Punjab have failed to retain the momentum of three consecutive wins to lose three in four, and will have to emulate Deccan, who put an end to their run of three successive defeats with a win against Mumbai, to narrow the gap between the teams. The tournament is entering a crucial stage now, it will soon get to must win games for a number of teams. Punjab will do well to win this one.

Deccan is likely to give Symonds a go, but will he bring the same bad luck that other expensive players Flintoff and Pietersen brought to their teams?

Teams

Deccan Chargers: (probable) 1 Adam Gilchrist (capt/wk), 2 T Suman, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Andrew Symonds, 5 Dwayne Smith, 6 Venugopal Rao, 7 Dwaraka Ravi Teja, 8 Ryan Harris, 9 Shoaib Ahmed/ Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, Harmeet Singh/Pragyan Ojha.

Kings XI Punjab: (probable) 1 Sunny Sohal, 2 Simon Katich, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Yuvraj Singh (capt), 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Irfan Pathan, 7 Ravikant Shukla, 8 Sreesanth, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Vikramjeet Malik/Ramesh Powar, 11 Yusuf Abdulla. 

Timings

Start time 12.30 local ,10.30GMT, 16.00 IST,

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