Big win for Punjab
Irfan Pathan returned with a three-wicket haul as Kings XI Punjab put up clinical all-round performance to register a seven-wicket comprehensive victory over Delhi Daredevils in their Indian Premier League match here yesterday.
Pathan's three for 24 and Piyush Chawla (2/16) helped Punjab shot out Delhi Daredevils for a lowly 111 at the slow and turning track of Ferozshah Kotla after home team captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to bat.
The Kings XI then returned to overhaul the target with eight balls to spare, courtesy Mahela Jayawardene (38), Kumar Sangakkara (33) and Yuvraj Singh's unbeaten 21 off 25 balls.
Earlier, Gambhir's decision to bat first backfired as Delhi's much-famed batting line-up collapsed like a house of cards and they lost half of the side in exactly 10 overs with just 63 on board, before folding for the lowest IPL total in Delhi.
SCORES IN BRIEF
DELHI DAREDEVILS: 111 (Gambhir 26, Manhas 26; Pathan 3-24, Chawla 2-16)
KINGS XI PUNJAB: 112 for 3 (Jayawardene 38, Sangakkara 33; Collingwood 2-19)
Result: Kings XI Punjab won by seven wickets
Man-of-the-match: PP Chawla.
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