Yuvraj Singh, the captain of Priety Zinta owned Kings XI Punjab would be a relieved man as his team secured first win of the tournament, defeating another struggling team Mumbai Indians by a long chalk. Chasing a challenging total of 183, Mumbai could muster just 116 of their stipulated 20 overs as they failed to handle the excellent spells of Brett Lee in the beginning and rookie Chawla in the middle overs of the innings. Yuvraj, whose talent as a captain has been put to test in this tournament, finally came out with flying colours as he handled his famed bowling line-up with clinical precision. Though he could not display his batting prowess in the match, his one-handed catch to get rid of Shaun Pollock would remain in the memory of the audience who got their money’s worth throughout the match. Apart from the partnership of Bravo and Uthappa, Mumbai were never in the hunt during their run chase. Brett Lee gave Punjab team a perfect start as he took a fine return catch of Jayasuriya and then ran Luke Ronchi out on his follow-through.
Uthappa and Bravo tried to regroup their fragile batting line-up with a 40-odd run partnership, but once they got out the Mumbai team lost wickets in a heave, and ultimately managing just 116/9. Leggie Piyush Chawla, who had an insipid tournament so far, came up with a magnificent spell of 2/16 to help his team register their first win in the tournament. In fact, all the bowlers, be it Pathan (2/19), Lee (1/9) or Sreesanth (2/31) did their job with precision. Earlier, put into bat Sri Lankan stumper Kumar Sangakkara set the tempo for the Kings XI with a blistering 94 off just 56 balls to post a reasonably good total of 182. But he got little support from the other end as the next best score being 18 by Karan Goel and Yuvraj Singh.
Uthappa and Bravo tried to regroup their fragile batting line-up with a 40-odd run partnership, but once they got out the Mumbai team lost wickets in a heave, and ultimately managing just 116/9. Leggie Piyush Chawla, who had an insipid tournament so far, came up with a magnificent spell of 2/16 to help his team register their first win in the tournament. In fact, all the bowlers, be it Pathan (2/19), Lee (1/9) or Sreesanth (2/31) did their job with precision. Earlier, put into bat Sri Lankan stumper Kumar Sangakkara set the tempo for the Kings XI with a blistering 94 off just 56 balls to post a reasonably good total of 182. But he got little support from the other end as the next best score being 18 by Karan Goel and Yuvraj Singh.
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