Axar patel Hat trick 4-21

Axar Patel Hat-trick steers Kings XI Punjab to win

Axar patel Hat trick 4-21
Axar patel Hat trick 4-21

Indian Premier League, 28th match: Gujarat Lions v Kings XI Punjab at Saurashtra Cricket Association, Rajkot, May 1, 2016

Kings XI Punjab 154 (19.5/20 ov) Murali Vijay 55 off 41, 6 fours, DA Miller 31 off 27, 2 fours, WP Saha 33 off 19, 4 fours, S Kaushik 20-3, DJ Bravo 33-2, P Kumar 25-2.

Gujarat Lions 131/9 (20.0/20 ov) SK Raina 18 off 15, 2 fours, 1 six, Ishan Kishan 27 off 24, 3 fours, JP Faulkner 32 off 27, 3 fours, MM Sharma 32-3, AR Patel 21-4, Sandeep Sharma 31-1

Kings XI Punjab won by 23 runs

Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to bowl. Axar Patel took four wickets for 21 including the first hat-trick of the season, to steer Kings XI Punjab win against table –toppers Gujarat Lions in Rajkot. Axar reduced Lions to 57 for 6 in their chase of 155.

Kings XI got McCullum and Suresh Raina cheaply as they missed straight ball from Mohit Sharma. It was up to David Miller and Wriddhiman Saha found form in their 39-run stand for the sixth wicket