KingsXI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders almost made a match out of a virtually lost cause in their encounter with Kings XI Punjab, but finally losing it by 9 runs.
The Punjab team batting first scored a modest 178-6 in 20 overs. The youngie Shuan Marsh was the top-scorer with 40 runs of 32 balls. Kumara Sangakkara 28 of 21 and Irfan Pathan 24 of 26 also contributed to scorecard.
But a late last over flood of runs by Piyush Chawla 21* of 7 balls from speedster Ishant Sharma took the Mohali team to a respectable 178 runs.
Umar Gul had the best figures of 2/27 in 4 overs.
Chasing the target Kolkata team lost early wickets. Punjab fast bowlers Sreesanth 4 overs, 2/25, Irfan Pathan 4 overs, 2/18 and V.R.V. Singh 4 overs, 1/31 kept the Kolkata top order on a tight leash. While the Kolkata side kept losing wickets, their scoring never picked up.
It was then David Hussey 71 of 46 and Prasanta Saha 59 of 32 who tried to steady the kolkatan inning. Their sixth wicket partnership saw them scoring 100 runs from just 52 balls.
The late gusty play by David Hussey and ample support from P. Saha did revived the hopes of winning for the Knights but it ended in the penultimate over when Hussey holed up one to James Hopes from Gagandeep Singh. The kolkata innings thus ended at 169-6 in 20 overs.
While this is the fourth successive win for the Mohali side, the Kolkata side recorded their fourth straight loss.
Irfan Pathan was declared Man Of the Match for his heroic bowling and the vital contribution with the bat.