Dharamsala: Coming to form during the later half of the tournament, Punjab posted a a stiff total of 184 that eventually turned out to be too much for the visitors, Mumbai Indians. Mumbai went in with the same side as in the game against Rajasthan Royals. Sachin Tendulkar once again missed the fixture to rest his injured hand, which meant Mumbai's opening combination remain unchanged. However, it did not work out according to plans as Praveen Kumar picked up Glenn Maxwell with the third ball of the innings.
Man of the Match in the previous game, Aditya Tare once again looked in good touch before he was castled by Sandeep Sharma for 22. At 27 for two, skipper Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu tried to fight back with a 35-run partnership but the asking rate proved to be too much for both of them. Rayadu top-scored for Mumbai with 26 runs which included three boundaries. Skipper Rohit Sharma was striking the ball nicely before he was done in by a beautiful googly from Piyush Chawla for 25. The rest of the batsmen struggled to get runs as Pollard (22), Rishi Dhawan (14) and Dinesh Karthik (0) could not accelerate when it was required.
With 51 needed off the last over, the Dharamsala crowd came in for a pleasant surprise when skipper Adam Gilchrist bowled the last over and to many people's delight, picked up his first IPL wicket. With a little bit of "Gillinam" style of celebration, the
07:39 PM, May 18, 2013
Dharamsala: On a dark day that seriously threatened the IPL's credibility, Kings XI Punjab maintained their focus of trying to make it to the play-offs with a seven-run win over Delhi Daredevils at their second home of Dharamsala. Delhi picked five bowlers and opted to field but the desired impact was sorely missing as Punjab's big three batsmen produced busy innings to drive the score to 171 for 4, which...
11:31 PM, May 16, 2013
Mohali: Rajasthan Royals moved closer to sealing a place in the IPL 6 play-offs after emphatically brushing aside Kings XI Punjab by eight wickets at the PCA Stadium on Thursday. The visitors came to Mohali chasing two points to move nearer to 20 and did just that, keeping Punjab to 145 and then having Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson to thank for a breezy chase. Crucial to Rajasthan's win was... 
Having lost their previous two matches, KKR needed a win to stay in the tournament but rain forced abandonment of play after 14 overs of the Titans' innings. ... 
It will be a test of character for the Indian boys in the Champions League Twenty20 which enters the business end on Saturday. ... 
