Mohali, Apr 12: Kings XI Punjab opened their account in IPL 5 by defeating Pune Warriors by seven wickets at the PCA Stadium on Thursday night.
Scorecard: IPL 5: Game 14: Kings XI Punjab Vs Pune Warriors
The Game 14 of IPL 5 was the first home game for Punjab and their won after two losses in the opening two games.
Here are the highlights of this game
# This is the first win for Kings XI Punjab over Pune Warriors in four attempts
# Dmitri Mascarenhas was the Man-of-the-match for his bowling of 5/25
# This was also Punjab’s first win in three games this season
# For Pune, this was their first defeat in three matches
# Before this game, Pune were 3-0 in head-to-head record against Punjab
# Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to field first
# Dmitri Mascarenhas justified his captain Adam Gilchrist’s decision as he took 5/25 in 4 overs to derail Pune innings
# Mascarenhas was the second bowler to take five wickets in the match in this IPL. Ravindra Jadeja of Chennai Super Kings was the first bowler to take five wickets
# Pune opener Jesse Ryder was the first man to go
# Pune managed only two sixes and 10 boundaries in their entire innings
# Pune were bowled out for 115 in 19 overs
# Ashok Dinda bowled Paul Valthaty for a duck on the first ball of the Punjab innings
# Punjab scored only one six but had 14 boundaries
# Punjab’s lone six was hit by Shaun Marsh
# Marsh remained unbeaten on 64 off 54 balls
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