Punjab beat Deccan by one run

Yuvraj Singh's hat-trick coupled with Irfan Pathan's twin blow in the last over handed Kings XI a one-run win against Deccan Chargers.

Yuvraj Singh’s sensational second hat-trick of the tournament coupled with Irfan Pathan’s twin blow in the last over handed Kings XI Punjab a one-run win against Deccan Chargers in an Indian Premier League thriller to keep their semifinal hopes alive.

Put into bat,Punjab scored a modest 134 for seven,built largely around Kumar Sangakkara’s 43-ball 56,and then rode on Yuvraj’s hat-trick to restrict Hyderabad to 133 for eight.

Deccan,though,looked like to have run away with the match with Rohit Sharma hitting a quickfire 26-ball 42 and his side needing just four runs from five balls before he was out in the third ball of the last over.

RP Singh and Jaskaran Singh could score just two runs to give Kings XI a one-run victory.

Earlier,Yuvraj came to his team’s rescue when Deccan was cruising towards the modest target of 135 with 65 for two wickets after 10 overs.

Opener Herchelle Gibbs departed in the last delivery of the first over after the strategy break off Yuvraj as the South African’s powerful cut found Piyush Chawla at backward point who pouched a sharp catch.

Yuvraj sizzled again in his next over sending dangerous looking Andrew Symonds (25 off 25) packing as wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara first fumbled with the ball but finished it up with a brilliant stumping.