Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab 2011 IPL 40th Match Live Score - KXIP v MI IPL4 Commentary, Teams

Title favorite Mumbai Indians will take struggling Kings XI Punjab in the 40th match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL4, on Monday, 2nd May, 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumba, in a day-night game starting from 10.30 GMT, 4.00 PM IST.

Mumbai Indians slipped to 2nd place and now have a good chance to again move to top after they lost to Rajasthan in the last match when their strong batting collapsed to mere 94 runs. Tendulkar still holding Orange Cap but not played big innings in the last few matches while Pollard still to make an impact so far.

Kings XI Punjab after few wins thanks to Valthaty's inning failed to win last 3 games and now in a must win situation to stay in the race. Paul valthaty, Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh must play big innings to post big totals.

Mumbai Indians Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 40th Match:

Sachin Tendulkar (cap), Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Andrew Symonds, Ambati Rayudu, Davy Jacobs (wk), Abu Nachim, Ali Murtaza, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel.

Kings XI Punjab Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 40th Match:

Adam Gilchrist (cap), Shaun Marsh, Paul Valthaty, Sunny Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Praveen Kumar, Abhishek Nayar, Ryan Harris, Vikramjeet Malik, Piyush Chawla, Ryan McLaren.

Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals 2011 IPL 23rd Match Live Score - KXIP v RR IPL4 Commentary, Teams

It's Priety Zinta v Shilpa Shetty, when two bollywood star's teams Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals will meet in the 23rd match of 2011 Indian Premier League - IPL 4, on Thursday, 21st April, 2011 at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh, in a night game starting from 14.30 GMT, 8.00 PM IST.

Kings XI Punjab after lost 1st match came back strongly thanks mainly due to Paul Valthaty, playing fearlessly and was the joint top score to clinch 2 back to back wins and now they are favorite here. Gilchrist also score some runs and if they continue their form they can move ahead.

On the other hand Rajasthan Royals after 2 convincing win lost 2 matches in a row and their last match washed out due to rain against Bangalore. They need steady inning from Dravid at one end and hard hitting by Watson on the other end to start winning again.

Kings XI Punjab Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 23rd Match:

Adam Gilchrist (cap), Shaun Marsh, Paul Valthaty, Sunny Singh, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Praveen Kumar, Abhishek Nayar, Ryan Harris, Vikramjeet Malik, Piyush Chawla, Ryan McLaren.

Rajasthan Royals Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 23rd Match:

Shane Warne (cap), Shane Watson, Ross Taylor, Rahul Dravid, Abhishek Raut, Johan Botha, Amit Gajanan Paunikar, Siddharth Trivedi, Ashok Menaria, Amit Singh, Ajinkiya Rahane.

Punjab Kings XI Beats Chennai Super Kings in a Thriller

In a thrilling high scoring 9th match of 2011 IPL 4, underdogs Prety Zinta'sKings XI Punjab beat defending champions Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets with 5 balls remaining, on Wednesday, 13th April, 2011 at Mohali.CSK made 188/4 in 20 overs and KXIP made 193/4 in 19.1 overs.

Chennai Super Kings got worst start as they lost 2 wickets in the first 2 balls by Praveen Kumar but M Vijay and Badrinath put 124 runs in 15 overs, made 74 off 43 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes and 66 not out runs respectively and in the end Dhoni hit 20 balls 43 runs so set the highest total of 2011 with 188/4.

Kings XI Punjab then got best start with 61 in 6 overs by Gilchrist and Valthaty. Paul Valthay, boy from Mumbai then played one of the best innings of IPL with unbeaten 120 runs off 63 balls with record 19 fours and 2 sixes and stand till the end to clinch a thrilling win. Valthay never took Punjab out of the match and always maintained the required run rate.

Match Summary:

Chennai Super Kings - 188/4 in 20 overs (M Vijay 74, Badrinath 66*, P Kumar 2-37)

Kings XI Punjab - 193/4 in 19.1 overs (Valthaty 120*, Karthik 21*)

Toss - Kings XI Punjab, who chose to bat first.

Man of the Match - Paul Valthaty (Kings XI Punjab)

Result - Kings XI Punjab Warriors won by 6 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

Points - Kings XI Punjab Warriors 2, Chennai Super Kings 0

Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings 9th Match of IPL 4 Photos

Mystery boy from Mumbai, Paul Valthaty played inning of his life with unbeaten 120 runs off just 63 balls and hit record number of 19 fours in IPL and 2 sixes and helps Punjab beat Chennai by 6 wickets with 5 balls remaining.

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Sahara Pune Warriors (SPW) v Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) IPL4 Live Score - 2011 IPL 5th Match Teams

Costliest team of IPL, new franchise Sahara Pune Warriors will play their first match of 2011 IPL 4, against Kings XI Punjab, in the 2nd game of Sunday, 10th April, 2011 at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai, in a night game starting from 14:30 GMT, 8:00 PM IST.

Kings XI Punjab has formed entirely new team after disappointing last 3 seasons, finished in the bottom half each time and now hope to change the fortune under the dynamic Adam Gilchrist. They will miss local hero Yuvraj Singh who is now opposite team captain.

Sahara Pune Warriors will be happy to have Yuvraj Singh , who was Man of the Series and he is in good form with bot bat and bowl and it will be interesting to see how he plays against his old team. They have a balanced team with Uthappa, Ruder, Smith, Ferguson, Manish Pandey, Nehra, Tim Paine, Natan McCullum, Wayne Parnell and Muralikarthik.

Kings XI Punjab Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 5th Match:

Adam Gilchrist (cap), Shaun Marsh, David Hussey, Siddharth Chitnis, David Miller, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Praveen Kumar, Vikramjeet Malik, Love Ablish, Piyush Chawla, Ryan Harris

Sahara Pune Warriors Playing 11, Team, Squad for IPL4 5th Match:

Yuvraj Singh (cap), Robin Uthappa, Jesse Ryder, Graeme Smith/Callum Ferguson, Manish Pandey, Ashish Nehra, Tim Paine (wk), Nathan McCullum/Wayne Parnell, Kamran Khan, Murali Kartik