Related Link : DLF Indian Premier League 2007/08
Venue : Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh (Day/Night)
Toss : Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Steve Davis (Aus) and K Hariharan (Ind)
Match Result : Kings XI Punjab won by 41 runs
Man of the Match : Shaun Marsh
Kings XI Punjab (20 Overs Maximum)
Shaun Marsh c Younis Khan b Watson 115 (69) 11 ‘4s’ 7 ‘6s’
James Hopes c Salunkhe b Yusuf Pathan 51 (35) 7 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Yuvraj Singh (C)run out (Yusuf Pathan/Watson) 49 (16) 2 ‘4s’ 6 ‘6s’
Luke Pomersbach not out 1 (1)
Kumar Sangakkara (WK)
Irfan Pathan
Piyush Chawla
Wilkin Mota
Ramesh Powar
Vikram Singh
Sreesanth
Extras: 5 (Wides : 3 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 221/3 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-133 (Hopes, 13.4 ovs), 2-213 (Marsh, 19.2 ovs), 3-221 (Yuvraj Singh, 19.6 ovs)
Rajasthan Royals Bowling
Munaf Patel 4-0-37-0 (1w)
Watson 4-0-40-1 (1w)
Pankaj Singh 3-0-48-0 (1w 1nb)
Salunkhe 3-0-23-0 0 0
Trivedi 4-0-48-0 0 0
Yusuf Pathan 2-0-24-1 0 0
Rajasthan Royals (Target : 222 from 20 Overs)
Mohammad Kaif b Sreesanth 1 (5)
Niraj Patel b Chawla 57 (39) 10 ‘4s’
Younis Khan b Irfan Pathan 3 (7)
Shane Watson (C) c Irfan Pathan b Chawla 22 (19) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Yusuf Pathan c Marsh b Hopes 39 (15) 3 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Kamran Akmal (WK) c Mota b Chawla 24 (8) 1 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Mahesh Rawat not out 23 (19) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Dinesh Salunkhe c&b Hopes 6 (3) 1 ‘4s’
Pankaj Singh not out 1 (5)
Sidharth Trivedi
Munaf Patel
Extras: 4 (Wides : 1 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 180/7 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-5 (Kaif, 1.3 ovs), 2-29 (Younis Khan, 4.5 ovs), 3-78 (Niraj Patel, 10.6 ovs), 4-99 (Watson, 12.2 ovs), 5-132 (Kamran Akmal, 14.1 ovs), 6-171 (Pathan, 18.1 ovs), 7-178 (Salunkhe, 18.6 ovs)
Kings XI Punjab Bowling
Irfan Pathan 4-0-10-1
Sreesanth 3-0-44-1 (1w)
Hopes 3-0-29-2
Powar 1-0-7-0
Vikram Singh 4-0-32-0
Piyush Chawla 4-0-35-3
Yuvraj Singh 1-0-20-0