Pune: Scoreboard of Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab, Match 3 of Indian Premier League 2015 played at MCA stadium here Friday.
Chasing 163 runs to win, Punjab's reply never really got going and they only managed to reach 136/8 in their 20 overs.
Australia's World Cup hero James Faulkner was Royals' star man was well with his innings-pacing knock of 46 runs and then taking 3/26 with the ball.
Rajasthan Royals innings: 162/7 in 20 overs
| Ajinkya Rahane | c Patel b Anureet Singh | 0 |
| Sanju Samson | lbw b Sandeep Sharma | 5 |
| Steven Smith | c Karanveer Singh b Johnson | 33 |
| Karun Nair | b Patel | 8 |
| Stuart Binny | c Saha b Johnson | 13 |
| Deepak Hooda | b Anureet Singh | 30 |
| James Faulkner | c Miller b Anureet Singh | 46 |
| Chris Morris | not out | 6 |
| Tim Southee | not out | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 9, w 12) | 21 |
| Total | 7 wickets | 162 |
| Overs | innings break | 20 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-5 (Rahane, 1.3 ov), 2-14 (Samson, 2.5 ov), 3-35 (Nair, 5.6 ov), 4-74 (Smith, 10.1 ov), 5-75 (Binny, 10.4 ov), 6-126 (Hooda, 16.4 ov), 7-160 (Faulkner, 19.3 ov) |
Did not bat: Dhawal Kulkarni, Pravin Tambe
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Sandeep Sharma | 4 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Anureet Singh | 4 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| Axar Patel | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| Karanveer Singh | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 4 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
Kings XI Punjab innings:
| Virender Sehwag | c Samson b Southee | 0 |
| Murali Vijay | run out (Samson) | 37 |
| Wriddhiman Saha | run out (Samson) | 7 |
| Glenn Maxwell | c Southee b Faulkner | 7 |
| Axar Patel | b Southee | 24 |
| David Miller | c Faulkner b Kulkarni | 23 |
| George Bailey | c Nair b Faulkner | 24 |
| Mitchell Johnson | c Southee b Faulkner | 0 |
| Anureet Singh | not out | 0 |
| Karanveer Singh | not out | 5 |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 7) | 9 |
| Total | for 8 wickets | 136 |
| Overs | match over | 20 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-0 (Sehwag, 0.1 ov), 2-32 (Saha, 2.6 ov), 3-46 (Maxwell, 4.6 ov), 4-64 (Vijay, 8.4 ov), 5-92 (Miller, 13.1 ov), 6-122 (Patel, 17.3 ov), 7-129 (Johnson, 18.3 ov), 8-131 (Bailey, 18.6 ov) |
Did not bat: Sandeep Sharma
Bowling
| Bowling | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Tim Southee | 4 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
| Chris Morris | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| James Faulkner | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| Pravin Tambe | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Stuart Binny | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
