Praveen and Bangalore gate crash Yuvraj's party

May 01, 2009

Irfan Pathan sent back Jesse Ryder in the first over after Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to bat•AFP

Jacques Kallis managed 27 off 22 balls...•Associated Press

Roelof van der Merwe provided some late fireworks with a 19-ball 35•AFP

Yuvraj Singh reached his fifty off 33 balls and looked to have put Punjab on course for a win •AFP

...and then accounted for Piyush Chawla as Bangalore held on for a narrow eight-run win•AFP

Yusuf Abdulla did some early damage as well, removing Shreevats Goswami and Rajesh Bishnoi•Associated Press

But became Yuvraj Singh's second victim as Bangalore slid to 80 for 5•AFP

Abdulla finished as the most successful bowler for Kings XI Punjab with 4 for 36•AFP

But the Bangalore bowlers had other plans. Anil Kumble removed Kumar Sangakkara to leave Punjab edgy on 129 for 5•AFP

Yuvraj then removed Mark Boucher off the first ball of his next over to make it three off three - the first hat-trick of this IPL•AFP

Yuvraj got Punjab off to a flying start during the chase of 146 •AFP

With 13 runs required off the last over, Praveen Kumar had it all to do. He first dismissed Irfan Pathan...•AFP