Kings XI Punjab lived to see another day in the IPL after a tremendous bowling effort – highlighted by Yuvraj Singh’s second hat-trick of the tournament – gave them a one-run win over the Deccan Chargers off the last ball of the game.

Chargers needed 11 runs in the last over but Pathan assured his homeside by dismissing Rohit Sharma (42) and RP Singh (0) for the much-needed victory.

Rohit Sharma was the last hope for Deccan Chargers after they lost three quick wickets to Yuvraj but Sharma failed to repeat the last night’s magic.

Kings XI Punjab skipper Yuvraj Singh took his second hat-trick, as Deccan Chargers lost quick wickets after the strategy break.

Yuvraj dismissed Herschelle Gibbs (26), Andrew Symonds (25) and Venugopal Rao (0), spread over two overs, to bring back Punjab in hunt.

Adam Gilchrist (23) gave Chargers a flourishing start until Ramesh Powar struck twice in the fifth over. Powar removed Gilchrist and T Suman (0) in consecutive deliveries.

Earlier, Kumar Sangakkara helped depleted Kings XI Punjab to 134/7 in 20 overs.

Sangakkara (56) and Wilkin Mota (12) stitched a valuable partnership of 53 runs for the fifth wicket to revive Punjab’s hopes after a poor start.

Sent to bat first, Kings XI Punjab lost wickets at regular intervals against roaring Chargers. Kings XI were desperately missing Jayawardene, as no batsmen found their feet on the ground in crunch time.

Chargers got rid of Yuvraj Singh (20) before the strategy break, as Kings XI got off to a worst possible start in the must-win game at New Wanderers Stadium.

Venugopal Rao shattered Yuvraj’s middle stump in the 9th over to pile misery on already struggling Kings XI who lost their three top order batsmen within five overs.

RP Singh dismissed opener Sunny Sohal (9) in the second over to become the highest wicket-taker in the tournament. Sohal tried all possible ways to get out and was finally successful when miscued one to Rohit Sharma at short fine-leg.

Luke Pomersbach also did not last long and was run-out by Herschelle Gibbs for 1 run.

Simon Katich played couple of good shots before being claimed by Andrew Symonds for 11 runs. Pragyan Ojha took a comfortable catch at the mid-on.

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High on confidence after the last-ball victory against Kolkata Knight Riders, Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist is now eyeing another win in their next outing against Kings XI Punjab on Sunday to seal a semi-final berth in the Indian Premier League.

Sent in to bat first, Kings XI Punjab lost three quick wickets against consistent Deccan Chargers at New Wanderers Stadium.

RP Singh dismissed opener Sunny Sohal (9) in the second over to become the highest wicket-taker in the tournament. Sohal tried all possible ways to get out and was finally successful when miscued one to Rohit Sharma at short fine-leg.

Luke Pomersbach also did not last long and was run-out by Herschelle Gibbs for 1 run.

Simon Katich played couple of good shots before being claimed by Andrew Symonds for 11 runs. Pragyan Ojha took a comfortable catch at the mid-on.

Adam Gilchrist won the toss and invited Kings XI Punjab to bat first in the 49th match of the IPL.

Chargers included Jaskaran Singh in their line-up, as Harmeet Singh was warming the benches.

Kings XI Punjab retained the same side which stunned Delhi Daredevils on May 15.

Punjab have the psychological advantage going into the match as they had beaten Adam Gilchrist’s men by three wickets in their earlier meeting.

Deccan Chargers took a stride towards reserving their semi-final berth as they pipped Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets in a last-ball thriller on Saturday.

The teams

Deccan Chargers: Adam Gilchrist, Herschelle Gibbs, Tirumalsetti Suman, Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, Venugopal Rao, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Ryan Harris, Jaskaran Singh, Rudra Pratap Singh, Pragyan Ojha.

Kings XI Punjab: Sunny Sohal, Simon Katich, Kumar Sangakkara (w), Yuvraj Singh(c), Luke Pomersbach, Irfan Pathan, Wilkin Mota, Brett Lee, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, S Sreesanth.

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Scoreboard of the 36th IPL match between Deccan Chargers and Kings XI Punjab ended with a thriling 3 wicket win for Punjab with just one ball remaining.

Deccan Chargers innings (20 overs maximum)
AC Gilchrist     c Powar b Sreesanth                           20
HH Gibbs          c Jayawardene b Chawla                   13
TS Suman         c Jayawardene b Mota                      27
RG Sharma      c wicketkeeperSangakkara b Lee     9
A Symonds      not out                                                     60
Y Venugopal Rao run out (Katich/Sangakkara)   32
Extras     (lb 2, w 3, nb 2)             7

Total     (5 wickets; 20 overs)     168

Did not bat: DB Ravi Teja, PP Ojha, SM Shoaib, RP Singh, RJ Harris

Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-54, 3-70, 4-73, 5-168

Bowling:O-M-R-W-Econ: B Lee:    4-0-24-1-6.00, I Pathan: 4-0-42-0-10.50, S Sreesanth: 4-0-37-1-9.25, PP Chawla:    3-0-26-1-8.66, W Mota: 4-0-26-1-6.50, Yuvraj Singh: 1-0-11-0-11.00

Kings XI Punjab innings (target: 169 runs from 20 overs)
S Sohal                     c Venugopal Rao b Sharma     30
S Katich                   c Venugopal Rao b Sharma       9
K Sangakkara        b Shoaib                                          25
Yuvraj Singh         c Gilchrist b Shoaib                    18
D Jayawardene    run out (Ravi Teja/Gilchrist)  43
I Pathan                  c Shoaib b Suman                         10
W Mota                   run out (Gibbs/Gilchrist)             3
B Lee                       not out                                                14
P Chawla               not out                                                   8
Extras     (lb 6, w 3)                 9

Total     (7 wickets; 19.5 overs)     169

Did not bat RR Powar, S Sreesanth

Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-42, 3-85, 4-86, 5-116, 6-127, 7-149

Bowling:O-M-R-W-Econ: RJ Harris: 3-0-29-0-9.66,     RP Singh: 2.5-0-26-0-9.17, SM Shoaib: 3-0-25-2-8.33, RG Sharma: 2-0-12-2-6.00, Y Venugopal Rao: 1-0-3-0-3.00, TS Suman: 3-0-24-1-8.00, A Symonds: 1-0-20-0-20.00, PP Ojha: 4-0-24-0-6.00

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to field first.

Man of the match: Jayawardene (Kings XI Punjab)

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