Kings XI Punjab owner Priety Zinta
Kings XI Punjab owner Priety Zinta (in white) cheers her team during the match. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI

Kings XI Punjab escape to a thrilling 12-run win to stay in race

Dubai: Kings XI Punjab snatched a miraculous 12-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a low-scoring thriller and stayed alive in the race for play-offs in IPL in Dubai.

After restricting Kings XI to a paltry total of 126 for five with some tight bowling, Sunrisers looked to be cruising at one stage when they were 56 for one. When Manish Pandey fell cheaply (15) with the score at 100 for four wickets after 16.1 overs, the match still looked very much in their grasp till Vijay Shankar’s wicket threw open the floodgates for the Likes of Chris Jordan and young Arshdeep Singh.

Jordan (4-0-17-3) and Arshdeep (3.5-0-23-3) help their nerves to produce those two magical final overs to close out the match and give their team a fourth win on the trot.

Being sent into bat earlier, none of the Kings XI batsman could convert their 20s into big scores and wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Swing bowler Sandeep Sharma, who reached 100 IPL wickets this evening, took two for 29, Jason Holder had 2/27 while Rashid Khan was at his brilliant best with figures of 4-0-14-2. His wrong un, which foxed the in-form KL Rahul, was simply a beauty. Nicholas Pooran topscored for Kings XI with an unbeaten 32 while Rahul fell earlier for 27.

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Kings XI Punjab players
Kings XI Punjab players celebrate the wicket of Vijay Shankar of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI



Vijay Shankar of Sunrisers Hyderabad plays a shot.
Vijay Shankar of Sunrisers Hyderabad plays a shot. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI


Manish Pandey
Manish Pandey of Sunrisers Hyderabad bats during the match. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI


Chris Jordan
Chris Jordan of Kings XI Punjab bowls during the match. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI

Murugan Ashwin
Murugan Ashwin of Kings XI Punjab celebrates the wicket of Jonny Bairstow of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI


Kings XI Punjab players
Kings XI Punjab players celebrate the wicket of David Warner of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI



Murugan Ashwin
Murugan Ashwin of Kings XI Punjab bowls during the match. x Image Credit: Murugan Ashwin of Kings XI Punjab bowls during the match. Sportzpics for BCCI

David Warner
David Warner of Sunrisers Hyderabad smashes a six. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI


Mohammad Shami of Kings XI Punjab
Mohammad Shami of Kings XI Punjab bowls during the match. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI


Jason Holder
Jason Holder of Sunrisers Hyderabad celebrates the wicket of Chris Jordan of Kings XI Punjab. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI




Sandeep Sharma
Sandeep Sharma of Sunrisers Hyderabad celebrates the wicket of Glenn Maxwell of Kings XI Punjab. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI


Nicholas Pooran
Nicholas Pooran of Kings XI Punjab plays a shot. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI

Rashid Khan of Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rashid Khan of Sunrisers Hyderabad celebrates the wicket of Chris Gayle of Kings XI Punjab. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI

Jason Holder
Jason Holder of Sunrisers Hyderabad bowls during the match. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI

Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle of Kings XI Punjab hits over the top for six. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI




Sunrisers Hyderabad players
Sunrisers Hyderabad players celebrate the wicket of Mandeep Singh of Kings XI Punjab. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCC

Mandeep Singh of Kings XI Punjab
Mandeep Singh of Kings XI Punjab plays a shot. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI


Khaleel Ahmed
Khaleel Ahmed of Sunrisers Hyderabad bowls during the match. Image Credit: Sportzpics for BCCI







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