IPL 4 Match 54: Kings XI Punjab Hand Mumbai Indians Heavy Defeat by 76 Runs in Mohali

Kings XI Punjab may have lost Paul Valthaty with the score on twenty-two but they certainly did not lose their way as they went onto post a strong total of 163. In that the Kings XI Punjab captain, Adam Gilchrist, should be attributed to for providing the impetus with his run a ball twenty-eight runs. Shaun Marsh was yet again outstanding for his forty-three runs from thirty-four balls in the seventy run partnership with Gilchrist that yielded ninety-two runs in the first ten overs.

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The Kings XI Punjab were on a roll in front of their home crowd in Mohali much to the delight of fans who can still believe that their team has an outside chance of qualifying. With Dinesh Karthik providing another thirty-one runs in what had been a dominant batting display from a team expected to succumb to the top team of the IPL 4 season thus far, the Mumbai Indians were thwarted in their attempts to stop the hosts with Munaf Patel's five for twenty-one effort lost in the sterling efforts of the Kings XI Punjab.

On a day that had begun phenomenally well for the hosts, the Mumbai Indians batted like novices. Sachin Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians captain, was the first to go with Praveen Kumar getting his first of two wickets for the innings. Bhargav Bhatt took over thereafter to clean up the mess and hand the Mumbai Indians a bitter defeat with four wickets to his name.

Mumbai Indians also suffered a stumping and run out as they fell progressively from three down for twenty-seven to five down for fifty-four to be ultimately bowled out ignominiously for eighty-seven runs in only a ball short of thirteen overs. The Kings XI Punjab handed the Mumbai Indian a heavy defeat by seventy-six runs.