subject: Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings IPL 4 2011 Live Scores and Updates [print this page] Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings IPL 4 2011 Live Scores and Updates
Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings (KXIP vs CSK) IPL 4 2011 Live Scores and Updates Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings (KXIP vs CSK) 9th match live score and updates of Indian Premier League season 4, 2011 (IPL-4 2011) is here. The live match will kick-off on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.
Defending Champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has started their season 4 of Indian Premier League with a win in their opening game against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) lost their opener to Pune Warriors (PW), Punjab looking for complete turnaround.
Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings have faced each other in seven IPL games. Chennai Super Kings was dominant team as they won six games, Kings XI Punjab has never won a game against this opposition and one game was ended without result. Michael Hussey was the highest scorer with 116 runs and Balaji 5/24 is recorded best bowling figures in an innings. Muttiah Muralitharan has taken 8 wickets; this is the highest by bowler from these two teams. Suresh Raina is the highest run scorer of these two teams with 226.
This will be a fight between Aussie and Indian captains, interesting fact is that they both keep wickets and stay cool in pressure situations and more over wise captains. Both players won the Man of the match awards in the finals of World Cup finals.
Kings XI Punjab team is expecting complete turnaround for this match; they started the season 4 of IPL with defeat against new team Pune Warriors. Adam Gilchrist hasn't played a single match well from the past IPL struggling with his form. Punjab batting will depend lot the shoulders of opening pair of Shaun Marsh and Adam Gilchrist. Ryan McLaren was glimpse that shined in the last game with half century.
Their bowling line-up looks weak with no premium bowler; their only hope will be Praveen Kumar. Praveen Kumar's slow medium pace will be handy, but he is lacking match practice. Piyush Chawla along with McLaren and Abhishek Nayar have to perform well.
Chennai Super Kings looks to strong side form the first edition of IPL, they managed to pull a win against Kolkata with a thin margin have boosted their confidence levels. Mathew Hayden was well replaced by S Aniruddha, who played a crucial role in the opening game. The middle order is strong as rock with the likes of Dhoni, Raina, Badrinath and Morkel who is capable of some last blows in the end. Bowling was little concern for them, but team is filled with good bowlers who change the fate of game in their favor.
Teams:
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): Adam Gilchrist (wk/c), Shaun Marsh, Paul Valthaty, Dinesh Karthik, Abhishek Nayar, Sunny Singh, Ryan McLaren, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Nathan Rimmington, Bhargav Bhatt, Love Ablish, Amit Yadav, Bipul Sharma, Siddharth Chitnis, Paras Dogra, Ryan Harris, David Hussey, Vikramjeet Malik, Mandeep Singh, Nitin Saini, Shalabh Srivastava, Stuart Broad, Dimitri Mascarenhas, David Miller.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Murali Vijay, Srikkanth Anirudha, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (wk/c), Subramaniam Badrinath, Scott Styris, Albie Morkel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Suraj Randiv, Tim Southee, Shadab Jakati, George Bailey, Doug Bollinger, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Ben Hilfenhaus, Joginder Sharma, Nuwan Kulasekara, Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh, Abhinav Mukund, Wriddhiman Saha, Sudeep Tyagi, Ganapathi Vignesh, Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas.
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh.
