Ngidi magic knocks Kings XI out of IPL
Lungi Ngidi starred with the ball as the Chennai Super Kings knocked the Kings XI Punjab out of this season’s Indian Premier League (IPL) with a five-wicket victory in Pune on Sunday.
The Kings XI, who needed to win the match by at least 54 runs to reach the playoffs, posted a total of 153 all out on a pitch that assisted the seamers.
Karun Nair, batting at number six, top-scored for the Kings XI with a 26-ball 54 while Manoj Tiwary contributed 34 and David Miller 24.
However, it was South Africa fast bowler Ngidi that impressed with figures of 4-10 in his four overs that showed how lethal he could be with ball in hand.
Chennai’s run-chase did not get off to the best off starts as they were reduced to 27/3 and then 57/4, largely because of an inspired spell of swing bowling by Ankit Rajpoot, who took 2-19 in four overs up front.
Suresh Raina held the Chennai innings together and he was unbeaten at the end on 61 from 48 deliveries while Deepak Chahar played a superb cameo of 39 off 20 balls.
MS Dhoni (16 not out) finished the game with a six in the final over as Chennai won with five balls to spare.
The men in yellow finish the league phase in second place and play the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Qualifier on Tuesday while the Kings XI ended second bottom on the eight-team table.
Latest
-
NewsIndia legend backs Eoin Morgan to take KKR to the next level
Sunil Gavaskar wants to see Kolkata Knight Riders operate under the leadership of England skipper Eoin Morgan.
-
NewsDhoni pegs CSK defeat to Royals on no-balls
MS Dhoni was left to rue a string of costly mistakes made by the Chennai Super Kings bowlers.
-
NewsBob Willis Trophy final is English cricket’s battle of the best – Jamie Porter
The prolific Essex seamer believes Somerset are his side’s biggest rivals in red-ball cricket.
-
NewsVirat Kohli lauds RCB game-changer Yuzvendra Chahal
Yuzvendra Chahal delighted his RCB skipper Virat Kohli with a match-turning display against the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
-
NewsSunrisers Hyderabad sweating on Mitchell Marsh fitness
Mitchell Marsh will undergo x-rays on his injured ankle which could rule him out of the rest of the IPL.
-
NewsCaptain Tom says Somerset are Abell to finally get their hands on the big prize
Somerset face Essex this week.
-
NewsTammy Beaumont had eyes opened to her ‘white privilege’ by BLM movement
Beaumont and her England team-mates took a knee before the T20 against the West Indies.
-
NewsTammy Beaumont hails ‘Yorkshire Terrier’ Katherine Brunt after England’s T20 win
Beaumont struck 62 while Brunt conceded eight runs off her full allocation in Derby.
-
NewsTammy Beaumont stars as England Women claim 47-run victory over the West Indies
The match represented a welcome restart to the women’s international calendar more than six months on from the T20 World Cup in Australia.
-
NewsSam Curran impresses CSK coach Stephen Fleming
Sam Curran produced a gem of a batting cameo and claimed the prize scalp of Quinton de Kock in his first match for CSK.