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Mahela guides Kings Xl to one ball win

Charged by a 28 ball 43 by former Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardena which included three timely sixes and a boundary along with a 18 ball 25 by the present Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara, Kings Xl Punjab beat the Deccan Charges by three wickets with only a ball to spare in their IPL T20 encounter at the De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberly yesterday.

Deccan Charges in their inning made 168 with Australian allrounder Andrew Symonds contributing an unbeaten 60. In replay Kings Xl made 169 for 7 in 19.5 overs.

Deccan Charges 168 for 5 in 20 overs (Adam Gilchrist 20, T.S. Suman 27, Andrew Symonds 60 not out, Venugopal Rao 32)

Kings Xl Punjab 169 for 7 in 19.5 overs (S. Sohail 30, Kumar Sangakkara 25, Mahela Jayawardena 43, S.M. Sohaib 2 for 25, R.G. Sharma 2 for 12)
 
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