pull. Under pressure, he doesn't hold his shape for long enough

18.3
2
Sharma to Karthik, 2 runs

full, slow, and wide outside off, Karthik waits on it and slams it between the sweeper and long-off. That's about the best a batsman can do to balls like these, and hope his timing is good. This time, it isn't

18.2
Sharma to Karthik, no run

back of the hand slower ball again, and though Karthik does pick it, under pressure to score big, he is beaten. Goes for the slog over wide long-on, against the turn of the ball, because he has to

18.1
Sharma to Karthik, no run

goes full, on fifth stump, Karthik drives it back where it came from

18.1
1w
Sharma to Karthik, 1 wide

that's harsh. Karthik moves right across off stump, his back leg is right over the wide line as he leaves the ball. The back of a length slower ball. And umpire Erasmus calls it a wide. That's just unfair

Lions need 41 off 12...

end of over 186 runs
GL: 148/7CRR: 8.22 RRR: 20.50
Basil Thampi3 (5b)
Dinesh Karthik54 (37b 6x4)
T Natarajan 3-0-22-0
Sandeep Sharma 3-0-31-2
17.6
Natarajan to Thampi, no run

full and wide outside off, Thampi tries to pierce the gap at cover, but misses. Good tactics. Tailenders can't hit the cover drives as well as they can muscle slogs

17.6
1w
Natarajan to Thampi, 1 wide

this becomes a full toss as it passes the wide line outside off. Thampi leaves and collects the extra

17.5
1
Natarajan to Karthik, 1 run

full and outside off, Karthik, now batting outside off stump because the line of attack is wide, launches it over to deep cover

17.4
1
Natarajan to Thampi, 1 run

hits the yorker outside off, Thampi gets an outside edge, Saha dives to his right but isn't able to hold on

17.3
1
Natarajan to Karthik, 1 run

looks for the full, wide yorker, as his field asks him to. DK preemts that too, moving across outside off. But it is just too wide for him to do much about. Reaches out for it and clonks to cover

Mohit now has a word with Maxi about the field. Square leg comes up. Long-on, long-off goes back. Point is back on the boundary too

17.2
1
Natarajan to Thampi, 1 run

full delivery on off stump, Thampi slogs and gets an inside edge to deep square leg

17.2
1w
Natarajan to Thampi, 1 wide

he goes for the wide yorker, but it slithers the other side of the wide line. Thampi is again, backing to leg and is left swinging wildly

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
HM Amla
65 runs (40)
9 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
cover drive
19 runs
3 fours1 six
Control
85%
KD Karthik
58 runs (44)
6 fours0 six
Productive shot
pull
16 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
87%
Best performances - bowlers
KC Cariappa
O
4
M
0
R
24
W
2
ECO
6
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
AJ Tye
O
4
M
0
R
35
W
2
ECO
8.75
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Match details
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
TossGujarat Lions, elected to field first
Series
Season2017
Player Of The Match
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 days23 April 2017 - daynight (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsKings XI Punjab 2, Gujarat Lions 0
Win Probability
KXIP 100%
KXIPGL
100%50%100%KXIP InningsGL Innings

Over 20 • GL 162/7

Kings XI won by 26 runs
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Indian Premier League

TEAMMWLPTNRR
MI14104200.784
RPS1495180.176
SRH1485170.599
KKR1486160.641
KXIP147714-0.009
DC146812-0.512
GL144108-0.412
RCB143107-1.299