Brutal Punjab beaten Rajasthan

Kings XI Punjab 195 for 7 (Marsh 71, Valthaty 46, Tait 3-22) beat Rajasthan Royals 147 for 7 (Praveen 2-22, Bhatt 2-20) by 48 runs

You don't discharge Paul Valthaty off a no-ball, this month. You don't dismiss Adam Gilchrist off a no-ball, continually. Rajasthan Royals establish out just why. Siddharth Trivedi overstep as he got Gilchrist to chop on in the first over, and Shaun Tait cut the go back gather as he sent down a thunderbolt in the second, that Valthaty guide to third slip.

Both free-hits were slam for fours, setting up a session of outgoing viciousness. Shaun Marsh built on the openers' heroics as Kings XI Punjab roar to a score of 195, setting up their third win in three games. The Mohali crowd lapped up the activity, Shane Warne was reduced to sledging in vain, Elizabeth Hurley had little to cheerfulness by the end, and Preity Zinta could barely contain her glee.

Punjab was on top from start to finish, but the peak of their supremacy was the third over of the game, off which Valthaty plunder Trivedi for 25 runs. A slow bouncer was pull out of the ground, a fuller delivery was drill as the crow flies and another length ball was redirect to cow corner.

Trivedi manage to press in a dot ball before distribution down a badly-disguised slower one that was fixed over point. And then Trivedi sent down another no-ball, full and succulent on the pads, and Valthaty tuck in for four more.

Things just kept receiving worse for Rajasthan, but they had it coming after the no-balls. Even Shane Warne wasn't at his best, as Gilchrist thump him for a six and a four off his first three balls. At the end of four overs, Punjab was going at the ghostly run-rate of 16.75.

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