IPL 2012 (May 09): Latest Team Positions/Points Table -- Pune, Deccan out of the tournament

HYDERABAD, India (Wed, May 09) – Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) won their respective matches against Deccan Chargers (DC) and Pune Warriors India (PWI) yesterday night in the ongoing IPL 2012.

IPL 2012 (May 09): Latest Team Positions/Points Table -- Pune, Deccan out of the tournament

First match between Rajasthan and Pune proved to be one-sided as the hosts couldn’t pose any threat to visitors while batting first on a batting-friendly pitch managing just 125 on the board to challenge the opponents. The target was never beyond the limit with the class of Shane Watson in the batting lineup of Rajasthan. Watson scored 90 runs off just 51 balls, which in itself tells how dominating he was, so to be named as man of the match.

Pune Warriors are out of the tournament now, and Rajasthan keep their hopes alive.

In the second match of the day Deccan Chargers, already out of tournament, put up a good fight but couldn’t able to finish perfectly to get past the target of 170 set by Punjab, courtesy to some brilliant batsman-ship by their top order, especially young Mandeep Singh who played a gem of an innings scoring 75 runs off 48 balls. He was also named man of the match for his brilliant effort.

The two wickets claimed by David Hussey in only one over he bowled, was the turning point of the game. In that over, he dismissed the well set Harris and the inform White.  

It has been a clinical performance by Kings XI Punjab and with this victory, they moved into the 5th spot on the points table, which is now dominated by spirited Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) followed by Delhi and Mumbai.

Detailed and updated points table with respective team standings are given above.

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