When things go wrong,it seems to give an illusion of nothing going right and in some cases the fact also turns to be the same hard way.Kings XI punjab experienced that against RCB at Mohali and the expressionless yet dismayed face of Sangakkara conveyed that with every pathetic fielding and dropped catches by their team.
And it comes with the salt on the wound when the captain himself drops a sitter off Irfan pathan and more over kicked the ball to the boundary.Kings XI showed for the first time in the tournament their batting prowess with a quickfire 45 by sangakkara and useful cameos of 42 by Bopara and 36 by Yuvraj Singh.And till the 14 th over of the second innings when RCB has just made 102 with the asking going for a maximum of 12.5 runs per over,Punjab seemed right on track to a convincing win.Then the Ghost of their bad luck in the tournament came to haunt again as Kohli started with a six and a four in the 15th over and got out.Then in came Uthappa,blasted Brett lee for 25 runs in one over and within a matter of 3 overs it looked like a no contest finishing on the other side.
Kevin Pietersen struck his first 50 of the IPL and remained unbeaten on 66 and Punjab was gracious enough to give me three dropped chances each by Sreesanth,Bopara and Sangakkara himself.And it is all but final nail in the coffin for the Kings XI as they are virtually knocked out of IPL 2010 as they could maximum muster a further 12 points which is a distinctly impossible task
