17 May
Yuvraj Singh drag into bag of tricks to better claim a one-run win
Posted in About IPL, Cricket by M S TuliJOHANNESBURG: Kings XI Punjab captain Yuvraj Singh though backed himself at a decisive moment that suited in the match, claimed a owned hat-trick, kept his better cool under pressure in the death over to thus stop Rohit Sharma from pinching a better second fairytale victory in two days that in the DLF Indian Premier League here on Sunday.
Yuvraj Singh’s second hat-trick that of the tournament, straddling though two overs, saw him a claim the wickets of Herscelle Gibbs, and Andrew Symonds and Venugopal Rao to star a in his team’s successful defence of their below-par score that of 134 for seven in 20 overs. Of course that Irfan Pathan emerged hero too by bowling Rohit Sharma that with a slower one in the final over.
The result that allowed Kings XI Punjab stay in the hunt for a semifinal place right with 14 points from 13 matches, the same as Deccan Chargers. Kings XI Punjab have that game on hand against Chennai Super Kings (May 20) while in IPL 2009 Deccan Chargers’s final game will be against Royal Challengers Bangalore (May 21).
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