| 14:20 GMT: Start of play for the day | |||
| Kings XI Punjab won the toss and will bowl | |||
| 14:31 GMT: Start of session's play | |||
| AC Gilchrist and VVS Laxman to open the batting | |||
| 14:31 GMT: Start of innings | |||
| S Sreesanth comes on to bowl | |||
| 0 | b1 | 0 | Sreesanth to Gilchrist good length ball on the off and pushed to cover fielder. |
| 0 | b2 | 1 | good length ball outside the off and cut to thirdman for a single. |
| 0 | b3 | 0 | Sreesanth to Laxman good length ball outside the off and left alone. |
| 0 | b4 | 4 | fuller length ball on the legs and flicks to deep mid wicket for FOUR! |
| 0 | b5 | 0 | good length ball on the off and pushed to cover fielder. |
| 0 | b6 | 1 | good length ball outside the off and trying to play, got edge to slip and cant carry. |
| End of over 1: | (6 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 6-0 (Gilchrist 1*, 2 balls, Laxman 5*, 4 balls) | ||
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| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| IK Pathan comes on to bowl | |||
| 1 | b1 | 1 | Pathan to Laxman full toss on the off and played to mid wicket. |
| 1 | b2 | 1 | Pathan to Gilchrist on the legs and flicks to square leg for a single. |
| 1 | b3 | 4 | Pathan to Laxman fuller length ball ont he legs and flicks to deep mid wicket fence for FOUR! |
| 1 | b4 | 0 | good length ball outside the off and left alone. |
| 1 | b5 | 4 | fuller length ball o nthe off and pushed to extra cover fence for FOUR! |
| 1 | b6 | 0 | good length ball on the legs and flicks to mid wikcet fielder. |
| End of over 2: | (10 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 16-0 (Gilchrist 2*, 3 balls, Laxman 14*, 9 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 2 | b1 | 1 | Sreesanth to Gilchrist fuller length ball on the off and driven to wide of mid off fielder. |
| 2 | b2 | 1 | Sreesanth to Laxman good length ball o nthe off and pushed to mid on for a single. |
| 2 | b3 | 3 | Sreesanth to Gilchrist on the legs and flicks to deep mid wikcet for three. |
| 2 | b4 | 0 | Sreesanth to Laxman good lengt ball on the off and played defensively. |
| 2 | b5 | 4 | fuller length ball on the legs and flicks to wide of long on fielder for FOUR! |
| 2 | b6 | 1 | short of good length ball on the off and played to thirdman for a single. |
| End of over 3: | (10 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 26-0 (Gilchrist 6*, 5 balls, Laxman 20*, 13 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 3 | b1 | 1 | Pathan to Laxman good length ball on the off and pushed to mid on fielder. |
| 3 | b2 | 0 | Pathan to Gilchrist Gone! fuller length ball on teh off and trying to pull, misses and CLEAN BOWLED! |
| Gilchrist b Pathan (6 runs, 6 balls, 0x4, 0x6) | |||
| HH Gibbs comes in to bat | |||
| 3 | b3 | 1wd | Pathan to Gibbs good length ball outside the off and left alone. |
| 3 | b4 | 1 | good length ball on the off and pushed to wide of point fielder. |
| 3 | b5 | 1 | Pathan to Laxman fuller length ball on the off and driven down the ground for a single. |
| 3 | b6 | 0 | Pathan to Gibbs good length ball outside the off and let it go. |
| 3 | b7 | 0 | good length ball outside the off and pushed to gully for no run. |
| End of over 4: | (4 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 30-1 (Laxman 22*, 15 balls, Gibbs 1*, 3 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 4 | b1 | 0 | Sreesanth to Laxman short of good length ball outside the off and cut to point fielder. |
| 4 | b2 | 1 | fuller length ball on the off and flicks to wide of mid on fielder for a quick single. |
| 4 | b3 | 1 | Sreesanth to Gibbs good length ball outside the off and cut to wide of point fielder for a single. |
| 4 | b4 | 0 | Sreesanth to Laxman fuller length ball on the off and pushed to mid on fielder. |
| 4 | b5 | 1wd | good length ball wide outside the off and left alone. |
| 4 | b6 | 4 | fuller length ball on the legs and flicks to mid wicket fence for FOUR! |
| 4 | b7 | 1 | outside the off and cut to just wide of point fielder for a quick single. |
| End of over 5: | (8 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 38-1 (Laxman 28*, 20 balls, Gibbs 2*, 4 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| VR Singh comes on to bowl | |||
| 5 | b1 | 4 | VR Singh to Laxman fuller length ball outside the off and driven to extra cover fence for FOUR! |
| 5 | b2 | 0 | good length ball on the legs and played to mid on fielder. |
| 5 | b3 | 4 | good length ball outside the off and got edge to slip, FOUR! |
| 5 | b4 | 1 | fuller length ball on the legs and flicks to deep square leg for a single. |
| 5 | b5 | 3 | VR Singh to Gibbs fuller length ball o nthe off nad pushed to deep extra cover for three. |
| CricketArchive Oracles say that the Deccan Chargers 50 took 5.5 overs | |||
| 5 | b6 | 0 | VR Singh to Laxman fuller length ball outside the off and driven to cover fielder. |
| End of over 6: | (12 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 50-1 (Laxman 37*, 25 balls, Gibbs 5*, 5 balls) | ||
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| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| PP Chawla comes on to bowl | |||
| 6 | b1 | 1 | Chawla to Gibbs tossed up on the legs and swept to fine leg for a single. |
| 6 | b2 | 1 | Chawla to Laxman tossed up on the off and pushed to mid on for a single. |
| CricketArchive Oracles say that VVS Laxman has passed his previous highest score of 37 in Twenty20 Matches | |||
| 6 | b3 | 0 | Chawla to Gibbs tossed up on the off and pushed to point fielder. |
| 6 | b4 | 1 | tossed up on the legs and pushed to cover for a single. |
| 6 | b5 | 1 | Chawla to Laxman short ball on the off and pulled to mid wicket fielder for a single. |
| 6 | b6 | 0 | Chawla to Gibbs Gone! short ball on the off and pulled to deep mid wickewt fro an easy catch to goel. |
| Gibbs c Goel b Chawla (7 runs, 9 balls, 0x4, 0x6) | |||
| End of over 7: | (4 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 54-2 (Laxman 39*, 27 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| RG Sharma comes in to bat | |||
| 7 | b1 | 1 | VR Singh to Laxman outside the off andplayed to deep cover. |
| 7 | b2 | 1 | VR Singh to Sharma |
| 7 | b3 | 2 | VR Singh to Laxman fuller length ball onteh off and flicks to deep mid wicket for couple. |
| 7 | b4 | 0 | good length ball on the off and played defensvely. |
| 7 | b5 | 1 | fuller length ball on teh legs and driven to long on for a single. |
| 7 | b6 | 0 | VR Singh to Sharma good length ball ont he off and pushed to point fielder. |
| End of over 8: | (5 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 59-2 (Laxman 43*, 31 balls, Sharma 1*, 2 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 8 | b1 | 4 | Chawla to Laxman tossed up on the legs and pulled to deep mid wicket fielder, misfields for FOUR! |
| 8 | b2 | 1 | full ball on the off and driven to long off for a single. |
| 8 | b3 | 0 | Chawla to Sharma tossed up on the off and played back to bowler. |
| 8 | b4 | 2 | tossed up on the off and driven to wide of long off fielder for couple. |
| 8 | b5 | 1 | tossed up on the legs and flicks to mid wikcet fielder. |
| 8 | b6 | 0 | Chawla to Laxman Gone! tossed up outside the off and trying to push, got edge to cover for an easy catch to Yuvi. |
| Laxman c Yuvraj Singh b Chawla (48 runs, 34 balls, 8x4, 0x6) | |||
| End of over 9: | (8 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 67-3 (Sharma 4*, 5 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
![]() © PCB | Shahid Afridi comes in to bat | ||
| 9 | b1 | 1 | VR Singh to Sharma on the legs and flicks to mid wicket for a single. |
| 9 | b2 | 1 | VR Singh to Shahid Afridi fuller length ball onteh off and smashed to deep cover for a single. |
| 9 | b3 | 1 | VR Singh to Sharma good length ball outside the off and got edge to wide of 1st slip for a single. |
| 9 | b4 | 1 | VR Singh to Shahid Afridi fuller length ball onteh off and driven to mid off for a single. |
| 9 | b5 | 4 | VR Singh to Sharma short length ball on teh legs and pulled to deep mid wicket for FOUR! |
| 9 | b6 | 1 | fuller length ball on the off and driven to mid off for a single. |
| End of over 10: | (9 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 76-3 (Sharma 11*, 9 balls, Shahid Afridi 2*, 2 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| IK Pathan comes on to bowl | |||
| 10 | b1 | 0 | Pathan to Sharma good length ball on teh off and played back to bowler. |
| 10 | b2 | 1 | fuller length ball on the off and drivent olong off for a single. |
| 10 | b3 | 0 | Pathan to Shahid Afridi full toss outside the off and trying to play, misses. |
| 10 | b4 | 1 | good length ball outside the off and guided to thirdman. |
| 10 | b5 | 1 | Pathan to Sharma short length ball o nteh off and pulled down to deep square leg for a single. |
| 10 | b6 | 4 | Pathan to Shahid Afridi on the legs and flicks to deep square leg for FOUR! |
| End of over 11: | (7 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 83-3 (Sharma 13*, 12 balls, Shahid Afridi 7*, 5 balls) | ||
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| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| Gagandeep Singh comes on to bowl | |||
| 11 | b1 | 0 | Gagandeep Singh to Sharma good length ball onthe off and pushed to mid off fielder. |
| 11 | b2 | 0 | good length ball outside the off and trying to cut , misses. |
| 11 | b3 | 1 | good length ball on teh off and pusheed to mid on for a quick single. |
| 11 | b4 | 6 | Gagandeep Singh to Shahid Afridi Bang! fuller length ball on the off and smashed to deep mid wikcet for SIX! |
| 11 | b5 | 0 | Gone! good length ball ont he off and trying to pull, got edge to mid on for an difficult catch taken by Yuvi on his 4th attempt. |
| Shahid Afridi c Yuvraj Singh b Gagandeep Singh (13 runs, 7 balls, 1x4, 1x6) | |||
| Y Venugopal Rao comes in to bat | |||
| 11 | b6 | 0 | Gagandeep Singh to Sharma good length ball onteh off and got edge to short fine leg fielder. |
| End of over 12: | (7 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 90-4 (Sharma 14*, 16 balls, Venugopal Rao 0*, 0 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| PP Chawla comes on to bowl | |||
| 12 | b1 | 1 | Chawla to Venugopal Rao on the off and pushed to long on. |
| 12 | b2 | 1 | Chawla to Sharma outside the off and cut to point fielder. |
| 12 | b3 | 0 | Chawla to Venugopal Rao Gone! tossed up on the off and pushed to cover for a run out. |
| Venugopal Rao run out (1 runs, 2 balls, 0x4, 0x6) | |||
| SB Bangar comes in to bat | |||
| 12 | b4 | 0 | Chawla to Bangar tossed up on the off and played defensively. |
| 12 | b5 | 0 | tossed up on the off and pushed to cover. |
| 12 | b6 | 1 | tossed up on the legs and played to deep mid wikcet fielder. |
| End of over 13: | (3 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 93-5 (Sharma 15*, 17 balls, Bangar 1*, 3 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 13 | b1 | 0 | Gagandeep Singh to Bangar good lengt ball outside the off and pushed to point fielder. |
| 13 | b2 | 0 | good length ball on teh off and pushed to cover fielder. |
| 13 | b3 | 1 | good length ball o nteh off and guided to thirdman for a single. |
| 13 | b4 | 2 | Gagandeep Singh to Sharma fuller length ball on the off and played to wide of mid on. |
| 13 | b5 | 1 | on the legs and driven to long on. |
| 13 | b6 | 1 | Gagandeep Singh to Bangar fuller length ball on the legs and flicks to deep mid wicket for a single. |
| End of over 14: | (5 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 98-5 (Sharma 18*, 19 balls, Bangar 3*, 7 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 14 | b1 | 0 | Chawla to Bangar Gone! tossed up on teh off and pulled to long on for an easy catch to Sreesanth. |
| Bangar c Sreesanth b Chawla (3 runs, 8 balls, 0x4, 0x6) | |||
| DNT Zoysa comes in to bat | |||
| 14 | b2 | 1 | Chawla to Sharma tossed up on the off and driven to long off fielder. |
| 14 | b3 | 1 | Chawla to Zoysa tossed up on the off and pushed to gully for a single. |
| CricketArchive Oracles say that the Deccan Chargers 100 took 14.3 overs | |||
| 14 | b4 | 4 | Chawla to Sharma tossed up on the legs and swept to deep mid wicket for FOUR! |
| 14 | b5 | 6 | Bang! full toss on the off and pulled to long on for SIX! |
| 14 | b6 | 1 | full ball outside the off and driven to long off fielder. |
| End of over 15: | (13 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 111-6 (Sharma 30*, 23 balls, Zoysa 1*, 1 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 15 | b1 | 0 | Gagandeep Singh to Sharma ;fuller length ball on the off and pushed to long off fielder |
| 15 | b2 | 0 | fuller length ball on the off and played defensively. |
| 15 | b3 | 0 | fuller length ball on the letgs and played back to bowler. |
| 15 | b4 | 0 | fuller length ball outside the off and cut to short thirdman for no run. |
| 15 | b5 | 4 | low full toss on the legs and flicks to deep mid wikcet for FOUR! |
| 15 | b6 | 4 | fuller length ball on the off and smashed straight down the ground for FOUR! |
| End of over 16: | (8 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 119-6 (Sharma 38*, 29 balls, Zoysa 1*, 1 balls) | ||
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| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| S Sreesanth comes on to bowl | |||
| 16 | b1 | 0 | Sreesanth to Zoysa Gone! good lengt ball on the middle and trying to pull, misses and CLEAN BOWLED! |
| Zoysa b Sreesanth (1 runs, 2 balls, 0x4, 0x6) | |||
| D Kalyankrishna comes in to bat | |||
| 16 | b2 | 0 | Sreesanth to Kalyankrishna good length ball outside the off and trying to play, misses. |
| 16 | b3 | 0 | abain good length ball outside the off and trying to play, misses. |
| 16 | b4 | 1 | full toss on teh off and pushed to mid on for a single. |
| 16 | b5 | 4 | Sreesanth to Sharma short length ball on the legs abd pulled to deep mid wikcet for FOUR! |
| 16 | b6 | 4 | fuller length ball on the off and lofted over extra cover for FOUR! |
| End of over 17: | (9 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 128-7 (Sharma 46*, 31 balls, Kalyankrishna 1*, 3 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| VR Singh comes on to bowl | |||
| 17 | b1 | 1 | VR Singh to Kalyankrishna short length ball on the off and got edge to thirdman for a single. |
| 17 | b2 | 2 | VR Singh to Sharma fuller length ball outside teh off and lofted to deep cover for couple. |
| 17 | b3 | 1 | fuller length ball on the off and driven to long off for a single. |
| 17 | b4 | 0 | VR Singh to Kalyankrishna good length ball outside the off and trying to pull, misses. |
| 17 | b5 | 1b | good length ball outside the off and trying to play, misses and ran for a byes. |
| 17 | b6 | 4 | VR Singh to Sharma fuller length ball on the off and smashed to deep mid wikcet for FOUR! |
| CricketArchive Oracles say that Rohit Sharma has made 50 in 34 balls with 7 fours and 1 six | |||
| CricketArchive Oracles say that Rohit Sharma has made 500 runs in Twenty20 Matches | |||
| End of over 18: | (9 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 137-7 (Sharma 53*, 34 balls, Kalyankrishna 2*, 6 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| Gagandeep Singh comes on to bowl | |||
| 18 | b1 | 1 | Gagandeep Singh to Kalyankrishna on the off abd played to deep cover for a single. |
| 18 | b2 | 2 | Gagandeep Singh to Sharma good length ball on the off and smashed to long off for couple. |
| 18 | b3 | 2 | fuller length ball on the off and pulled to long on for couple. |
| 18 | b4 | 4 | fuller length ball ont he off and played straight down the ground for FOUR! |
| 18 | b5 | 4 | full toss on the legs and paddles to fine leg for FOUR! |
| CricketArchive Oracles say that the Deccan Chargers 150 took 18.5 overs | |||
| 18 | b6 | 4 | fuller length ball on the off and smashed to wide of long on for FOUR! |
| End of over 19: | (17 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 154-7 (Sharma 69*, 39 balls, Kalyankrishna 3*, 7 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| IK Pathan comes on to bowl | |||
| 19 | b1 | 0 | Pathan to Kalyankrishna Gone! full toss outside the off and cut to point for a superb catch. |
| Kalyankrishna c Marsh b Pathan (3 runs, 8 balls, 0x4, 0x6) | |||
![]() © CricketArchive | RP Singh comes in to bat | ||
| 19 | b2 | 1 | Pathan to Singh |
| 19 | b3 | 6 | Pathan to Sharma Bang! fuller lengt ball on the legs and pulled to long on for SIX! |
| 19 | b4 | 1 | |
| 19 | b5 | 1 | Pathan to Singh on the legs and played on side for a single. |
| 19 | b6 | 1lb | Pathan to Sharma fuller length ball outside the off and trying to play, misses and hit on pads for a leg byes. |
| End of over 20: | (10 runs scored) Deccan Chargers 164-8 (Sharma 76*, 42 balls, Singh 2*, 2 balls) | ||
| Over | Ball | Runs | |
| 16:14 GMT: End of innings | |||