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Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings at Mohali
KP v CSK, IPL Match 2, Mohali: Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 33 runs
Apr 19, 2008
Mike Hussey’s fastest century in Twenty20 cricket history powered Chennai Super Kings to a comfortable 33-run victory against Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Mohali on Saturday.
Hussey's unbeaten 116 off just 54 balls took Chennai Super Kings to 240 for five at the PCA stadium.
It was the second century in the tournament after Brendon McCullum's 158 in the opening match in Bangalore on Friday night.
Suresh Raina (32), S Badrinath (31) and Matthew Hayden (25) were other batsmen who contributed to the total of 240 for Super Kings.
Kings XI started off well till the midway but the dismissal of James Hopes (71) brought Chennai back in the game.
Captain Yuvraj Singh too failed to score well and went back after scoring 23 runs.
Kumara Sangakkara (54) and Karan Goel (24)) were the other batsmen who made some runs for Kings XI.
Irfan Pathan 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 in front of the wicket.
Kings XI Punjab Team
Karan Goel, James Hopes, K Sangakkara (wk), Yuvraj Singh (c), Simon Katich,Pankaj Dharmani, Irfan Pathan, Brett Lee, Piyush Chawla, Wilkin Mota, S Sreesanth
Chennai Super Kings Team
Matthew Hayden, Parthiv Patel (wk), S Badrinath, Suresh Raina, Michael Hussey, MS Dhoni (c), Jacob Oram, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Palani Amarnath, Muttiah Muralitharan
KP v CSK, IPL Match 2, Mohali: Chennai Super Kings 240 for 5 in 20.0 ovs beat Kings XI Punjab 207 for 4 in 20.0 ovs by 33 runs
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Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings at Mohali
Scores
Toss: Chennai
Chennai Super Kings innings
P Patel c Sangakkara b Lee 15 (10)
M Hayden b Pathan 26 (17)
M Hussey not out 114 (54)
MS Dhoni lbw b Hopes 1 (3)
S Raina c Pathan b Mota 32 (13)
J Oram b Pathan 11 (10)
S Badrinath not out 31 (14)
Extras (lb 4, w 3, nb 1) 8
Total (20 overs) 5 wkts for 240
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-57, 3-62, 4-128, 5-167
Bowling
B Lee 4-0-36-1
S Sreesanth 3-0-35-0
J Hopes 4-0-53-1
I Pathan 4-0-42-2
K Goel 2-0-25-0
P Chawla 1-0-19-0
W Mota 2-0 -6-1
Kings XI Punjab innings
K Goel c Patel b Gony 24 (19)
J Hopes c Joginder Sharma b Amarnath 71 (33)
K Sangakkara c Joginder Sharma b Muralitharan 54 (33)
Yuvraj Singh c Amarnath b Joginder Sharma 23 (13)
S Katich not out 21 (17)
I Pathan not out 3 (5)
Extras 11
Total (20 overs) 4 wkts for 207
Fall of wickets: 1-56, 2-111, 3-153, 4-190
Bowling
J Oram 4-0-37-0
M Gony 4-0-42-1
M Muralidaran 4-0 -33-1
P Amarnath 4-0-42-1
Joginder Sharma 4-0-47-1
Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 33 runs
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