A decent act with bat and ball sees Kings XI Punjab set a

record of seven back to back home successes.

A tensed and riveting challenge at Mohali's IS Bindra Stadium

finished with the hosts Kings XI Punjab winning in the last over

with KL Rahul agreeing with his stance over the line. An inside

and out clinical execution from KIXP was shaken up after a

whirlwind of snappy wickets, anyway their batsmen helped

them get over the line with Rahul driving the accuse of an

unbeaten 71.

Bowling first, the Kings got off to a splendid begin against

Sunrisers Hyderabad with chief Ravichandran Ashwin taking

an impressive low catch to expel Englishman Jonny Bairstow

in simply the second over of the match. Expanding on that

early energy, the KXIP bowlers did well to limit the guests to

only 27 runs toward the finish of the powerplay as they ran the

guests dry.

A couple of overs later, Ashwin ceased a hard, straight shot off his

own bowling; and seeing the non-striker Mohammad Nabi out of his

wrinkle, intuitively ran him out similarly as the guests were hoping to

up their pace.

Sunrisers finally changed gears with five overs to spare, getting 12

runs off Mujeeb Ur Rahman's last over. They scored 31 runs off the

last three overs, with David Warner doing the majority of the scoring

as he finished with an unbeaten 70. Bowling the last, Mohammed

Shami took out Manish Pandey off the absolute first ball yet Deepak

Hooda hit him for two fours and a six as the guests set an objective

of 151 for Kings XI Punjab.

KIXP lost their magnetic opener Chris Gayle in simply the fourth

over of the game, as he miscued a shot off Rashid Khan's bowling

and wound up being gotten at long on. Notwithstanding, the

Karnataka team of KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal helped enduring

the ship, as they got to 38 runs toward the finish of the powerplay.

Without going for any risks, both batsmen kept the scoreboard

ticking, getting the intermittent limits to remain responsible for the

pursuit. The pair at that point clobbered 17 runs off a Siddarth Kaul

over to additionally cut down the required rate, presently requiring

just 65 runs off the last nine overs.

In the last bundle of the 12th over, Rahul splendidly cut up the hole

between long on and mid-wicket as he continued to score his third

fifty of the 2019 VIVO IPL season. A few overs later, the 25-year-old

nudged one into the spread cover to raise the first ever 100 run

partnership by a Kings XI Punjab pair against Sunrisers

Hyderabad.

The very next Over, Agarwal flicked one onto the leg side to bring

second 50 of the game. However, Sandeep Sharma figured out how

to expel both Agarwal and new man David Miller in the eighteenth

over as the guests were sniffing a rebound.

Those expectations were additionally enlarged by a splendid

nineteenth over by Kaul as he gave away just five runs while

grabbing the wicket of Mandeep Singh, which implied that the hosts

required 11 off the last finished. however, Sam Curran and Rahul

ensured there wasn't to be any very late sting in the tail; as Kings XI

Punjab squeezed out a success with a ball to spare.