Related Link : DLF Indian Premier League 2009
| Venue : Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban |
| Toss : Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field first |
| Umpires : Sanjay Hazare (Ind) and Ian Howell (SA) |
| Match Result : Rajasthan Royals won by 78 runs |
| Man of the Match : Graeme Smith |
| Total : 211/4 | Overs : 20.0 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 20 Overs Maximum | R | B | 4s | 6s |
| Naman Ojha (WK) | c Katich b Chawla | 68 | 51 | 5 | 5 |
| Graeme Smith | c Chawla b Powar | 77 | 44 | 12 | 1 |
| Yusuf Pathan | c Goel b Chawla | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | c Jayawardene b Irfan Pathan | 33 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| Lee Carseldine | not out | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Abhishek Raut | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Niraj Patel | |||||
| Shane Warne (C) | |||||
| Shane Harwood | |||||
| Amit Singh | |||||
| Siddharth Trivedi |
| Wides : 0 | No Balls: 4 | Byes: 0 | Leg Byes: 0 | Extras: 4 |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-135 (Smith, 14.5 ovs), 2-153 (Pathan, 16.2 ovs), 3-164 (Ojha, 16.6 ovs), 4-203 (Jadeja, 19.2 ovs) |
Kings XI Punjab |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Wd |
Nb |
| Ramesh Powar | 3 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Irfan Pathan | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sreesanth | 4 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Abdulla | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Piyush Chawla | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karan Goel | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total : 133/8 | Overs : 20.0 |
| Kings XI Punjab | Target : 212 from 20 Overs | R |
B |
4s |
6s
|
| Sunny Sohal | c Warne b Amit Singh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
K Sangakkara (WK) |
st Ojha b Yusuf Pathan | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| Karan Goel | c Harwood b Amit Singh | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Katich | b Trivedi | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | c Trivedi b Harwood | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Yuvraj Singh (C) | c Harwood b Amit Singh | 48 | 37 | 3 | 3 |
| Irfan Pathan | lbw b Warne | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| Piyush Chawla | c Jadeja b Warne | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Ramesh Powar | not out | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Sreesanth | not out | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Yusuf Abdulla |
| Wides : 13 | No Balls: 0 | Byes: 1 | Leg Byes: 5 | Extras: 19 |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-0 (Sohal, 0.1 ovs), 2-2 (Goel, 0.6 ovs), 3-25 (Katich, 4.6 ovs), 4-29 (Sangakkara, 5.6 ovs), 5-39 (Jayawardene, 7.4 ovs), 6-87 (Pathan, 13.3 ovs), 7-104 (Chawla, 15.4 ovs), 8-127 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.1 ovs) |
Rajasthan Royals |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Wd |
Nb |
| Amit Singh | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Harwood | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trivedi | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Warne | 3 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jadeja | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |