Sri Lanka slumped to 106-4 but Kamindu's fourth Test hundred ensured the hosts breached the 300-mark
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Chasing 171 for victory, Punjab made 164/8 in their allotted 20 overs.
Irfan Pathan gave hopes to Punjab by smashing a superb 60 from 29 balls, but his dismissal in the final over curtailed the team’s chances.
Earlier, Symonds laid the foundation of the Deccan innings with a well-paced 53 after skipper Adam Gilchrist opened the innings on a blistering note with a quick-fire 33 of just 12 balls.
Herschelle Gibbs made a run-a-ball 23, while T Suman (26 off 22) and Chaminda Vaas (16 off 10) provided the necessary impetus towards the end.
Symonds hit three fours and as many sixes during his 38-ball innings while Gilchrist struck four boundaries and two lofty sixes over the stands.
Yuvraj Singh (2/21) was pick of the Kings XI bowlers while Irfan Pathan, Shalabh Srivastava and Bipul Sharma all picked up a wicket each.
Put into bat, Deccan had a flying start as Gilchrist was at his destructive best from the onset. The Australian greeted S Sreesanth with two fours and two sixes to pile up 24 runs of his first and innings’ second over. The wicketkeeper-batsman treated young Srivastava with equal disdain, clobbering him for two boundaries before the left-arm seamer had the last laugh. Gilchrist mistimed a pull to give a nice running catch to Mahela Jayawardene. — PTI
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