Kings XI Punjab Posts 8 Wicket Win over RCB in IPL
Rulers XI Punjab handed out a brilliant all round execution to whip Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight-wickets, regardless of a sparkling thump by comeback man AB de Villiers, amid an IPL experience here.
Choosing to bat, RCB rode on de Villiers’ unbeaten 46-ball 89-run unconquered innings bound with upwards of nine sixes and three fours to post an unassuming 148-4 in the wake of being lessened to 22-3 in 5 overs. Pursuing the objective, Manan Vohra (34) and Amla (58) gave Punjab a flying begin, sharing 62 off 35 balls for the opening wicket before Tymal Mills put the severs by getting free the previous in the 6th over.
Vohra hit four limits and a six in his 21-ball innings before being caught leg before by Mills. New man Axar Patel (9) too didn’t remain longer as in the wake of hitting a six off Iqbal Abdulla, he was flummoxed by Yuzvendra Chahal with a googly and wound up being spotless astonished in the ninth.
In any case, it didn’t influence Punjab’s run chase as Amla and Captain Glenn Maxwell never took their foot off the quickening agent and continued managing in limits to redesign the objective, achieving 150-2 in 14.3 overs.
Amla’s unbeaten 38-ball 58-run innings was studded with four limits and three sixes, while Maxwell hit some healthy blows in his 22-ball 43-run innings as Punjab scored up their second win in IPL 10. For Punjab, Varun Aaron (2/21) gobbled up two wickets, while Sandeep Sharma (1/26) and Axar Patel (1/12) picked one wicket each. Prior, RCB ended up in a spot of trouble right on time in the innings yet de Villiers imparted 46 keeps running off 49 balls to Mandeep Singh (28) for the fourth wicket to enduring the innings.
Left-arm spinner Patel began the knocking down some pins assault for Punjab and he struck the main blow, expelling opener Shane Watson (1) in the last wad of the first over itself. Hoping to play a cut shot, Watson wound up dragging the ball on to his stumps.
de Villiers, who supplanted West Indies’ damaging batsman Chris Gayle in the group, delivered the initial six of the match in the third over when he impacted Mohit Sharma over additional cover. Be that as it may, other opener Vishnu Vinod (7) additionally attempted to get into the demonstration in the following over off Sandeep Sharma however he was confined for room and wound up giving a basic catch to Maxwell at the long-on limit.
In the following over, Aaron caught Kedar Jadhav (1) infront of wicket as Bangalore were lessened to 22-3 in five overs. After a couple calm overs, de Villiers pillaged a six and a four to amass 13 keeps running off youthful left-arm seamer T Natarajan in the ninth over to help RCB reach 47 for 3.
de Villiers and Mandeep continued managing in twos to keep the scoreboard ticking before Aaron rejected the Jalandhar batsman in the fourteenth over with wicket-attendant Wriddhiman Saha taking a splendid catch. In the sixteenth over, de Villiers pummeled Aaron over mid-off to get his second six off the innings.
The South African then crushed Marcus Stoinis over profound midwicket twice in the following over to raise his fifty. Stuart Binny then got into the demonstration and clobbered a six and a four off Mohit before de Villiers impacted another six between the long-on and profound midwicket range. de Villiers then crushed a four and progressive sixes off Sandeep to store up 19 runs. Mohit then knocked down some pins four great balls in the last over before the South African finished the innings with two vigorous blows.
KOLKATA: Simply blown away by their pyrotechnics, West Indies left-hander Chris Gayle compared Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers to Read more
It's almost scary the way Virat Kohli is going these days. He has cut to shreds the much-venerated law of Read more
The question ahead of the IPL 2016 Qualifier 1 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Lions was how can the Read more
Australia broke the world scoring record in Twenty20 internationals on Tuesday as an unbeaten century by opener Glenn Maxwell helped Read more
