Yuvraj Singh's wife and Bollywood actress Hazel Keech was spotted cheering for Kings XI Punjab at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, on Friday, as her husband returned to the Playing XI in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Mumbai Indians.
Yuvraj Singh with his wife Hazel Keech
Prithi Narayanan, wife of KXIP skipper R Ashwin, was also spotted cheering for the hosts
R Ashwin's wife Prithi Narayanan and Hazel Keech takes selfie during the IPL match
Hazel Keech during match thirty-four of the Vivo Indian Premier League 2018
Prithi Narayanan and Hazel Keech pose for pictures in Indore
Hazel Keech wife of Yuvraj Singh of the Kings XI Punjab and Prithi Narayanan wife of Ravichandran Ashwin chat during the match
Yuvraj (14 off 14 balls), who was promoted up the batting order, once again failed to fire
Yuvraj last played a match for KXIP on April 23, facing Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla. He managed to score just 14 runs in that match and was excluded from the playing eleven for the subsequent match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, on April 26.
The 36-year-old southpaw batsman has failed to impress much with the willow so far in the ongoing IPL as he has managed to score just 50 runs in six matches.
On Friday, a half-century by Chris Gayle followed by some fireworks by Marcus Stoinis in the final moments helped KXIP post a challenging 174/6.
Punjab somewhat squandered a great 54-run start by openers Lokesh Rahul (24 off 20) and Gayle (50 off 40 balls), before picking pace towards the end as Stoinis deposited Hardik Pandya for two sixes and as many fours to milk 22 runs off the final over.
The self-proclaimed 'Universe Boss' slammed his 24th IPL fifty, decorated with six boundaries and couple of sixes.
Put in to bat, Punjab were off to a decent beginning as the openers took Punjab past the 50-run mark in 6.1 overs.
Mumbai's find of the tournament Mayank Markande came up with the first breakthrough after dismissing Rahul in the seventh over with the scoreboard reading 54 runs.
Gayle was then joined by veteran Yuvraj Singh and the duo stitched a 34-run partnership for the second wicket before pacer Ben Cutting ended the Caribbean southpaw's innings in the 12th over.
Yuvraj (14 off 14 balls), who was promoted up the batting order, once again failed to fire as the out-of-form batsman was the next to depart in the 13th over with Punjab's scorecard reading 96/3.
Karun Nair and Axar Patel then showed some resistance, adding 36 runs for the fourth wicket.
Pacers Jaspreet Bumrah and Mitchell McClenaghan further jolted the hosts after dismissing Nair (23 off 12 balls) and Patel (13 off 12 balls) in the 16th and 17th over respectively.
Stoinis then played a cameo of a 15-ball 29 while Mayank Agarwal chipped in with 11 runs down the order to help Punjab reach a healthy score.
For Mumbai, McClenaghan, Bumrah, Hardik, Markande and Cutting bagged a wicket each.
(With IANS inputs)
