IPL 2019: Chris Gayle was happy man on Monday as KXIP beat SRH by 6 wickets ( Courtesy by BCCI)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Kings XI Punjab defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets in Mohali
- Chris Gayle broke into impromptu Bhangra on his way back from the stadium
- KL Rahul(71*) along with Mayank Agarawal (55) helped KXIP chase down 151
Kings XI Punjab defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets, thanks to stylish half-centuries from KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal, in a thrilling Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the IS Bindra Stadium on Monday.
Chris Gayle signed off from the ground after the victory on Monday night, breaking into another impromptu Bhangra session just like the way he had earlier in the day on his way to the stadium for the match.
Last season he had scored a hundred against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mohali - during a stunning assault, he bashed Rashid Khan for four successive sixes.
The Universe Boss came into the match against SRH having already being the fastest to 4000 IPL runs and the first player to hit 300 sixes in the IPL. But on Monday, Gayle fell early, for 16 runs, to a Rashid Khan delivery which the left-hander tried to hit for a six, but ended up getting caught by Deepak Hooda at long on.
After the dismissal of Gayle, the two Karnataka friends, Rahul and Agarwal got together to take control of the KXIP's chase. Rahul remained unbeaten on 71 off 53 balls to notch up his third half-century of the season with the help of seven fours and one six, whereas Agarwal scored 55 runs from 43 balls, including 3 fours and 3 sixes. The pair added 114 runs for the second wicket, and yet made heavy weather of SRH's modest target of 151.
Agarwal, who was dropped by Yusuf Pathan on 40, holed out to Vijay Shankar at deep midwicket off Sandeep Sharma in the 18th over.
But just when it looked like the damage had already been done, David Miller (1) and Mandeep Singh (2) threw their wickets away to Sandeep in the same over and Siddarth Kaul in the 19th to leave the game on the edge with 11 runs needed in the final over.
Mohammad Nabi gave just five runs away from the first three balls before Rahul hit a magnificent straight drive for four to then score the winning runs off a David Warner misfield as Punjab won with one ball to spare, putting up 151/4 in 19.5 overs.
With the win, Kings XI Punjab moved into the top 3 in the IPL points table, with 8 points from 6 matches, incidentally piping SRH on net run-rate.
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