Jayawardene Shines As Delhi Of IPL 2012

Mahela Jayawardene struck an unbeaten half-century in IPL 2012 as the Delhi Daredevils beat Kings XI Punjab by 5 wickets to become the first team to reach the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs.

The Sri Lankan batsman hit 84 to score 56 in 49 balls as Delhi to talled 140-5 in 19 overs after pace players bowlers Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron combined to take 5 wickets to help restrict Punjab to 136-8 at Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium.

The player Jayawardene added 48 with Naman Ojha (34), helping Delhi recover from 37-4 in the sixth over. The player Ojha struck three fours and two sixes in a 29-ball knock, both his sixes coming off successive deliveries from legspinner Piyush Chawla. He was dropped on 22 by Chawla at long-on off Azhar Mahmood when Punjab was fighting to get back in the game.

Jayawardene player guided the team to victory along with player Irfan Pathan, who chipped in with 19 not out.“There was some spirits movement for players fast bowlers and Varun and Umesh bowled beautifully,” Sehwag said. “We were expecting that Mahela would play till the end and finish the game. It is difficult to go in and play your shots, but he took his time and ensured the win.”



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IPL 2012 - Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians 33rd Match

Most welcome to the clash between Mumbai Indians and Punjab. Mumbai have found themselves in quite an uncomfortable spot after their recent outbursts on the battle of field and the fair play table has reflected that quite precisely, by placing them at the bottom.

The great player Harbhajan's side will have to try and find a way to channel their aggression in a manner that is more productive because as of now they are placed in the bottom half of the points table, with a game in hand. Great King Punjab have bigger headaches at the moment as they have been able to register just three wins out of their seven games.

The last time these two sides met a few days ago, player David Hussey's men came out on top. Punjab will be desperate to keep their winning momentum going while Mumbai will surely treat this as their grudge match. We should be in for a thriller today, so sit back and enjoy the action unfold. The Great Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and elected to bat

Teams: 

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): James Franklin, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik(w), Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Robin Peterson, Harbhajan Singh(c), Clint McKay, RP Singh, Munaf Patel

Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Nitin Saini(w), Mandeep Singh, Shaun Marsh, David Hussey(c), Azhar Mahmood, David Miller, Siddharth Chitnis, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Bhargav Bhatt, Parvinder Awana