The Indian board (BCCI) has terminated the contracts of two Indian Premier League teams – the Kings XI Punjab and 2008 champions the Rajasthan Royals. “It was unanimously decided that the franchise agreements with (Punjab owner) K.P.H. Dream Cricket Pvt. Ltd. and Jaipur IPL Cricket Pvt. Ltd. be terminated forthwith based on the legal opinions [...]
Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed a timely innings of 54 in 29 balls to guide his side into the Indian Premier League semi-finals with a six-wicket win over the Kings XI Punjab in Dharamsala. Indian skipper Dhoni thumped two huge sixes to finish off the game in style, the Super Kings having [...]
The Indian Premier League made its first visit to Dharamsala but Rohit Sharma’s unbeaten half-century helped the Deccan Chargers finally end any lingering hopes the Kings XI Punjab had of making the semi-finals with a five-wicket win. Sharma was unbeaten on 68 in 38 balls as the Chargers closed on 178 for five in reply [...]
The Kings XI Punjab pulled off a second successive victory batting second in the Indian Premier League, hurting the Delhi Daredevil’s chances of reaching the semi-finals with a polished seven-wicket win. After bowling Delhi out for 111, the lowest IPL score in Delhi, they reached 112 for three with eight balls to spare. Irfan Pathan [...]
ings XI Punjab’s S Sreesanth has been fined for breaching the DLF Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team’s match against the Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur. Sreesanth pleaded guilty to a Level 1 offence (Article 2.1.3), which relates to “showing dissent at an umpire’s decision”. The [...]
Left-handed opener Michael Lumb hit a majestic 83 (43 balls) as Rajasthan Royals conquered Kings XI Punjab by nine wickets in Match 38 of IPL 2010 at Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday. Electing to bat, Kings XI Punjab opener Manvinder Bisla (20) cracked four fours in the first two overs. But top [...]
The IPL invested nearly $121 million in five weeks in South Africa but team owners have reason to cheer as teams seem to have made money in the second year of the tournament. After being written off last season, Deccan Chargers have emerged winners and its owner Deccan Chronicle has reason to smile. Last year, [...]
Kings XI Punjab captain Yuvraj Singh picked up his second hat-trick of the 2009 Indian Premier League and this time it helped set up a victory, by one run, over the Deccan Chargers in Johannesburg. Yuvraj picked up the wickets of Herschelle Gibbs (26), Andrew Symonds (25) and Yalaka Venugopal Rao (0) with three consecutive [...]
Irfan Pathan smashed the Kings XI Punjab to a crucial six-wicket Indian Premier League victory over the table-topping Delhi Daredevils at Bloemfontein. Pathan arrived at the crease with his side facing an increasingly tricky task having been asked to chase 121 to win, but two sixes off of Pradeep Sangwan in the 18th over and [...]
The Mumbai Indians juggled their batting order once again and came up with a winner as a Dwayne Bravo half-century saw them ease to an eight-wicket win over the Kings XI Punjab at Centurion. However, they were only chasing 120 after the Kings XI made just 119 for nine from their 20 overs and Bravo’s [...]
The Kings XI Punjab beat the Deccan Chargers by three wickets with a ball to spare as the Indian Premier League moved on to Kimberley for the first game there. Two Australians making their first appearances in the tournament played starring roles, Andrew Symonds smacking an unbeaten 60 before an unbeaten 14 from Brett Lee [...]
Chennai Super Kings beat the Kings XI Punjab by 12 runs in a rain-affected high-scoring IPL match in Pretoria, Matthew Hayden leading the way with a fine innings of 89. The Australian left-hander extended his lead at the top of the Orange Cup standings for leading run-scorers by hitting eight fours and six sixes as [...]
The Rajasthan Royals cruised to a 78-win over the Kings XI Punjab on the back of the 2009 tournament’s first total of more than 200 in Durban. Openers Graeme Smith and Naman Ojha scored half-centuries as the reigning champions smashed their way to 211 for four before the Kings XI were restricted to 133 for [...]
The Kings XI Punjab timed their run-chase to perfection to pip the Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets off the last ball in their DLF Indian Premier League match in Port Elizabeth. The Kolkata Knight Riders batted cautiously in their first 10 overs, reaching the mid-innings break on 52-1. They almost doubled this tally in [...]
Bangalore Royal Challengers beat Kings XI Punjab as Praveen Kumar held his nerve in a crunch final over, taking two wickets in two balls to lift his team to a morale-boosting eight-run victory at Durban. Apart from Kumar, the other heroes for the Royal Challengers Bangalore were new captain Anil Kumble, who claimed the vital [...]
Kings XI Punjab held on their nerves to win a thrilling match against Mumbai Indians at Durban. Batting first, the Kings XI, anchored by Kumar Sangakkara’s unbeaten 45, reached 119 for eight before restricting the Mumbai Indians to 116 for seven. Both sides lost wickets at regular intervals, with spin playing a key role throughout [...]
Kings XI Punjab beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by seven wickets to register their first win of the competition. Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat first but Yusuf Abdulla helped Kings XI keep the Royals’ score down to manageable proportions. He got one to jump on Kevin Pietersen which the Royal Challengers skipper couldn’t [...]
Bangalore Royal Challengers will play Kings XI Punjab in the 11th match of the IPL at Durban. Bangalore have two points while Punjab have zero points. Previously Royal Challengers have played three matches and lost two of them. That is down to their poor batting efforts with only Rahul Dravid making any sizeable contributions. Kevin [...]
Kolkata Knight Riders take on Kings XI Punjab in the 6th match of the IPL on Tuesday. This will be the first match of the day and will be played at Durban. Both teams have lost their first matches and by huge margins, so this will be a big opportunity for both of them to [...]
Delhi Dare Devils beat Kings XI Punjab in a rain curtailed match which was first reduced to 12 overs and then to 6 overs. They won the match by 10 wickets. Delhi won the toss and elected to field first. Openers Ravinder Bopara and Karan Goel walked out and blasted 67 runs for the first [...]