Indian Premier League 2015 - 3rd Match
(Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals at Pune)
Electric Faulkner and Royals sink Kings XI
| RR | vs | KXIP |
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| 162/7 (20) | 136/8 (20) | |
| RR won by 26 runs | ||
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| Photo © BCCI |
It is almost as if James Faulkner was built from the ground up with only one question in mind: What would a Finisher need? Power, he has that. Common sense, he has that by the truckload. Percentage cricket, he doesn't play any other kind. And confidence, he's won a World Cup. Today in Pune, he walked in after Kings XI Punjab shredded the Rajasthan Royals top order. But 75 for 5 was nurtured through the middle overs to 110 for 5 in the 15th and then Faulkner exploded. His 46 off 33 balls lifted Royals to 162, which proved 26 more than necessary.
Faulkner, with the ball this time, insured that result by the fifth over of the chase when he dismissed Glenn Maxwell for 7. Tim Southee was at the other side of that wicket, falling low to his left to convert a touch chance. He bettered that in the 19th over with a hokey-pokey catch, featuring spectacular assistance from Karun Nair, that will shred Youtube hit counters, crash ESPNcricinfo and break the internet.
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| Photo © BCCI |
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