Kings XI captain Yuvraj Singh sizzled with the bat, fired with the ball, claiming a hat-trick, but he could
not rescue his team from losing to resurgent Royal Challengers by 8 runs.
They beat Mumbai Indians narrowly the other day when almost everybody contributed for team’s cause. But today that team effort was missing, especially in the batting department. From 84 for 3 in 13th over, they somehow lost they way and ultimately managed to score 137 for 7, eight short of Bangalore’s total of 145.
On the other hand, Bangalore, despite having started off poorly in IPL-II, Bangalore have now won their second consecutive matches and kept their hopes afloat for the semi-final berth.
Having suffered a severe middle-order slum, Bangalore did well to reach around 150 thanks to Roelof van der Merwe who scored a brisk 34 off 19 balls with three hits to the fences and three over it.
Punjab also needed someone to steer them to the target after Yuvraj Singh took them to around half-way mark with a typical attacking 50. The Sri Lankan duo of Sangakkara (17) and Jayawardene (19) contributed to reach them near to bangalore’s total, but they failed up the tempo of run rate which kept increasing with the passing of every over.
The spin duo of Kimble (2/25) and Roelof van der Merwe (2/22) kept a tight lease on Punjab batsmen and never allowed them to break free. Their effort again proves that IPL-II is being dominated by the whipping boys of cricket, the bowlers. The teams which have better bowlers have been coming out victorious which is good things to happen on a cricketing field.
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