The Kings XI march to another smashing win

Marsh continues his impressive run with another fluent knock

Western Australia's Shaun Marsh has produced another outstanding batting performance to lead the Kings XI Punjab to a nine-wicket win in the Indian Premier League.

The Kings XI, guided by Marsh's brilliant 74 from 51 balls at the top of the order, cruised to victory with more than four overs to spare.

Marsh, 24, has scored 295 runs at the phenomenal average by Twenty20 standards of 98.33.
He smashed nine fours and two sixes to lead the Kings to 144 for one in reply to Bangalore's 143, and clinched the win with a single to cover off Praveen Kumar with more than four overs to spare.

Earlier, The Royal Challengers had stumbled to 143-8 after opting to bat first.

It was an unimpressive effort from the visitors with Mark Boucher's 39 the top score. Punjab seamer Shantha Sreesanth claimed 3-29.

The result moves the Kings XI up to second in the points table, while the Royal Challengers remain bottom having now lost seven of their nine matches.

The scores:

Bangalore Royal Challengers: J. Arunkumar c Jayawardene b Sreesanth 1, V. Kohli b Chawla 21, Misbah-ul-Haq hit wkt. b Sreesanth 21, C. White c & b Chawla 10, R. Dravid b I. Pathan 29, M. Boucher (run out) 39, Praveen b Sreesanth 5, Vinay Kumar b V. R. V. Singh 1, Zaheer (not out) 1, A. Kumble (not out) 0; Extras (b-5, lb-2, w-8): 15; Total (for eight wkts. in 20 overs): 143.

Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-36, 3-49, 4-74, 5-102, 6-123, 7-129, 8-139.

Kings XI Punjab bowling: Sreesanth 4-0-29-3, I. Pathan 4-1-23-1, Chawla 4-0-33-2, V. R. V. Singh 4-0-15-1, Yuvraj 2-0-14-0, Hopes 2-0-22-0.

Kings XI Punjab: S. Marsh (not out) 74, J. Hopes c Steyn b Vinay Kumar 27, L. Pomersbach (not out) 34; Extras (lb-5, w-4): 9; Total (for one wkt. in 15.4 overs): 144.

Fall of wicket: 1-42.

Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling: Steyn 2-0-33-0, Zaheer 4-0-35-0, Praveen 2.4-0-15-0, Vinay Kumar 2-0-11-1, Kumble 4-0-36-0, Kohli 1-0-9-0.