Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab at Dharmshala


The Indian Premier League (IPL) : Today the match begins with Chennai Super Kings clashing with Kings XI Punjab at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala. Chennai Super Kings are placed fourth on the points table with 17 points and need to win their last league game against Kings XI Punjab to put themselves in a strong position to qualify for the playoffs. Kings XI are also on the brink of elimination after their loss to Delhi Daredevils. Interesting to see how they team react against each-other.

Chennai Super Kings : Super Kings have been in must-win situations in the last few games and their batting, which has always been their strength, has finally started to come together while Ben Hilfenhaus has added spark to their bowling. In Super Kings' last three games, Ben Hilfenhaus' figures read 11-1-61-6. Their bowling attack is so good as their batting attack.

Super Kings' batsmen have scored five half-centuries in IPL 2012, which is the lowest for a team along with Pune Warriors. Royal Challengers Bangalore have 15 half-centuries - the most by a team this season. Their batting strength is to good, they had a goodfinisher like Dhoni, Bravo or Morkel. They can chase any target in the big run score. In the last game, Bravo hit last ball six give Chennaihope to stay in Playoffs.

Chennai Super Kings squad : MS Dhoni(C), S Anirudha, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, DE Bollinger, DJ Bravo, F du Plessis, BW Hilfenhaus, MEK Hussey, RA Jadeja, SB Jakati, Joginder Sharma, S Randiv, KMDN Kulasekara, VY Mahesh, JA Morkel, A Mukund, SK Raina, WP Saha†, SB Styris, S Tyagi, K Vasudevadas, G Vignesh, M Vijay


Kings XI Punjab : Kings XI Punjab to put themselves in a strong position to qualify for the playoffs. The task for Kings XI is difficult as they face two in-form teams, Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils, and both matches will be played in Dharamsala. David Hussey is in good form. He played fantastic innings against Deccan Chargers. He will be boost his team for this match. surely.

Awana has continued to impress with the pace he generates off the pitch. He bowled another incisive spell in Delhi where he picked up three important wickets to give Kings XI a chance against Daredevils' strong batting. Shaun Marsh is not getting runs in this IPL. Hewill disappointed hussey. David is hopping marsh bat can win Punjab over Super Kings. Mandeep Singh is impressive in Punjab's batting line-up.

Kings XI Punjab squad : AC Gilchrist(C), P Awana, KJ Abbott, L Ablish, Amit Yadav, Azhar Mahmood, BA Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, PP Chawla, SD Chitnis, BCJ Cutting, P Dogra, JP Faulkner, Gurkeerat Singh, Harmeet Singh, RJ Harris, DJ Hussey, P Kumar, VS Malik, Mandeep Singh, SE Marsh, AD Mascarenhas, DA Miller, AM Nayar, RR Powar, NJ Rimmington, N Saini, SJ Srivastava, Sunny Singh, PC Valthaty

The Match will be start at 4.00P.M. Local


IP Punjab won by 4 wickets

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