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Yuvi Hoping to Break Punjab Losing Streak Today; Takes on RCB Print E-mail
Pitched By Sharad with C360 Reporter   
Friday, 24 April 2009

Rating 5.0/5 (2 votes)

The Kings XI Punjab have played two matches so far in the DLF IPL 2009 tournament and thanks in part to some forgettable performances and in part to the rain Gods and a couple of gentlemen called Duckworth and Lewis, have lost both. The Bangalore Royal Challengers won their first tie against the title holder Rajasthan Royals team in great style and then proceeded to lose to the Chennai Super Kings as well as the Deccan Chargers. Both will be bringing on their entire wherewithal to try and secure a win here.

Luck wise, things are really not going well for team Punjab. For one the rain Gods are playing spoilsport having truncated both their matches so far and for another the break up between team owners couple Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia has not boded well for the personal lives of its owners. Not that the latter should have any bearing upon the team members and their play. It was reported in the cricket news that Zinta already made it clear to the players via SMS that there is no longer any kind of personal relationship between he and Wadia, only a professional one.

The problem confronting the Punjab team is mainly of the bowling department, the batting being well fortified with the likes of Ravi Bopara, Karan Goel, Irfan Pathan, Kumara Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene and of course Yuvraj Singh himself. The bowling on the other hand does look a little weak by comparison, missing the likes of Sreesanth and Brett Lee. According to Yuvraj, “We just need to get the bowling sorted out. It is just two games and we were in the same position last year, so hopefully we can go and pick things up.”

In contrast to the Punjab team, the Bangalore team made an impressive start crushing the Rajasthan Royals; getting them all out in just 58 runs.   Thereafter however, they have lost to Chennai as well as Hyderabad. According to skipper Kevin Pietersen, it is the batting that needs attention, “We didn't play too well in the last two matches. I think if we can sort our batting in the first six overs, things would be quite okay," he said.

Only Dravid has consistently fired for the Bangalore team, the rest of the batsmen, including Pietersen have failed to be consistent and effective. Pietersen will be looking for a change in fortunes and can perhaps derive some inspiration from Kingsmead, Durban, which used to be his home ground which is where today’s match will be played.

Only one match will be played today; from tomorrow there will be double headers the entire weekend for three days running.
 
2008 STATISTICS
Bangalore Royal Challengers (BATTING)
Surname First Name Country
M
I
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
S/R
100's
50's

DRAVID

Rahul

India

14

14

1

371

75*

28.54

124.50

0

2

RAZZAK

Abdur

Bangladesh

1

1

1

0

0*

-

0.00

0

0

AKHIL

Bhalachandra

India

7

7

4

46

27*

15.33

148.39

0

0

ARUN KUMAR

Jagadeesh

India

3

3

0

23

22

7.67

100.00

0

0

BOUCHER

Mark

South Africa

10

10

3

225

50*

32.14

127.12

0

1

CHANDER. P

Shivnarine

West Indies

3

3

0

25

16

8.33

80.65

0

0

CHIPLI

Bharat

India

3

3

0

20

10

6.67

71.43

0

0

GOSWAMI

Srivastava

India

4

3

0

82

52

27.33

96.47

0

1

JOSHI

Sunil

India

4

2

0

6

3

3.00

42.86

0

0

KALLIS

Jacques

South Africa

11

11

0

199

54

18.09

108.74

0

1

KOHLI

Virat

India

13

12

1

165

38

15.00

105.10

0

0

KUMBLE

Anil

India

10

5

3

13

8

6.50

76.47

0

0

UL-HAQ

Misbah

Pakistan

8

8

1

117

47*

16.71

144.44

0

0

NOFFKE

Ashley

Australia

1

1

0

9

9

9.00

90.00

0

0

PATIL

Devraj

India

2

2

0

13

9

6.50

100.00

0

0

KUMAR

Praveen

India

13

12

2

112

34

11.20

114.29

0

0

STEYN

Dale

South Africa

10

2

1

2

1*

2.00

40.00

0

0

TAYLOR

Ross

New Z.land

4

4

0

149

53

37.25

183.95

0

1

KUMAR

Vinay

India

8

4

1

25

23

8.33

113.64

0

0

JAFFER

Wasim

India

6

6

0

115

50

19.17

110.58

0

1

WHITE

Cameron

Australia

8

8

1

114

31*

16.29

111.76

0

0

KHAN

Zaheer

India

11

8

4

34

17*

8.50

79.07

0

0

VS
Kings XI Punjab (BATTING)
Surname First Name Country
M
I
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
S/R
100's
50's

SINGH

Yuvraj

India

15

14

1

299

57

23.00

162.50

0

1

CHAWLA

Piyush

India

15

7

3

90

24*

22.50

152.54

0

0

DHARMANI

Pankaj

India

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

SINGH

Gagandeep

India

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

GOEL

Karan

India

7

6

0

76

26

12.67

97.44

0

0

HOPES

James

Australia

11

11

0

221

71

20.09

149.32

0

2

JAYAWARDENE

Mahela

Sri Lanka

13

12

5

179

45*

25.57

135.61

0

0

KATICH

Simon

Australia

2

2

1

96

75

96.00

139.13

0

1

KAUL

Uday

India

5

1

1

0

0*

-

0.00

0

0

LEE

Brett

Australia

4

3

2

17

16*

17.00

130.77

0

0

MARSH

Shaun

Australia

11

11

2

616

115

68.44

139.68

1

5

MOTA

Wilkin

India

4

2

1

26

25

26.00

96.30

0

0

PATHAN

Irfan

India

14

10

4

131

40

21.83

112.93

0

0

POMERSBACH

Luke

Australia

5

5

4

152

79*

152.00

153.54

0

1

POWAR

Ramesh

India

5

1

1

28

28*

-

133.33

0

0

SANGAKKARA

Kumar

Sri Lanka

10

9

0

320

94

35.56

161.62

0

4

SARWAN

Ramnaresh

West Indies

4

4

0

73

31

18.25

101.39

0

0

SINGH

VRV

India

13

2

0

4

4

2.00

133.33

0

0

SOHAL

Sunny

India

2

2

0

4

4

2.00

50.00

0

0

SREESANTH

S

India

15

3

2

0

0

0.00

0.00

0

0

SRIVASTAVA

Tanmay

India

5

2

1

8

7

8.00

80.00

0

0

 
Bangalore Royal Challengers (FIELDING )
Surname First Name Country
Ct
St

DRAVID

Rahul

India

2

0

RAZZAK

Abdur

Bangladesh

0

0

AKHIL

Bhalachandra

India

4

0

ARUN KUMAR

Jagadeesh

India

0

0

BOUCHER

Mark

South Africa

3

1

CHANDERPAUL

Shivnarine

West Indies

0

0

CHIPLI

Bharat

India

1

0

GOSWAMI

Srivastava

India

2

2

JOSHI

Sunil

India

0

0

KALLIS

Jacques

South Africa

3

0

KOHLI

Virat

India

2

0

KUMBLE

Anil

India

4

0

UL-HAQ

Misbah

Pakistan

1

0

NOFFKE

Ashley

Australia

0

0

PATIL

Devraj

India

2

0

KUMAR

Praveen

India

3

0

STEYN

Dale

South Africa

4

0

TAYLOR

Ross

New Zealand

0

0

KUMAR

Vinay

India

2

0

JAFFER

Wasim

India

3

0

WHITE

Cameron

Australia

3

0

KHAN

Zaheer

India

1

0

VS
Kings XI Punjab (FIELDING)
Surname First Name Country
Ct
St

Surname

First Name

Country

Ct

St

SINGH

Yuvraj

India

7

0

CHAWLA

Piyush

India

6

0

DHARMANI

Pankaj

India

0

0

SINGH

Gagandeep

India

0

0

GOEL

Karan

India

1

0

HOPES

James

Australia

3

0

JAYAWARDENE

Mahela

Sri Lanka

3

0

KATICH

Simon

Australia

0

0

KAUL

Uday

India

2

0

LEE

Brett

Australia

3

0

MARSH

Shaun

Australia

3

0

MOTA

Wilkin

India

2

0

PATHAN

Irfan

India

4

0

POMERSBACH

Luke

Australia

1

0

POWAR

Ramesh

India

2

0

SANGAKKARA

Kumar

Sri Lanka

4

0

SARWAN

Ramnaresh

West Indies

1

0

SINGH

VRV

India

1

0

SOHAL

Sunny

India

0

0

SREESANTH

S

India

2

0

SRIVASTAVA

Tanmay

India

2

0

 
Bangalore Royal Challengers (BOWLING)
Surname First Name Country
Balls
Runs
Wkts
Ave
E/R
S/R
B/B

DRAVID

Rahul

India

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

RAZZAK

Abdur

Bangladesh

12

29

0

0.00

14.50

-

-

AKHIL

Bhalachandra

India

104

134

2

67.00

7.73

52.00

2/17

ARUN KUMAR

Jagadeesh

India

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

BOUCHER

Mark

South Africa

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

CHANDERPAUL

Shivnarine

West Indies

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

CHIPLI

Bharat

India

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

GOSWAMI

Srivastava

India

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

JOSHI

Sunil

India

55

82

1

82.00

8.95

55.00

1/27

KALLIS

Jacques

South Africa

206

311

4

77.75

9.06

51.50

2/39

KOHLI

Virat

India

46

61

2

30.50

7.96

23.00

2/25

KUMBLE

Anil

India

230

304

7

43.43

7.93

32.86

3/14

UL-HAQ

Misbah

Pakistan

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

NOFFKE

Ashley

Australia

24

40

1

40.00

10.00

24.00

1/40

PATIL

Devraj

India

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

KUMAR

Praveen

India

268

366

11

33.27

8.19

24.36

3/23

STEYN

Dale

South Africa

228

252

10

25.20

6.63

22.80

3/27

TAYLOR

Ross

New Zealand

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

KUMAR

Vinay

India

138

182

5

36.40

7.91

27.60

3/27

JAFFER

Wasim

India

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

WHITE

Cameron

Australia

6

24

0

0.00

24.00

0.00

-

KHAN

Zaheer

India

252

357

13

27.46

8.50

19.38

3/38

VS
Kings XI Punjab (BOWLING)
Surname First Name Country
Balls
Runs
Wkts
Ave
E/R
S/R
B/B

SINGH

Yuvraj

India

54

83

3

27.67

9.22

18.00

1/11

CHAWLA

Piyush

India

281

389

17

22.88

8.31

16.53

3/25

DHARMANI

Pankaj

India

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

SINGH

Gagandeep

India

84

141

3

47.00

10.07

28.00

1/33

GOEL

Karan

India

12

25

0

0.00

12.50

-

-

HOPES

James

Australia

168

276

7

39.43

9.86

24.00

2/2

JAYAWARDENE

Mahela

Sri Lanka

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

KATICH

Simon

Australia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

KAUL

Uday

India

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LEE

Brett

Australia

96

112

4

28.00

7.00

24.00

1/9

MARSH

Shaun

Australia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

MOTA

Wilkin

India

18

36

1

36.00

12.00

18.00

1/24

PATHAN

Irfan

India

318

350

15

23.33

6.60

21.20

2/18

POMERSBACH

Luke

Australia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

POWAR

Ramesh

India

72

91

3

30.33

7.58

24.00

2/22

SANGAKKARA

Kumar

Sri Lanka

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

SARWAN

Ramnaresh

West Indies

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

SINGH

VRV

India

288

420

11

38.18

8.75

26.18

3/29

SOHAL

Sunny

India

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

SREESANTH

S

India

307

442

19

23.26

8.64

16.16

3/29

SRIVASTAVA

Tanmay

India

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

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