Kings XI Punjab make short work of Pune Warriors

Apr 07, 2013

After losing their first match, Pune Warriors needed a victory, but lost Manish Pandey in the first over itself. This was Pandey's 8th duck in IPL, the most by a single player in its history•BCCI

Robin Uthappa was deceived by Piyush Chawla for 19 to leave Pune reeling at 33 for 4 in the ninth over•BCCI

Nayar scored an unbeaten 25 to try and keep the innings together•BCCI

Manan Vohra began to hit out once Gilchrist was dismissed, hitting four boundaries in the fourth over•BCCI

Adam Gilchrist's run out of Marlon Samuels put added pressure on Pune•BCCI

Gurkeerat Singh took a sublime catch on the boundary to remove Ross Taylor for 15 as Pune slumped to 53 for 6•BCCI

Bhuvneshwar Kumar was bowled by Azhar Mahmood off the last ball of the innings as Pune finished on 99 for 9•BCCI

Mandeep Singh proved an ideal partner, as they put on 58 for the second wicket•BCCI

Mitchell Marsh provided some lower-order resistance, putting on 25 for the seventh wicket with Abhishek Nayar•BCCI

Adam Gilchrist announced himself by taking 14 off the first over•BCCI

Vohra made sure to stay till the end, finishing on 43 not out as Kings XI Punjab charged home with eight wickets to spare•BCCI