IPL 36th Match: Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab

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Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab at Kimberley

Deccan Chargers: (probable) 1 Adam Gilchrist (capt/wk), 2 T Suman, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Andrew Symonds, 5 Dwayne Smith, 6 Venugopal Rao, 7 Dwaraka Ravi Teja, 8 Ryan Harris, 9 Shoaib Ahmed/ Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, Harmeet Singh/Pragyan Ojha.

Kings XI Punjab: (probable) 1 Sunny Sohal, 2 Simon Katich, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Irfan Pathan, 7 Ravikant Shukla, 8 Sreesanth, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Vikramjeet Malik/Ramesh Powar, 11 Yusuf Abdulla.

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[D0N]

I Bet on Deccan Chargers Bcoz they are giving good performance and they had EXCELLENT captain :hpraise

 

[Prithvi]

DC have less chances of winning this game...

 

[Precambrian]

Brett Lee comes in for Yusuf Abdulla. Andrew Symonds in also. Sreesanth retained, VRV Sigh replaced by Legend.

Which means Dwayne Smith has to sit out. Would have preferred to have Smith in and Gibbs out though.

 

[Gurjot95]

What kind of decision this is? Brett Lee is replacing Abdulla(Highest Wicket taker)??

 

[Precambrian]

What kind of decision this is? Brett Lee is replacing Abdulla(Highest Wicket taker)??

Abdulla was tonked around in the last couple of matches.

But Gibbs retained ahead of Smith? That was illogical.

 

[naresh091]

Both Binga and Symonds were amazing in their debut this season.Binga if very much fit to play in the T20 WC.Made some nice saves in the field too.Kings XI Punjab really let the match go away from them after the 16th over.Symonds played great innings.

 

[Precambrian]

What is Yuvraj thinking? What **** captain he is to include Romesh Powar and give not one over to him? And he himself bowled one over.

 

[Gurjot95]

KXI Punjab won the game. Brett Lee Six turns the game. Great comeback by Brett Lee in bowling and a match winning batting

 

[SciD]

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Sree should bowl his overs before 15th over. Hayden and Symmo have decided to teach him a lesson.

We got lucky today. Need to improve final 5 overs bowling.

 

[Precambrian]

Looks like Sree won't be bowling any more overs in the IPL. He has apparently fallen out with Yuvraj Singh.

 

[SciD]

I hope its true but it wont happen.

 

[leftarmlegspin]

What kind of falling out?

He has been very expensive since returning, but he hasn't played much. I think they need both him and Brett Lee in the side to stand a chance. Their bowling attack was poor beforehand, too reliant on Yusuf Abdulla (who despite taking wickets, is very expensive) and Irfan Pathan.

 

[Pranav]

What an exciting game. Till the last moment you thought Deccan will win but then came Brett Lee. He literally won the game for Punjab.

Andrew Symonds was impressive too. He got the highest 5th wicket partnership along with Rao.

 

[SciD]

Roy is unlucky for DC. His IPL bowling career is now over. Has worst RR of them all.