Live Cricket Score Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2015 Match 3 at Pune KXIP 136/8 in 20 overs: RR beat KXIP by 26 runs
Live Cricket Score Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2015 Match 3: RR beat KXIP by 26 runs
(Kings XI Punjab take on the Rajasthan Royals in the 3rd match of IPL 2015. Catch Live Cricket Scores and Updates here)
James Faulkner is the Man of the Match. It has been a complete performance by RR. Even when they lost early wickets, they did not panic and put up a very good score. And then their bowlers did well to defend that score. Read out match report here. Join us for the double-headers over the weekend.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 136/8 | Over 20 | Target:163
Batsmen: Anureet Singh 0(3), Karanveer 4(3)
Last over to be bowled by Morris! Only a formality. Karanveer gets a four through point. And that is it! RR have won this game. A good start to the new season for this team. They have won by 26 runs.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 131/8 | Over 19 | Target:163
Batsmen: Anureet Singh 0(1)
OUT! Mitchell Johnson 0(4) George Bailey 24(18),
Bailey makes room and carts one over mid-wicket for a six. James Faulkner bowls a little back of a length and he has carted it well. He then gets a single through the off-side. Johnson then hits it to long-off and is caught. They check for the no-ball, but Faulkner has got some part behind the line. Anureet Singh is here and Bailey gets a single through the off-side. And what a catch! Bailey smashes it to long-on. Southee catches it and flicks it back. Karin was coming around and he dived low to complete it.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 122/6 | Over 18 | Target:163
Batsmen: George Bailey 16(14), Mitchell Johnson 0(3)
OUT! Akshar Patel 24(28)
Southee bowls a wide. He then bowls one outside off-stump. Bailey has to stretch. It is also called wide. Akshar is gone! He tried to slog but is bowled. Mitchell Johnson is in and he misses the first ball. Southee then bowls a yorker, Johnson cannot get it away as it goes past him and shaves past the leg-stump. The last ball is the same. What an over by Southee!
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 118/5 | Over 17 | Target:163
Batsmen: Akshar Patel 24(27), George Bailey 15(13)
So now, 50 needed off the last four overs. Morris is back. The batsmen only get singles. This has been a good over. Only five runs off it. RR take control.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 113/5 | Over 16 | Target:163
Batsmen: Akshar Patel 22(24), George Bailey 12(9)
Akshar gets a single off the second ball. Bailey then works it past short fine-leg for a single. Bailey then gets a single. Only five runs come off the first five overs. Bailey then gets an inside edge and it goes for four past Samson.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 104/5 | Over 15 | Target:163
Batsmen: Akshar Patel 20(21), George Bailey 5(6)
Tambe is back and Akshar gets a single off the second ball. Bailey gets a single to follow. Akshar also gets another single. Only three runs come off this over.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 101/5 | Over 14 | Target:163
Batsmen: Akshar Patel 18(18), George Bailey 4(3)
OUT! David Miller 23(21)
Miller is gone! Big wicket! Kulkarni gets a wicket as Miller is surprised by a shortish delivery and the thick edge flies to third-man. James Faulkner takes a good running catch to his right. Akshar then gets a four as he cut over point. George Bailey is the new an in the middle. He defends his first ball. He pulls his second ball over mid-wicket for a four. That brings up Punjab’s ton.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 92/4 | Over 13 | Target:163
Batsmen: Akshar Patel 13(16), David Miller 23(20)
Southee is back and Miller pulls the second bal for a four past square-leg. What a shot! Miller then walks down the track and smashes it way back into the stands over long-on for a maximum. What a great shot!
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 81/4 | Over 12 | Target:163
Batsmen: Akshar Patel 13(16), David Miller 12(14)
Tambe is back and Akshar gets a single first ball. Miller then works it to the leg-side for a single. Akshar then plays it down the ground. Miller smashes it hard and back to Tambe, who cannot catch it. It was hit too hard and never easy to take them. Miller then works it to the leg-side for another single.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 77/4 | Over 11 | Target:163
Batsmen: Akshar Patel 11(13), David Miller 10(9)
Miller finally gets off the mark as he comes down the track with a long stride and flicks one through mid-on for a four. That was very well played by Miller. Binny then responds with a short ball. Miller tries to pull, gets a top-edge, which goes for a four over Sanju Samson. Miller then plays it through the leg-side and gets a quick couple.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 66/4 | Over 10 | Target:163
Batsmen: Akshar Patel 10(12), David Miller 0(6)
Chris Morris is back into the attack. Akshar cuts the second ball over point for a single. Miller plays out a couple of dot balls. He isn’t able to get off the mark and off the last ball, Morris almost yorks him. There is an appeal, but it is turned down. it was full and perhaps swinging down the leg-side.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 65/4 | Over 9 | Target:163
Batsmen: Akshar Patel 9(10), David Miller 0(2)
OUT! Murali Vijay 37(31)
Stuart Binny is the new bowler. Akshar gets a single off the second ball. Vijay then works the strike over for another single. And is it out! Akshar dabs it and calls Vijay through for a single. Samson runs in from behind the stumps and hits the stumps. Vijay is short as the replays show. David Miller is the new man and he is foxed by one moving away. There is an appeal but not given. The next ball goes down the leg-side, and it is wide. That was well-taken by Sanju Samson.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 61/3 | Over 8 | Target:163
Batsmen: Murali Vijay 36(30), Akshar Patel 8(7)
Praveen Tambe is the new bowler. Vijay gets a single off the first ball. Akshar then works it to long-on for a couple. Akshar then hits it through cover for a four. That was very well played as Tambe pitched it short and Akshar played it off the back-foot. Akshar then gets a single down the ground.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 53/3 | Over 7 | Target:163
Batsmen: Murali Vijay 35(28), Akshar Patel 1(4)
Faulkner is back and is bowling to Akshar. He finally gets off the mark off the fourth ball by playing through the leg-side for a single. Faulkner then bowls it short and Vijay does well to keep it down. He keeps strike with a single off the last ball.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 51/3 | Over 6 | Target:163
Batsmen: Murali Vijay 34(26), Akshar Patel 0(0)
Akshar Patel has come out to bat. Dhawal Kulkarni bowls in the right channels and keeps Vijay quiet. He then attempts a slog and he gets the inside-edge for a four through fine-leg.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 46/3 | Over 5 | Target:163
Batsmen: Murali Vijay 30(20),
OUT! Glenn Maxwell 7(5)
James Faulkner is the new man in to bowl! Off the second ball, he drifts into the pads and is flicked by Vijay for a four. He then flicks for a single. Maxwell then lofts over mid-on, and he falls in no-man’s land. They get a couple for that. Maxwell plays uppishly to cover, but it falls just short of Karun Nair. And Maxwell is gone! He tries to go over mid-off and is taken by Tim Southee, who takes a good catch to his left.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 39/2 | Over 4 | Target:163
Batsmen: Murali Vijay 25(17), Glenn Maxwell 5(2)
Dhawal Kulkarni is the new man into the attack. Vijay plays a dot ball and then gets a single through point. Glenn Maxwell is the new man and is on strike. There is a cheer in the stands. Kulkarni then has Maxwell edging off the first ball, bit it goes fine through third-man for a four. Maxwell then pulls for a single.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 32/2 | Over 3 | Target:163
Batsmen: Murali Vijay 23(13),
OUT! Wriddhiman Saha 7(4)
Vijay drives through mid-off, where Faulkner gets a hand to it and takes pace off it. The batsmen get two for that. Vijay then flicks one through mid-on, where Dhawal Kulkarni dives, but misses and it has gone for a four. Saha plays a late cut and it has gone very fine for a four through third-man. How well was that played! Southee then slides down the leg-side and Samson fumbles. Saha is way out and is trying to call Vijay for a run. Samson has good presence of mind and throws it to the stumps with the gloves on.
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 21/1 | Over 2 | Target:163
Batsmen: Murali Vijay 16(9), Wriddhiman Saha 3(2)
Chris Morris is into the attack. He bowls a dot and then follows it up with a wide. Vijay then charges and hits it over mid-off and gets a couple for that. Vijay then smashes one over long-on and it has gone all the way for six. What a good shot!
Live Cricket Score: Kings XI Punjab 11/1 | Over 1 | Target:163
Batsmen: Murali Vijay 7(3), Wriddhiman Saha 3(2)
OUT! Virender Sehwag 0(1)
Virender Sehwag has been dismissed! Tim Southee runs in and bowls it outside the off-stump. Sehwag chases it and edges it. It is taken by Sanju Samson. Wriddhiman Saha comes to the middle and gets three to get off the mark as he hits a full delivery through mid-off. Southee bowls a wide. Later, Vijay drives it through cover for a four. Vijay then plays one through mid-wicket and gets three for that. Very well played.
On a seaming deck with bounce, KXIP had started well and had Rajasthan in trouble at one stage. However, that burst from Deepak Hooda helped RR get back. And then, it was James Faulkner who smashed it around to take them to 162 for seven. Seems to be a good score on this surface. Click here to read our report.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 162/7 | Overs 20
BATTING: Chris Morris 6(8), Tim Southee 0(0)
OUT! J Faulkner 46(33)
The last over begins. Anureet is in and Faulkner gets a single first ball. Morris hits it to the deep and gets a single. Faulkner is gone! He has found the man in the deep at long-on. Big relief for KXIP. Morris swings at a couple and misses. Morris finally gets a couple off the last over. Good last over by Anureet. At one stage, this score looked unlikely, but here it is. Faulkner and Hooda’s assault has got them here.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 158/6 | Overs 19
BATTING: J Faulkner 45(31), Chris Morris 2(3)
Johnson is in and Faulkner pulls it towards the square-leg boundary, where the fielder, Maxwell, does well to stop it. Faulkner then goes on one knee and smashes it over mid-wicket. Maxwell jumps, gets a hand to it, but lobs it out of the fence. Faulkner then makes room and smashes it down the ground for a four. The 150 is up. Faulkner then swings and smashes this over square-leg for a six.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 138/6 | Overs 18
BATTING: J Faulkner 26(26), Chris Morris 2(3)
Akshar is into the attack. The batsmen knock it around for singles. And then Faulkner finally gets one onto the middle and smashes it for a six over mid-wicket.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 128/6 | Overs 17
BATTING: J Faulkner 17(21), Chris Morris 1(1)
OUT! Deepak Hooda 30(15)
So, now four overs to go! How much can RR get? Anureet is back and Hooda lofts him over the top for a six. That went over the man at long-off. It seemed as if Hooda had sliced it. Anureet is coming from around the wicket and Hooda makes room, opens the face of the bat and hits it for a four between point and extra cover. In fact, he had played it deftly. And Hooda is gone! His leg-stump goes for a toss. He is bowled around the legs.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 115/5 | Overs 16
BATTING: D Hooda 20(12), J Faulkner 16(20)
Akshar is back. The batsmen get a single and then there is a wide, which is well stopped by Saha behind the stumps. The batsmen knock it around for singles. A good over. only five runs.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 110/5 | Overs 15
BATTING: D Hooda 18(9), J Faulkner 14(17)
Johnson is in and bowls a wide. He then makes up for it with a few dot balls. Faulkner then dances down the track and smashes it for a four over mid-wicket. What a shot!
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 104/5 | Overs 14
BATTING: D Hooda 18(9), J Faulkner 10(11)
Hooda plays in the air and Maxwell runs back, but cannot get it. They get a couple. Hooda then goes over long-on and gets a six. Karanveer is going for runs here. Hooda then goes again and gets it over long-off for a six. This one went deeper into the crowd. What a shot! The hundred is done.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 88/5 | Overs 13
BATTING: D Hooda 2(3), J Faulkner 10(11)
Akshar is into the attack. Faulkner plays a couple of dots before he pulls one to the deep. It is stopped well and they could get a couple. Good work by Sandeep in the deep.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 83/5 | Overs 12
BATTING: D Hooda 1(2), J Faulkner 7(6)
Faulkner gets a couple off the first ball bowled by Karanveer. he then plays the next one through third-man and gets another couple. Faulkner then gets a single. Hooda gets off the mark by charging and playing it down the ground.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 76/5 | Overs 11
BATTING: D Hooda 0(0), J Faulkner 1(2)
OUT! Steven Smith 33 (23), Stuart Binny 13 (16)
Johnson to bowl to his teammate Smith. The first ball was a wide. Smith then plays the next one to third-man. Big wicket! It is taken! Deepak Hooda is the new man in the middle. Binny has to take the frontline role here. Johnson bowls a wide. And Binny is gone! He edges to the wicketkeeper off a length delivery, moving away slightly. James Faulkner is the new man.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 73/3 | Overs 10
BATTING: Steven Smith 33(22), Stuart Binny 13 (13)
Karanveer Singh is into the attack. He bowls a full-toss to begin with and Binny smashes it through the off-side. The fielder misfields in the deep and it has gone for a four. Later, Smith charges down the ground and flicks it over mid-wicket for a four. That was a great shot.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 61/3 | Overs 9
BATTING: Steven Smith 27(19), Stuart Binny 7 (10)
Finally, Mitchell Johnson is into the attack. DOT! Excellent start as he beats the batsman after an excellent in-swinger. FIVE WIDES! Johnson bowls short and wide, it beats everyone and crashes into the boundary. TWO LEG BYES! Comedy of erroes! Johnson bowls a full delivery on leg, wraps the batsman on the pads and despite a confusion, batsmen complete a run, an overthrow gives them another run. DOT! Beaten outside off. DOT! Binny is beaten outside off again. ONE LEG BYE! Played to deep square leg. DOT! Smith is wrapped on the pads
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 53/3 | Overs 9
BATTING: Steven Smith 27(18), Stuart Binny 7 (5)
Leg spinner karanveer Singh is now into the attack. ONE! Played to long leg. ONE! Short delivery cut away to deep point by Binny. DOT! Played to point. FOUR! Short delivery again, this time Steven Smith cuts it away for a boundary to bring up his team’s 50. ONE! Sensible batting as Smith plays it to long leg. One down to fine leg to finish the over.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 45/3 | Overs 7
BATTING: Steven Smith 21(14), Stuart Binny 5 (3)
Sandeep Sharma continues as Stuart Binny walks out to the middle. He keeps things extremely tight and is receiving constant guidance from his skipper George Bailey. KXIP are fielding extremely well as Vrender Sehwag saves a certain boundary at fine leg. Sandeep bowls a wide off the last ball and the extra delivery costs his team a boundary. 10 from the over. Sandeep is bowled out, excellent spell though.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 35/3 | Overs 6
BATTING: Steven Smith 17(11)
OUT! Karun Nair b Akshar Patel 8(11)
Akshar Patel is into the attack and Steven Smith welcomes him by dancing down the track and smashing it past mid-on for a four. He then repeats the same shot, plays it along the ground and it has gone for a four. Smith then places it mid-wicket and gets a single. Nair then sweeps across the line and smashes it over mid-wicket for a six. What a shot! And he is bowled! It is full and he tries to slog and is bowled. Akshar, it is payback time!
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 20/2 | Overs 5
BATTING: Steven Smith 8(7), Karun Nair 2(9)
Smith inside edges the first one and gets a single to short fine-leg. Nair now takes strike and gets a single off the second ball he faces. he played it to point, where Maxwell stops it. As it lobbed across, the batsmen got through for a single.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 17/2 | Overs 4
BATTING: Steven Smith 6(4), Karun Nair 1(6)
Anureet continues to Nair. He plays out the first one and then misses the next. There is a bit of bounce there for Anureet as Nair missed playing at that one outside the off-stump. Nair plays a good shot past point and gets a single as the third-man fielder stops it. Smith then gets a single. Nair tries to pull off the last ball, but misses. It was outside the off-stump.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 15/2 | Overs 3
BATTING: Steven Smith 5(3), Karun Nair 0(1)
OUT! Sanju Samson 5(6)
Sandeep continues and Samson misses one outside the off-stump. The batsmen then get a quick single through the leg-side. Smith gets off the mark with a glorious drive on the rise through extra-cover. That is class! Smith carries on from where he left in Australia. Smith then gets a single off the next ball. Samson is gone now! There is a big shout as Smith is struck on the pads and he is given out. Samson tried to play across the line. Karun Nair is the new man. He is hit on the pads first ball, but it was going down leg. Batsmen get a leg-bye.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 8/1 | Overs 2
BATTING: Sanju Samson 4(3), Steven Smith 0(1) OUT! Ajinkya Rahane 0(8)
Anureet Singh is and Sanju Samson gets off the mark first ball. And, Rahane is dismissed. He is gone for a duck. He charged to Anureet and hit it high in the air. Akshar Patel took the catch at mid-off. Samson hits it through the leg-side and gets three for that. Smith is the new man and he blocks his first ball.
Live Cricket Scores Rajasthan Royals (RR): 4/0 | Overs 1
BATTING: Ajinkya Rahame 0 (6), Sanju Samson
We’re underway at Pune. Sandeep Sharma will begin proceedings for KXIP. FOUR LEG BYES! Sandeep strays down leg, ball brushes the pad and goes fine for a boundary. DOT! beaten outside off. DOT! Played to covers. DOT! Played to point. DOT! Sandeep bowls a good in swinger and Rahane is wrapped on the pads. DOT! Played to mid on, not timed well.
Players from both sides hold a minute’s silence for former Australia captain Late Richie Benaud, who passed away earlier today due to skin cancer.
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): George Bailey (c), Virender Sehwag, Murali Vijay, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Mitchell Johnson, Akahar Patel, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Karanveer Singh.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Playing XI: Steven Smith (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson (wk), Karun Nair, Deepak Hooda, Stuart Binny, James Faulkner, Chris Morris, Tim Southee, Dhawal Kulkarni, Praveen Tambe.
KXIP will have Glenn Maxwell, George Bailey, David Miller and Mitchell Johnson as their overseas players. RR have Steven Smith, Tim Southee, James Faulkner and Chris Morris as their four overseas players. It’s set to be a cracking contest!
TOSS: Shane Watson is not playing the game today due to injury and Rajasthan Royals will be led by Steven Smith. KXIP captain George Bailey has won the toss and he has elected to field.
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Squads:
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): George Bailey (c), Akshar Patel, Anureet Singh, Beuran Hendricks, David Miller, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson, Manan Vohra, Mandeep Singh, Gurkareet Mann Singh, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Karanveer Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Manan Vohra, Parvinder Awana, Sandeep Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Shaun Marsh, Shivam Sharma, Thisara Perera, Virender Sehwag, Murali Vijay, Nikhil Naik, Yogesh Golwalkar.
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Shane Watson (c), Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane, Ankit Nagendra Sharma, Ben Cutting, Deepak Hooda, Dhawal Kulkarni, Dishant Yagnik, James Faulkner, Kane Richardson, Karun Nair, Pravin Tambe, Rahul Tewatia, Rajat Bhatia, Sanju Samson (wk), Steven Smith, Stuart Binny, Tim Southee, Vikramjeet Malik, Chris Morris, Juan Theron, Barinder Singh Saran, Dinesh Salunkhe, Sagar Trivedi, Pardeep Sahu