Punjab Win A Thriller in Super Over

After the match was tied at 136, Chennai made nine runs in the Super Over. In reply, a brilliant six from Mahela Jayawardene followed by a smart boundary by Yuvraj Singh sealed the match for the visitors.

Earlier, Yuvraj top scored for Punjab with a 43, while Parthiv Patel made a 57 for Chennai. Agencies

Scoreboard

Kings XI Punjab

R Bopara c Balaji b Morkel 1

I Pathan b Balaji 39

K Sangakkara st Patel b Muralitharan 15

M Jayawardene lbw b Muralitharan 3

Yuvraj Singh c sub (GJ Bailey) b Morkel 43

M Kaif c Morkel b Muralitharan 14

M Bisla run out (Hayden/Morkel) 7

P Chawla (not out) 8

J Theron run out (Raina) 0

R Powar (not out) 2

Extras: (lb-2, w-2) 4

Total: (for 8 wickets; 20 overs) 136

Fall of Wickets: 1-18 (Bopara), 2-54 (Sangakkara), 3-58 (Pathan), 4-64 (Jayawardene), 5-109 (Kaif), 6-124 (Bisla), 7-124 (Yuvraj Singh), 8-125 (Theron).

Bowling: J Morkel 4-0-23-2, M Gony 2-0-20-0, R Ashwin 4-0-32-0, L Balaji 4-0-29-1 (1w), M Muralitharan 4-0-16-3, J Kemp 0.1-0-1-0 (1w), S Raina 1.5-0-13-0.

Chennai Super Kings

P Patel st Sangakkara b Chawla 57

M Hayden b Powar 33

S Raina run out (Theron) 15

M Vijay lbw b Theron 0

S Badrinath c Sangakkara b Yuvraj Singh 2

J Morkel (not out) 12

M Gony b Theron 2

R Ashwin c Kaif b Pathan 2

Extras: (b-2, lb-3, w-7, nb-1) 13

Total: (for 7 wickets; 20 overs) 136

Fall of Wickets: 1-65 (Hayden), 2-96 (Raina), 3-97 (Vijay), 4-104 (Badrinath), 5-121 (Patel), 6-127 (Gony), 7-136 (Ashwin).

Bowling: I Pathan 3-0-22-1 (1w), R Powar 4-0-22-1 (1nb), S Srivastava 3-0-25-0 (2w), J Theron 4-0-17-2 (3w), P Chawla 4-0-27-1, Yuvraj Singh 2-0-18-1 (1w).