As it happened in Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (KXIP vs RCB) in Mohali.
Live Cricket Score, KXIP vs RCB, IPL 2019: Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers led the chase for Royal Challengers Bangalore as they beat Kings XI Punjab by 8 wickets in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Saturday. Chasing 174, Kohli and Parthiv Patel started on a positive note and added more than 43 runs for the first wickets in just 3.5 overs. Kohli and AB de Villiers then got together to take RCB ahead in the chase. Kohli was dismissed for 67. AB de Villiers (59*) and Marcus Stoinis (28*) took their team home.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 174/2 (19.2 overs)
Kings XI Punjab: 173/4 (20 overs)
IPL 2019, KXIP vs RCB: Full Scorecard
Earlier, Punjab reached 173 thanks to Chris Gayle who missed a century by a whisker, blasting an unbeaten 99 runs off 64 balls to help the hosts amass a challenging score.
Invited to bat, Gayle and KL Rahul gave Kings XI Punjab a flying start. They added 60 runs in the powerplay. Chahal broke the stand as he got Rahul (18) stumped at 66/1 in the 7th over. Chahal also got rid of Mayank Agarwal (15).
Sarfaraz Khan (15) fell to Siraj, while Sam Curran (1) was sent back by Moeen Ali as RCB got back in the match. Gayle and Mandeep Singh then took RCB past 160. Gayle was on 95 facing the last ball, he hit a boundary and became only the second batsman to remain 99 not out in IPL (the other one is Suresh Raina).
IPL 2019, KXIP vs RCB: Story of match in pictures
Here is how it all unfolded in Punjab vs Bangalore (KXIP vs RCB) match:
1. Bangalore have won the toss and have opted to field
Bangalore have won the toss and have opted to field.
KXIP: Viljeon is down with flu, Tye comes in. Mayank comes back in and M Ashwin comes in for Rajpoot.
RCB: Team playing with three foreigners, Umesh replaces Southee.
Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, Nicholas Pooran(w), Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Mohammed Shami, Murugan Ashwin.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis, Moeen Ali, Akshdeep Nath, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj.
In another news, the @RCBTweets Skipper has won the toss and elects to bowl first against the @lionsdenkxip.#KXIPvRCB pic.twitter.com/NdJgDve96M
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 13, 2019
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2. Chris Gayle, KL Rahul give KXIP good start
Chris Gayle and KL Rahul gave Kings XI Punjab a flying start. They added 60 runs in the powerplay. Chahal broke the stand as he got Rahul (18) stumped at 66/1 in the 7th over. (Image: AFP)
3. Yuzvendra Chahal takes two wickets
Yuzvendra Chahal broke the stand as he got Rahul (18) stumped at 66/1 in the 7th over. Chahal also got rid of Mayank Agarwal (15).
4. RCB come back
Sarfaraz Khan (15) fell to Siraj, while Sam Curran (1) was sent back by Moeen Ali as RCB got back in the match.
5. KXIP post 173/4
Gayle and Mandeep Singh then took RCB past 160. Gayle was on 95 facing the last ball, he hit a boundary and became only the second batsman to remain 99 not out in IPL (the other one is Suresh Raina). Kings XI Punjab reached 173/4.
6. RCB start well
Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel started on a positive note and added more than 43 runs for the first wickets in just 3.5 overs. Patel (19) was dismissed by R Ashwin. (Image: AFP)
7. Virat Kohli scores FIFTY
Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers then got together to take RCB ahead in the chase. Kohli soon completed his half-century. He finally fell for 67 in the 16th over with RCB still needing 46 runs in 27 balls. (Image: AFP)
8. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) win by 8 wickets
AB de Villiers (59*) and Marcus Stoinis (28*), helped by some sloppy work in the field by Punjab, took their team home. Bangalore beat Punjab by 8 wickets for their first win of the season. (Image: PTI)