Tuesday, May 19, 2009

KXIPunjab Vs Deccan Chargers

Match date :- 17.05.2009
Punjab won against deccan chargers


Rudra Pratap Singh is the top wicket-taker in the IPL 2009 - 19 wickets at 16.89 in 13 matches, is the leading wicket-taker in the IPL 2009, surpassing Lasith Malinga's tally of 17 at 16.11 runs apiece in 12 games.
· Adam Gilchrist has taken his run-aggregate to 395 at an average of 30.38 in 13 matches - the second best after Matthew Hayden (546) in the second edition.
· Sangakkara (56 off 43 balls) posted his second fifty in the IPL 2009 - his sixth in the IPL.
· Sangakkara is the top run-scorer for Kings XI Punjab - 645 (33.94) in 23 matches, surpassing Yuvraj's runs tally of 633 at an average of 26.37 in 28 games.
· Sangakkara is the second player after Yuvraj Singh (334) to make 300 runs in the IPL 2009 for Kings XI Punjab - 325 at an average of 32.50 in 13 matches.
· Ramesh Powar (2/11) has produced his best IPL performance, bettering the two for 22 against Delhi at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi last year.
· Yuvraj Singh is the first bowler to have recorded two hat-tricks in the IPL. He had first achieved the distinction against Royal Challengers Bangalore at East London on May 1,2009.
· Amit Mishra, Lakshmipathy Balaji and Makhaya Ntini had achieved the feat in the IPL 2008 while Yuvraj and Rohit Sharma performed the feat in the IPL 2009.
· Yuvraj has produced his best bowling performance - 3 for 13 - eclipsing the 3 for 22 against Bangalore at East London on May 1,2009.
· Rohit Sharma has played another excellent innings of 42 off 26 balls, taking his runs tally to 321 at an average of 29.18 in 13 games in the second edition.
· Yuvraj has been adjudged the MOM for the second time in the IPL.
· Kings XI Punjab have registered their seventh victory in 13 matches.
· Kings XI Punjab have won all their four games against Deccan Chargers - by 7 wickets at Hyderabad; by 6 wickets at Mohali, by 3 wickets at Kimberley and by one run at Johannesburg.
· With their one-run triumph, Kings XI Punjab have recorded the narrowest victory margin in the second edition of the IPL, thus becoming the only side to post two one-run wins.
· Kings XI Punjab had first won a game by one run against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on May 21, 2008.
· Deccan Chargers' 133 for eight is their lowest total against Kings XI Punjab.
· Kings XI Punjab (134/7) have registered their lowest score against Deccan Chargers.