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Chasing a modest target of 165, 20-20 debutant Shaun Marsh hit a classy 84 off 62 balls and shared a match-winning stand with Jayawardene (45) to romp home with seven balls to spare. Their combined score of 129 runs was cherry on the cake in their 7 wicket win against the Hyderabad team.

Kings XI’s new opening duo of Shaun Marsh and Ramnaresh Sarwan (15) gave a perfect start to the visitors’ chase, putting up 41 runs. However, Sarwan was runout in the 6th over and then Kalyankrishna (34/1) picked up the all-important wicket of Kumar Sangakkara (3) in the very next over to bring Chargers back in the game.

A 41-run stand between Marsh and skipper Yuvraj Singh (14) kept Kings XI on the track before Nuwan Zoysa took an easy catch off his own bowling to send Yuvraj packing. That was all Deccan Chargers’ bowlers could manage on the day, as some sensible batting display from Marsh and Jayawardene ensured Kings XI’s third win in the tournament.

Earlier, powered by Rohit Sharma’s blazing 75, Deccan Chargers piled up a competitive score 164 for eight wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Sharma was the star for the Chargers as he hit a quick fire 75 off 40 balls to give the hosts’ bowlers a competitive score to defend. Sharma’s magnificent knock was studded with 10 boundaries and two sixes.

Sent into bat, Deccan Chargers was stunned early by Irfan Pathan when he bowled Adam Gilchrist (6) in the fourth over. Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla struck the second blow sending Herschelle Gibbs (7) home in the seventh over. He picked up the crucial wicket of Laxman to put the hosts under pressure at 67 for three in the ninth over. Sharma carried on his attacking game as wickets continued to tumble at the other end.

The new kid on the block Shaun Marsh showed a glimpse of his father Geoff Marsh, the legendary opening batsman for Australia, while he opened the inning for Kings XI. It was like history revisited, watching the debutant youngster playing the shots and making his strokes the way his father used to. Shaun was the pleasant piece of patience; he oozed confidence from the very first ball and promised that he is here to stay. While his companion walked in and walked out making their little or mediocre contributions, but, his consistency remained undisturbed. It was a show of young talent, both at work and display in both the innings, if it was Rohit Sharma who steadied a sinking boat for Chargers, then Shaun Marsh on the other side proved to be the bloke to look out for who scored 84 off 62 balls and guided Kings to a splendid victory by 7 wickets.

When the Chargers took crease, everybody was expecting a blitzkrieg from Gilly, the undisputed hero of the last match but the home crowd had to settle for less. The Australian batsman failed to give a repeat performance. Irfan Pathan bowled Gilchrist off his superb delivery, and the hitter could only contribute 6 runs off 6 balls. The swashbuckling batsman from South Africa, Herschelle Gibbs who made his debut in IPL with this match, failed to live up to his own along with people's expectations. He was the next man to go with a paltry 7 runs highlighted against his name.

So, far unsuccessful with his bat, captain VVS Laxman was expected to play the encore which he did by sensibly playing and giving a decent push to the team's score along with impressive youngster Rohit Sharma. Laxman scored a decent 48 off 34 balls before he lost his wicket to Piyush Chawla. Shahid Afridi, the flamboyant all-rounder from Pakistan started to show his trademark hard-hitting way by hitting a boundary and a six, before he could have become the damager, he was stopped abruptly by Gagandeep Singh in the twelfth over.

It was looking like that Deccan Chargers' train has gotten off the track, when the middle-order collapsed like an old building. But, there was still a ray of hope at the end of the tunnel in form of Rohit Sharma. The most consistent batsman for Chargers was consistency personified again this time when he single-handedly kept the hope of the home side afloat by punishing bowlers of the Punjab team. Rohit again showed that how apt he is for this nano-version of cricket. He remained unbeaten, his bat released 76 runs off 42 balls, which included 10 boundaries and 2 sixes, and helped taking his team's total to a modest 164.