Marsh brothers catch the eye in IPL
Shaun Marsh hit 43 and Bhargav Bhatt bagged four wickets as
bottom-placed Kings XI Punjab stunned table-toppers Mumbai Indians by 76
runs in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday.
In another match, Shaun’s younger brother, Mitchell, took four
wickets and Sourav Ganguly hit an unbeaten 32 on his comeback as Pune
Warriors beat Deccan Chargers by six wickets.
Mumbai could never recover after losing three wickets for 27 runs and
were bowled out for 87 in 12.5 overs chasing a 164-run target, with West
Indies’ Kieron Pollard top-scoring with 17 in a dismal batting show.
Seamer Praveen Kumar did the early damage when he took two of the
first three wickets, including that of skipper Sachin Tendulkar (six).
Left-arm spinner Bhatt finished with 4-22, including three wickets in
one over.
Australians Shaun Marsh and Adam Gilchrist (28), and Dinesh Karthik
(31) helped Punjab post a competitive total despite a five-wicket haul
by seamer Munaf Patel (5-21).
Marsh, who put on 70 for the second wicket with skipper Gilchrist,
hit five fours in his 34-ball knock before falling to a superb diving
catch by Pollard in the deep off Patel.
Mumbai, who had already made sure of a place in the semi-finals,
still lead with 16 points.
They are followed by Chennai (14), Kolkata (14), Bangalore (13),
Rajasthan (11), Kochi (10), Pune (eight), Delhi (eight), Punjab (eight)
and Deccan (six).
Paceman Mitchell Marsh, 19, earlier finished with 4-25 as Pune
restricted Deccan to 136-8 before achieving the target with 10 balls to
spare.
Former India captain Ganguly, who went unsold at the player auction
before being signed up by Pune as a replacement for injured seamer
Ashish Nehra, looked impressive during his 32-ball knock, hitting one
six and three fours.
Opener Manish Pandey top-scored for Pune with 49, while New Zealander
Jesse Ryder smashed a 20-ball 35 with the help of two sixes and five
fours.
Marsh, son of former Australian opener Geoff Marsh, and left-arm
spinner Yuvraj Singh (2-17) were instrumental in restricting Deccan.
Deccan made a strong start after electing to bat when Ravi Teja (30)
and Shikhar Dhawan (24) put on 51 for the opening wicket.
Marsh got a wicket in his opening over when he bowled Teja before
dismissing South African JP Duminy (30), Sunny Sohal and Amit Mishra in
his last over.
Brief scores:
Deccan Chargers 136-8 in 20 overs (JP Duminy 30, R. Teja 30, S.
Dhawan 24; M. Marsh 4-25, Yuvraj Singh 2-17) Pune Warriors 137-4 in 18.2
overs (M. Pandey 49, J. Ryder 35, S. Ganguly 32 not out; D. Christian
2-21) by six wickets.
Kings XI Punjab 163-8 in 20 overs (S. Marsh 43, D. Karthik 31, A.
Gilchrist 28; M. Patel 5-21, L. Malinga 2-24) Mumbai Indians 87 in 12.5
overs (B. Bhatt 4-22, P. Kumar 2-19) by 76 runs. MOHALI, AFP
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