Kings XI Punjab needed a win to compete with other teams for a place in the semifinals.
Andrew Symonds and
Brett Lee are playing their first match in the Indian Premier League 2009. Though Chargers started off slowly, powerful hitting by Andrew Symonds at the end helped
Deccan Chargers reach 168 runs. Kings XI Punjab won the match by 3 wickets with 1 ball to spare.
Deccan Chargers: 168/5 (20.0 overs)
Andrew Symonds 60*(36),
Venugopal Rao 32*(25), Brett Lee 1/24
Kings XI Punjab: 169/7 (19.5 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 43(28),
Sunny Sohal 30(17),
Rohit Sharma 2/12
Result: Kings XI Punjab beat Deccan Chargers by 3 wickets with 1 ball to spare
Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene
