Published: Apr 18, 2014, 06:17 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 18, 2014, 06:17 PM (IST)
Apr 18, 2014
Chasing Chennai Super Kings‘ mammoth 205 for four, Kings XI Punjab have already lost the wickets of Virender Sehwag and Cheteshwar Pujara, as they are placed at 52 for loss of two wickets at the end of the fifth over in their IPL 2014 encounter at Abu Dhabi. Glenn Maxwell is continuing the attack for Punjab, but he has to carry on.
Opening the batting for Punjab, Virender Sehwag and Cheteshwar Pujara started off cautiously against Ashish Nehra in the first over, accruing just three runs. Bespectacled Sehwag opened up his arms from the second over. He hit his first four of IPL 7 against Mohit Sharma, and then followed that up with his second in the same over. Luckily, he was dropped by Dwayne Bravo in the same over.
Complementing Sehwag, Pujara too opened up and hit Nehra for a couple of boundaries in the third over. Sehwag followed him by hitting two more in the same over before losing his leg stump to Nehra.
Sehwag’s dismissal has brought Glenn Maxwell to the crease, who has made his intentions very clear already.
Ravichandran Ashwin, introduced in the fourth over, picked up the wicket of Pujara in his very first over. Punjab will be hoping for some real fireworks from Maxwell here. But it was a surprise to see Akshar Patel coming in at No 4 before George Bailey or David Miller.
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