Marsh was declared Man of the Match.
Kings XI Punjab cemented their semi-final berth with six-wicket victory against bottom-placed Deccan Chargers with three balls to spare in the 48th fixture of the DLF Indan Premier League.
Required to score 176 runs for their ninth victory from 12 matches, Kings XI Punjab scored 178 for 4 in 19.3 overs.
Kings XI Punjab captain Yuvraj Singh won the toss and elected to field. Deccan Chargers scored 175 for 4 in 20 overs. Adam Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma who hit half centuries, were their main scorers.
Both openers made light of the competitive total set by the Chargers as they put on a partnership of 84 runs in only 7.4 overs with Marsh scoring 60 and Sangakkara equaling his own record of fastest fifty by reaching the mark in a mere 23 balls.
Though captain Yuvraj Singh failed yet again with the bat, Mahela Jayewardene and Piyush Chawla ensured the Kings XI had no hiccups in reaching the target.With their ninth win in 12 matches, the Kings XI Punjab joined the Rajasthan Royals at the top of the league table with each having 18 points though Royals have played one match less.
The Scores:
Deccan Chargers: A. Gilchrist b Powar 50, H. Gibbs b Gagandeep Singh 44, Rohit b V.R.V. Singh 50, Y. Venugopal Rao c Chawla b Sreesanth 2, C. Silva (not out) 23, S. Styris (not out) 1; Extras (lb-4, w-1): 5; Total (for four wkts. in 20 overs): 175.
Fall of wickets: 1-79, 2-111, 3-149, 4-163, 5-149.
Kings XI Punjab bowling: Sreesanth 4-0-29-1, V.R.V. Singh 4-0-40-1, Powar 4-0-20-1, Chawla 4-0-31-0, Gagandeep 3-0-33-1, Yuvraj 1-0-18-0.
Kings XI Punjab: S. Marsh c Gibbs b Styris 60, K. Sangakkara c Silva b Rohit 50, Yuvraj Singh c R.P. Singh b Ojha 17, Luke Pomersbach c Rohit b Ojha 13, M. Jayawardene (not out) 14, P. Chawla (not out) 16, Extras (lb-3, w-5): 8; Total (for four wkts. in 19.3 overs): 178.
Fall of wickets: 1-84, 2-117, 3-137, 4-149.
Deccan Chargers bowling: R.P. Singh 3.3-0-37-0, Vijaykumar 2-0-24-0, Rao 2-0-23-0, Styris 4-0-36-1, Rohit 4-0-25-1, Ojha 4-0-30-2.
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