Sri Lanka will be looking for the elusive test match and series win when they tour India for a Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series from November to December 2009. The team arrive in India on November 8th for the 55-day tour.
Indian Premier League - IPL
Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders at Mohali
KXP v KKR, IPL Match 22, Mohali: Kings XI beat Knight Riders by 9 runs
May 03, 2008
Irfan Pathan and Sreesanth took two wickets apiece as Kings XI Punjab defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by nine runs in their Indian Premier League match at the PCA Stadium.
Apart from David Hussey, who made 71 runs, and Prasanta Saha (59*) no other batsmen stood their grounds. Kolkata Knight Riders were restricted at 169/6 in their full quota of 20 overs by the Kings XI bowlers.
Kings XI Punjab scored a competitive 178 for the loss of six wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium on Saturday.
Opener Shaun Marsh was the top scorer for Kings XI with 40 off 32 balls.
Except for Karan Goel, all Kings XI batsmen scored double figures with leg-spinner Piyush Chawla scoring a quick fire 21 off seven balls late in the innings to help the hosts set up a challenging target before the Knight Riders.
KXP v KKR, IPL Match 22, Mohali: Kings XI Punjab 178 for 6 in 20.0 ovs beat Kolkata Knight Riders 169 for 6 in 20.0 overs by 9 runs
Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders at Mohalid
Scores
Toss: King's XI Punjab.
Kings XI Punjab innings S Marsh st Saha b Hussey 40 (32) J Hopes c Hodge b Dinda 18 (12) K Sangakkara b Umar Gul 28 (21) Yuvraj Singh st Saha b Mohammad Hafeez 17 (10) M Jayawardene c Ganguly b Umar Gul 10 (6) K Goel run out (Das) 6 (7) I Pathan not out 24 (26) P Chawla not out 21 (7) Extras 14 Total (20 overs) 6 wkts for 178
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-82, 3-98, 4-102, 5-106, 6-155.
Bowling I Sharma 4-0-41-0 A Agarkar 3-0-26-0 A Dinda 3-0-24-1 Mohammad Hafeez 3-0-28-1 D Hussey 3-0-23-1 Umar Gul 4-0-27-2
Kolkata Knight Riders innings Mohammad Hafeez b Pathan 13 (12) S Ganguly c Pathan b Sreesanth 5 (7) D Das c Yuvraj Singh b Sreesanth 5 (8) B Hodge lbw b Pathan 1 (3) D Hussey c Hopes b Gagandeep Singh 71 (46) L Shukla b VR Singh 7 (10) WP Saha not out 59 (32) A Agarkar not out 1 (2) Extras 7 Total (20 overs) 6 wkts for 169
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-23, 3-25, 4-29 5-50, 6-154.
Bowling S Sreesanth 4-0-25-2 I Pathan 4-0-18-2 VR Singh 4-0-31-1 Gagandeep Singh 4-0-43-1 J Hopes 3-0-35-0 P Chawla 1-0-16-0
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
