There was no looking back for Kings XI, even though the players tried their best to save the game. Despite the good chase the Kings XI Punjab lost by 33 runs. They made 207 runs. Kings XI lost their king Yuvraj Singh as they reached the 150 mark against Chennai Super Kings.
Chennai Super Kings have got rid off Yuvraj Singh, openers James Hopes and Karan Goel. Captain Yuvraj Singh hit 23 runs before Amarnath caught him at deep extra cover off Joginder Sharma. Kings XI opener and Australian all-rounder James Hopes fell after scoring 71 runs off 33 balls while Karan Goel made 24 runs.
Hopes hammered Super Kings bowlers before falling prey to P Amarnath. He kept hopes alive for his side despite losing his opening partner Karan Goel to Manpreet Gony in the sixth over. On the other hand, riding on a ferocious knock of Mike Hussey, Chennai Super Kings managed to put a huge total of 240/5 in the Twenty20 encounter with Kings XI Punjab.
Despite losing five wickets Chennai Super Kings scored at a brisk pace against Yuvraj Singh's Kings XI in Mohali, all credit to the Australian batsman Hussey.
Hussey slammed his hundred in 50 balls and kept one end intact as he was running out of partners at the other end. Suresh Raina (32), Matthew Hayden (26) and
Irfan Pathan was pick of the bowlers who took wickets of Mattew Hayden and Jacob Oram while Lee, Hopes and Mota picked one wicket each. Skipper MS Dhoni could not contribute much as James Hopes caught him plumb infront of the wicket.
Teams:
Chennai: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Matthew Hayden, Parthiv Patel (wk), S Badrinath, Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina, Jacob Oram, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Gony, P Amarnath, Muttiah Muralitharan.
Punjab: Yuvraj Singh (Captain), Karan Goel, James Hopes, Kumar Sangakkara, Simon Katich, Pankaj Dharmani, Irfan Pathan, Brett Lee, Piyush Chawla, Wilkin Mota, S Sreesanth.
