Umesh Yadav rattled the KXIP's top order by taking three wickets in one over. Quality batsmen had no answer to his effective bowling. Wickets kept falling and no good partnership could take place. Ashwin Made 30 runs and K l Rahul made a quick fire 47. They failed to play the full quota of 20 overs and were dismissed for 155. Umesh Yadav was the pick of the bowlers.
Royal Challengers Banglore innings: Ove by over
Over 1: McCullum is out first ball. What a start for KXIP. He will be disappointed.
Over 2: Kohli in sublime form, so is De Kock, Playing their strokes nicely.
Over 5: Kohli drags one onto his stumps. did not read the line properly. Out for 21. What a ball it was.
Over 6: Dot. Four. One. One. One. One. Eight runs of Ashwin's over End of the powerplay. RCB: 41-2
Over 7: Rahan is in the attack, Kock hits him for a four. Otherwise a decent over. RCB 48-2
Over 8: What a six by ABD! Flat, pulled for maximum. Single. De Kock pulls it for four. Mohit Sharma taking the beating. Dot ball. Four, cracking shot by ABD. End of the over: RCB 64-2
Over 9: Axar Patel comes to the attack. LBW review. Overturned. De Kock is safe. Single. Well played but straight to the fielder. No run. Cracking shot by ABD, but just for two. Dot. End of the over: RCB 67-2
Over10: Ashwin is back. de Kock greets him with a mighty six and a four. End of over: RCB 79-2
Over 11: Axar to De Kock, reverse sweep, no run. Swept for two. Reverse sweep, gone for four this time! In the air, no man's land. Safe. End of over: RCB 87-2
Over 12: Ashwin to de Kock. Bowled. He's gone. Sarfaraz comes in, he's gone for a duck, a golden duck. Ashwin strikes twice. Mandeep Singh defends the hat-trick ball. End of over: RCB 88-4
Over 13: Axar bowled a decent over as well. only conceding six runs.
Over 14: RCB needs 59 from 38 balls. Tight over by Andrew Tye. Just 6 runs. RCB: 100-4
Over 15: Mohit Sharma is back. Good shot by ABD for two. Full toss, should have been dispatched, just a single. Mandeep, lucky survival. Poweful hit just for single. Finally a four. End of over: RCB 109-4
Royal Challengers Banglore innings analysis after 12 overs
Chasing a modest target of 156, Brendon McCullum and Quinto de Kock came to open the innings for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Axar Patel got the prized wicket of McCullum in the second ball of the first over. RCB captain Virat Kohli came to bat after the dismissal of McCullum and opened his account with a four in the point region. Axar Patel gave away 10 runs and took 1 wicket off the first over of the RCB innings. KXIP captain R Ashwin came to ball the 2nd over of the inning and Virat Kohli greeted him with a boundary of the first ball. Ashwin gave away 9 runs in his first over. Mujeeb Ur Rehman came to bowl the 3rd over of the RCB innings and away only 3 runs in his first over.
Andrew Tye came to bowl the 4th over of the inning and RCB captain Virat Kohli greeted him with a four. After playing few dot balls and taking single of 3rd and 4th ball. Kohli Played a classic cover drive to end the over. Kohli and de Kock scored 10 runs of Tye’s over.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman who came to bowl the 5th over of the innings doesn’t allowed Kohli and Kock to score big in his first 4 balls before cleaning RCB captain Virat Kohli up of a beautiful turning ball which hit the middle stump. A big break-through for KXIP as Kohli was in good touch. Virat Kohli scored 21 run off 16 balls with the help of 4 fours at a strike rate of 131.
KXIP Captain R Ashwin came to bowl the last over of the powerplay and gave 8 runs. Muzeeb Ur Rahman came to bowl his 3rd over and gave 7 runs with a boundary over mid-wicket hit by de Kock. Mohit Sharma came to bowl the 8th over of the inning and de Villiers greeted him with six of the first ball and at the end of the over the two South African batsmen managed to score 16 runs of Mohit Sharma’s disasterous first over given the situation of the game. Axar Patel came to bowl his 2nd over and nearly took the wicket of de Kock as after DRS show the impact is umpire calls but the ball was hitting the stumps. At the end of 9th over of the inning RCB was 62/2 with AB deVilliers and de Kock on the crease.
Ashwin came to bowl the 10th over of the inning and de Kock hit 2nd and 4th ball of Ashwin 3rd over for a six asettle asctively at the end of 10 overs RCB was 79/2. Quinton de Kock was playing at 38 runs off 28 balls at a strike rate of 131. De Kock doesn’t allowed any of the RCB bowlers to settle as he keep on playing his shots. Axar Patel gave away 8 runs in his 3rd over. R Ashwin came to bowl his last over and delivered for KXIP as he cleaned up, dangerous looking de Kock before getting the wicket of Sarfaraz of his next ball. Ashwin is on hattrick, second time in the game when a bowler is on hattrick, but Mandeep Singh evades the hat-trick ball. At the end of 12 overs, RCB is reduced to 87 for 2 to 88 for 4. Quinton de Kock scored 45 runs off 34 balls with an strike rate of 132
After losing two quick wickets, RCB is in rebuilding mode as Ab de Villiers and Mandeep Singh trying to take single and not playing any high-risk shot in Axar Patel’s final over. Andrew Tye came to bowl the 14th over of the innings and gave away 7 runs as RCB needed 56 runs from 36 balls. Mohit Sharma came to bowl his 2nd over-- he leaked 16 runs in his first – and gave away 9 runs. Ab de Villiers is playing at 31 runs off 28 balls and Mandeep scored 9 of 10 as the required run rate increased up to over 9 runs per over.
Kings XI Punjab's innings: Over by over
Over 1: K L Rahul and Mayank Agarwal to open for KXIP. Chris Woakes to bowl. Starts off with a dot. Another one. Oh, that's a beautiful six. Another one flicked off the pads. Rahul in sublime touch. What a boundary, four runs. End of over: KXIP 16-0
Over 2: Umesh Yadav is into the attack. Mayank hits a four off the very first ball. KXIP is having a brilliant start. Two dots. Nice length. What a straight drive that is, beautiful. Four runs to Mayank. Pulled for one. Yadav is not in good touch. Straight to the fielder at point. End of over: KXIP 25-0
Over 3: Kulwant Khejroliya introduced to the attack, Woakes taken out. Starts off with a dot. That is too wide and put away for four by Mayank. Nice drive, just for one. Onto the pads of Rahul, couldn't do justice, just a single. Chipped for one. That was a risky shot, Sharfaraz dived but could not make it, will go down as a dropped catch but great effort. End of over: KXIP 32-2
Over 4: Umesh Yadav has wrecked havoc on KXIP. He dismissed Mayank and Finch on back to back balls, conceded a four to Yuvraj Singh and the broke through his defence. He took three wickets. End of Over: KXIP 36-3
Over 5: Khejroliya hit for a six on the first ball by Rahul. Takes a single. Nair joins him. Hits a beautiful four. End of over: KXIP 48-3
Over 6: Yadav to continue. Just a single. Swing and a miss. No run. End of over: KXIP 50-3
Over7: Chahal is so out of form. He is being dispatched for six and fours. No line and length, easy pickings for Rahul,.
End of over: 61-2
Over 8: Woakes is back. Dot, one, dot and a four. He too needs a tighter line. End of over: KXIP 71-3
Over 9: Chahal is back, gives an easy single. Tight over. Well swept, Gone for four. Nair playing sensibly. End of over: KXIP 79-3
Over 10: Washington Sundar came into the attack and kept it tight. Leaked just five runs and didn't let Nair and Rahul free their arms.
Over 11: Chahal continues. Nair and Rahul both living dangerously, somehow the ball has been falling in no man's land. Reverse sweep, gone for four, Karun Nair doing his best to keep the run rate up. End of over: KXIP 94-3.
Over 12: In the air, taken, Washington Sundar claims K L Rahul's wicket. Well deserved. Rahul out for 47 from 30. Marcus Stonnis joins Nair. Dot. Pushed for one. Steps out again, just the one run. Sundar is bowling beautifully. Dot to end the over. KXIP 98-4
Over 13: Kulwant Khejroliya comes to bowl. Gives away four singles. Bowled! Karun Nair is gone for 29 from 26.
Over 14: Sundar comes. LBW reviewed by RCB, turned down. Stonnis is stumped. End of over: KXIP 111-6
Over 15: Kulwant is back and is greeted with a boundary. Brilliant drive by Ashwin for four. Played like a top order batsman. Axar Patel is LBW. He will review it. Plumb. He is gone. Gone for 2 from 3 balls.
Over 16: Yadav is back to a bowl is final over. Keeping it really tight. Over the head, deadly bouncer. End of over: KXIP 135-7
Over 17: Woakes is back. Tye pulls, just for one. Ashwin swings and misses. Ashwin steps out, clears the in-field, gets four. gets off the strike with a single. Weird looking shot tried to scoop over the keeper's head, changed his mind last second. Too high a bouncer, wide given. Tye hits it very high in the air, and he is out for 7. End of over: KXIP 143-8
Over 19: Chahal to bowl his final over. Just a single. Steps out, hits a six over Chahal's head. Stumped, Sent to the third umpire. OUT!. Ashwin has to go. Well made 33.
Over 20: Woakes come to bowl the final over. Starts off with a wide. Single taken. Out! KXIP all out for 155.
Kings XI Punjab's innings analysis after the end of innings
Kings XI Punjab came to bat first. Chris Woakes bowled the first over for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Lokesh Rahul and Mayank Agrawal came to open the innings for Kings XI Punjab. Lokesh Rahul, who scored the fastest fifty of IPL, started his batting from where he left in the KXIP’s first match.
In Woakes’ first over, Rahul scored 16 runs with the help of 2 sixes and one four. Mayank Agrawal greeted Umesh Yadav with a boundary of the first ball of 2nd over of the innings. Umesh Yadav gave away 9 runs in his first over and KXIP starts of flyer. Come Kulwant Khejroliya and the result is same from Kohli’s RCB, 2nd bowl goes for as lanky Delhi pacer missed the line. Khejroliya pulled back and gave only 7 runs as he doesn’t allow Punjab’s openers to play their shots.
Quinton de Kock takes a brilliant catch of the Yadav’s 2nd overs’ first ball. Mayank Agrawal is back into the hut with 32 runs on the board. He scored 15 runs off 11 balls. Aaron Finch came at number 3 got out of first ball duck as Yadav trapped him in front of the wicket. Umesh Yadav on a hattrick but Yuvraj evades the hat-trick ball. Yuvraj pulled the 5th ball of the over for 4 before getting bowled out at the last ball of the 4th over. Yadav changed the course of the game as he took 3 wickets and gave only 4 runs in his 2nd over. But Rahul seemed to bat in some other world, not bothered by the falling wickets at the other end and hit Khejroliya for 6 of the first ball of the 5th over. Karun Nair started his innings with a classic straight drive for 4 and took a single off the last ball of the Khejroliya 2nd over to retain the strike. In the 5th over RCB gave away 12 runs. Umesh is the pick is the pick of a bowler among RCB pacer and took 3 wickets and gave only 15 runs off his 3 overs. At the end of the powerplay, KXIP scored 50 runs for 3 with Rahul Playing the 24 runs off 14 balls with a strike rate of 171. In the last match, Kohli missed the trick of bowling Yadav upfront but Kohli corrected his mistake and Yadav delivered.
Yuzvendra Chahal came to bowl the 7th over of the innings and didn't allow Punjab’s batsmen to play shot in first 3 balls but in-form Rahul hit 4th six of his innings to disturbed the figure of Chahal’s first over. Woakes came to bowl the 8th over and Karun Nair played the bouncer over the keeper's head for 4. The two in-form batsmen for Punjab is playing sensibly after lost too many wickets in the first six overs of the Powerplay. Chris Woakes gave away 10 runs of his second over. Chahal came to bowl the 9th over the inning and didn't allow the two in-form batsmen to free their arms and gave on 4 runs before getting paddle swept for 4 of the last over. After the end of 9 over, KXIP was at 79 for 3. Karun Nair and Lokesh Rahul had a partnership of 43 runs off 30 runs to bring Punjab back into the game after Umesh Yadav’s fiery spell.
Washington Sundar came to bowl the 10th over of the innings and bowled his first over with good line and length. He gave away 5 runs and didn’t allow the two Punjab’s player to score big. Chahal put the lid on the run-rate as batsmen look desperate to accelerate the run rate and got successful as Nair played a reverse sweep for four. Chahal gave 10 runs of his 3rd over.
Washington Sundar got the crucial wicket of KL Rahul when the partnership was looking good. KL Rahul got out of 47 runs off 30 balls with a strike rate of 156.66. He took full advantage of the small boundaries as he hit 4 sixes and only 2 fours in his score of 47. Marcus Stonis came to bat after the dismissal of Rahul’s wicket. Sunder gave away only 4 runs and break the dangerous looking partnership between Nair and Rahul. At the end of the 12 over KXIP score is 98/4
RCB captain Virat Kohli asked Khejroliya to bowl the 13th over of the innings and he delivered as he took the wicket another set batsmen, Karun Nair. Punjab is in trouble as they lost both of their in-form batsmen, who played match-winning knock against Delhi Daredevils. Sundar came to bowl the 14th over of the inning, after unsuccessful review of the first ball of the over Marcus Stonis it beautiful six over the mid before getting stumped off the 4th ball of Sundar’s 3rd over. KXIP captain came to bat after the fall of stonis wicket. Sunder pulled it back for RCB as he 2 crucial wickets and gave only 17 runs in his 3 over
Punjab who were sailing at one point of the match lost 3 quick wickets and are in trouble as run-rate dipped below 8 runs per over. Khejroliya came to bowl his last over and Ashwin greeted him with four at square leg region. Khejroliya gave away 11 runs in his last over before taking all-rounder Axar Patel’s wicket. Patel was trapped in front of the wicket he scored 2 runs off 3 balls.
RCB captain Virat Kohli asked Khejroliya to bowl the 13th over of the innings and he delivered as he took the wicket another set batsmen, Karun Nair. Punjab is in trouble as they lost both of their inform batsmen, who played match-winning knock against Delhi Daredevils. Sundar came to bowl the 14th over of the inning, after unsuccessful review of the first ball of the over Marcus Stonis it beautiful six over the mid before getting stumped off the 4th ball of Sundar’s 3rd over. KXIP captain came to bat after the fall of Stonnis wicket. Sunder pulled it back for RCB as he 2 crucial wickets and gave only 17 runs in his 3 over
Punjab was sailing at one point of the match lost 3 quick wickets and are in trouble as run rate dipped below 8 runs per over. Khejroliya came to bowl his last over and Ashwin greeted him with four at square leg region. Khejroliya gave away 11 runs in his last over before taking all-rounder Axar Patel’s wicket. Patel was trapped in front of the wicket he scored 2 runs off 3 balls.
Washigton Sundar bowling his last over gave only 5 runs of in the 16th over of the inning. KXIP are in deep trouble as they lost 7 wickets and still have overs to face. Punjab lost early advantage as they lost too many wickets in the middle overs. Umesh Yadav, who destroyed KXIP’s top order, came to bowl the 17th over of the inning and gave 8 runs. Yadav finished his quota of 4 overs with an impressive figure of 23 for 3.
Chris Woakes, who is the most expensive among other bowlers, came to bowl the 18th over of the inning and gave 7 runs before taking Andrew Tye’s wicket of the 5th ball. At the end of 18th over KXIP was at 143/8 with Ashwin and Mohit Sharma on the crease. Chahal came to bowl his last over in the 19th
Here are the squads for both the teams:
Kings XI Punjab Playing XI: Lokesh Rahul(w), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI: Brendon McCullum, Quinton de Kock(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal
RCB, led by star India captain Virat Kohli, lost to Kolkata Knight Riders in their first match after Sunil Narine snatched victory with a 17-ball fifty and Nitish Rana removed AB de Villiers and Kohli in the same over. Kings XI Punjab won their first game of the season against Delhi Daredevils on the back of Rahul's feat of fastest IPL fifty in just 14 balls.
In today's game, RCB will be expecting some fireworks from Brendon McCullum and AB de Villiers, who blasted 27-ball 43 and a 23-ball 44, respectively, in the first game. Meanwhile, Kohli would want to step up his game and play some good shots to make things easier for McCullum and de Villiers. In the match against KKR, skipper Kohli, surprisingly, was seen playing second fiddle to the duo of McCullum and de Villiers; he scored 31 off 33 balls in an uncharacteristically slow innings.
Punjab, on the other hand, are coming into the match with their tails up, having started the season on a resounding note by beating Delhi Daredevils by six wickets. Local player K L Rahul, who scripted victory with the fastest-ever fifty in IPL, will be seeking to repeat the show while playing at home.
Here are a few things you need to know about today's match between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab to be played at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Brendon McCullum has become only the 2nd player to score 9,000 T20 runs: Former New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum has joined one of cricket's most exclusive clubs by becoming the second player in the history of the game to reach 9000-run mark in Twenty20 cricket. The 36-year-old, who only plays in franchise T20 cricket now, achieved the feat during Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) four-wicket defeat at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Eden Gardens. Needing only eight runs to reach the milestone, McCullum went on to smash quick-fire 43 runs off 27 balls to reach on a total of 9,035 runs in the format at an average of 30.94 and a strike rate of 137.81.
What Mandeep Singh said after RCB's loss to KKR in their opening match: Mandeep, who struck an 18-ball 37 to help RCB reach a challenging 176/7, acknowledged that they were caught off guard when Nitish was handed the ball and the part-timer delivered with rich dividends. "Nitish has bowled just one over till now but has succeeded in taking the big fishes (Kohli and de Villiers). I think it was a gamble from KKR and it worked out well for them," Mandeep told IANS over phone. "Narine has played quite a few important knocks against us. Our bowlers have a separate meeting where they will definitely discuss on strategies to tackle such surprises like Narine", said Mandeep Singh.
How RCB performed in their previous match against KKR: Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by four wickets in their opening match of IPL 2018 at the Eden Gardens. Put into bat, Brendon McCullum (43) and AB de Villiers (44) were the top scorers for Bangalore, while skipper Mandeep Singh (37) and Virat Kohli (31) too contributed with the bat as RCB posted a decent 176-7. In reply, Sunil Narine gave Kolkata Knight Riders a flying start with a 19-ball 50 and Nitish Rana (34) and new skipper Dinesh Karthik (35 not out) scored crucial knocks as KKR overhauled the target with 7 balls to spare. Earlier, part-time off-spinner Rana (2/11) and R Vinay Kumar (2/30) scalped two wickets each for KKR.
How KXIP performed in their previous match against DD: Opener KL Rahul blasted his way to a fastest ever half-century in Indian Premier League as a new look Kings XI Punjab started their campaign on a resounding note defeating Delhi Daredevils by six wickets. Ravichandran Ashwin marshalled his resources admirably restricting Daredevils to a mediocre 166 for 7 on a placid track. The KXIP captain himself bowled a few leg breaks during his disciplined effort of 1 for 23 in 4 overs. The surprise package was Afghanistan off-spinner Mujeeb-r Rahman, who finished with 2 for 28 in 4 overs.
Team Head to Head
Overall:
Matches played: 20
Royal Challengers Bangalore won: 8
Kings XI Punjab won: 12
Trivia ahead of today’s match between RCB and KXIP
In the context of the IPL, Chris Gayle holds the record for the most runs scored by a batsman against one particular team; he scored 797 against Kings XI Punjab. However, this season, he will be sat in the KXIP dressing room after the franchise signed him up at the IPL Player Auction.
The record for the most runs scored by a batsman at a particular venue lies with Virat Kohli; he has scored 1874 runs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Chris Gayle is second in that list, with an aggregate of 1538 runs at the same venue.
Royal Challengers Banglore innings: Ove by over
Over 1: McCullum is out first ball. What a start for KXIP. He will be disappointed.
Over 2: Kohli in sublime form, so is De Kock, Playing their strokes nicely.
Over 5: Kohli drags one onto his stumps. did not read the line properly. Out for 21. What a ball it was.
Over 6: Dot. Four. One. One. One. One. Eight runs of Ashwin's over End of the powerplay. RCB: 41-2
Over 7: Rahan is in the attack, Kock hits him for a four. Otherwise a decent over. RCB 48-2
Over 8: What a six by ABD! Flat, pulled for maximum. Single. De Kock pulls it for four. Mohit Sharma taking the beating. Dot ball. Four, cracking shot by ABD. End of the over: RCB 64-2
Over 9: Axar Patel comes to the attack. LBW review. Overturned. De Kock is safe. Single. Well played but straight to the fielder. No run. Cracking shot by ABD, but just for two. Dot. End of the over: RCB 67-2
Over10: Ashwin is back. de Kock greets him with a mighty six and a four. End of over: RCB 79-2
Over 11: Axar to De Kock, reverse sweep, no run. Swept for two. Reverse sweep, gone for four this time! In the air, no man's land. Safe. End of over: RCB 87-2
Over 12: Ashwin to de Kock. Bowled. He's gone. Sarfaraz comes in, he's gone for a duck, a golden duck. Ashwin strikes twice. Mandeep Singh defends the hat-trick ball. End of over: RCB 88-4
Over 13: Axar bowled a decent over as well. only conceding six runs.
Over 14: RCB needs 59 from 38 balls. Tight over by Andrew Tye. Just 6 runs. RCB: 100-4
Over 15: Mohit Sharma is back. Good shot by ABD for two. Full toss, should have been dispatched, just a single. Mandeep, lucky survival. Poweful hit just for single. Finally a four. End of over: RCB 109-4
Royal Challengers Banglore innings analysis after 12 overs
Chasing a modest target of 156, Brendon McCullum and Quinto de Kock came to open the innings for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Axar Patel got the prized wicket of McCullum in the second ball of the first over. RCB captain Virat Kohli came to bat after the dismissal of McCullum and opened his account with a four in the point region. Axar Patel gave away 10 runs and took 1 wicket off the first over of the RCB innings. KXIP captain R Ashwin came to ball the 2nd over of the inning and Virat Kohli greeted him with a boundary of the first ball. Ashwin gave away 9 runs in his first over. Mujeeb Ur Rehman came to bowl the 3rd over of the RCB innings and away only 3 runs in his first over.
Andrew Tye came to bowl the 4th over of the inning and RCB captain Virat Kohli greeted him with a four. After playing few dot balls and taking single of 3rd and 4th ball. Kohli Played a classic cover drive to end the over. Kohli and de Kock scored 10 runs of Tye’s over.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman who came to bowl the 5th over of the innings doesn’t allowed Kohli and Kock to score big in his first 4 balls before cleaning RCB captain Virat Kohli up of a beautiful turning ball which hit the middle stump. A big break-through for KXIP as Kohli was in good touch. Virat Kohli scored 21 run off 16 balls with the help of 4 fours at a strike rate of 131.
KXIP Captain R Ashwin came to bowl the last over of the powerplay and gave 8 runs. Muzeeb Ur Rahman came to bowl his 3rd over and gave 7 runs with a boundary over mid-wicket hit by de Kock. Mohit Sharma came to bowl the 8th over of the inning and de Villiers greeted him with six of the first ball and at the end of the over the two South African batsmen managed to score 16 runs of Mohit Sharma’s disasterous first over given the situation of the game. Axar Patel came to bowl his 2nd over and nearly took the wicket of de Kock as after DRS show the impact is umpire calls but the ball was hitting the stumps. At the end of 9th over of the inning RCB was 62/2 with AB deVilliers and de Kock on the crease.
Ashwin came to bowl the 10th over of the inning and de Kock hit 2nd and 4th ball of Ashwin 3rd over for a six asettle asctively at the end of 10 overs RCB was 79/2. Quinton de Kock was playing at 38 runs off 28 balls at a strike rate of 131. De Kock doesn’t allowed any of the RCB bowlers to settle as he keep on playing his shots. Axar Patel gave away 8 runs in his 3rd over. R Ashwin came to bowl his last over and delivered for KXIP as he cleaned up, dangerous looking de Kock before getting the wicket of Sarfaraz of his next ball. Ashwin is on hattrick, second time in the game when a bowler is on hattrick, but Mandeep Singh evades the hat-trick ball. At the end of 12 overs, RCB is reduced to 87 for 2 to 88 for 4. Quinton de Kock scored 45 runs off 34 balls with an strike rate of 132
After losing two quick wickets, RCB is in rebuilding mode as Ab de Villiers and Mandeep Singh trying to take single and not playing any high-risk shot in Axar Patel’s final over. Andrew Tye came to bowl the 14th over of the innings and gave away 7 runs as RCB needed 56 runs from 36 balls. Mohit Sharma came to bowl his 2nd over-- he leaked 16 runs in his first – and gave away 9 runs. Ab de Villiers is playing at 31 runs off 28 balls and Mandeep scored 9 of 10 as the required run rate increased up to over 9 runs per over.
Kings XI Punjab's innings: Over by over
Over 1: K L Rahul and Mayank Agarwal to open for KXIP. Chris Woakes to bowl. Starts off with a dot. Another one. Oh, that's a beautiful six. Another one flicked off the pads. Rahul in sublime touch. What a boundary, four runs. End of over: KXIP 16-0
Over 2: Umesh Yadav is into the attack. Mayank hits a four off the very first ball. KXIP is having a brilliant start. Two dots. Nice length. What a straight drive that is, beautiful. Four runs to Mayank. Pulled for one. Yadav is not in good touch. Straight to the fielder at point. End of over: KXIP 25-0
Over 3: Kulwant Khejroliya introduced to the attack, Woakes taken out. Starts off with a dot. That is too wide and put away for four by Mayank. Nice drive, just for one. Onto the pads of Rahul, couldn't do justice, just a single. Chipped for one. That was a risky shot, Sharfaraz dived but could not make it, will go down as a dropped catch but great effort. End of over: KXIP 32-2
Over 4: Umesh Yadav has wrecked havoc on KXIP. He dismissed Mayank and Finch on back to back balls, conceded a four to Yuvraj Singh and the broke through his defence. He took three wickets. End of Over: KXIP 36-3
Over 5: Khejroliya hit for a six on the first ball by Rahul. Takes a single. Nair joins him. Hits a beautiful four. End of over: KXIP 48-3
Over 6: Yadav to continue. Just a single. Swing and a miss. No run. End of over: KXIP 50-3
Over7: Chahal is so out of form. He is being dispatched for six and fours. No line and length, easy pickings for Rahul,.
End of over: 61-2
Over 8: Woakes is back. Dot, one, dot and a four. He too needs a tighter line. End of over: KXIP 71-3
Over 9: Chahal is back, gives an easy single. Tight over. Well swept, Gone for four. Nair playing sensibly. End of over: KXIP 79-3
Over 10: Washington Sundar came into the attack and kept it tight. Leaked just five runs and didn't let Nair and Rahul free their arms.
Over 11: Chahal continues. Nair and Rahul both living dangerously, somehow the ball has been falling in no man's land. Reverse sweep, gone for four, Karun Nair doing his best to keep the run rate up. End of over: KXIP 94-3.
Over 12: In the air, taken, Washington Sundar claims K L Rahul's wicket. Well deserved. Rahul out for 47 from 30. Marcus Stonnis joins Nair. Dot. Pushed for one. Steps out again, just the one run. Sundar is bowling beautifully. Dot to end the over. KXIP 98-4
Over 13: Kulwant Khejroliya comes to bowl. Gives away four singles. Bowled! Karun Nair is gone for 29 from 26.
Over 14: Sundar comes. LBW reviewed by RCB, turned down. Stonnis is stumped. End of over: KXIP 111-6
Over 15: Kulwant is back and is greeted with a boundary. Brilliant drive by Ashwin for four. Played like a top order batsman. Axar Patel is LBW. He will review it. Plumb. He is gone. Gone for 2 from 3 balls.
Over 16: Yadav is back to a bowl is final over. Keeping it really tight. Over the head, deadly bouncer. End of over: KXIP 135-7
Over 17: Woakes is back. Tye pulls, just for one. Ashwin swings and misses. Ashwin steps out, clears the in-field, gets four. gets off the strike with a single. Weird looking shot tried to scoop over the keeper's head, changed his mind last second. Too high a bouncer, wide given. Tye hits it very high in the air, and he is out for 7. End of over: KXIP 143-8
Over 19: Chahal to bowl his final over. Just a single. Steps out, hits a six over Chahal's head. Stumped, Sent to the third umpire. OUT!. Ashwin has to go. Well made 33.
Over 20: Woakes come to bowl the final over. Starts off with a wide. Single taken. Out! KXIP all out for 155.
Kings XI Punjab's innings analysis after the end of innings
Kings XI Punjab came to bat first. Chris Woakes bowled the first over for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Lokesh Rahul and Mayank Agrawal came to open the innings for Kings XI Punjab. Lokesh Rahul, who scored the fastest fifty of IPL, started his batting from where he left in the KXIP’s first match.
In Woakes’ first over, Rahul scored 16 runs with the help of 2 sixes and one four. Mayank Agrawal greeted Umesh Yadav with a boundary of the first ball of 2nd over of the innings. Umesh Yadav gave away 9 runs in his first over and KXIP starts of flyer. Come Kulwant Khejroliya and the result is same from Kohli’s RCB, 2nd bowl goes for as lanky Delhi pacer missed the line. Khejroliya pulled back and gave only 7 runs as he doesn’t allow Punjab’s openers to play their shots.
Quinton de Kock takes a brilliant catch of the Yadav’s 2nd overs’ first ball. Mayank Agrawal is back into the hut with 32 runs on the board. He scored 15 runs off 11 balls. Aaron Finch came at number 3 got out of first ball duck as Yadav trapped him in front of the wicket. Umesh Yadav on a hattrick but Yuvraj evades the hat-trick ball. Yuvraj pulled the 5th ball of the over for 4 before getting bowled out at the last ball of the 4th over. Yadav changed the course of the game as he took 3 wickets and gave only 4 runs in his 2nd over. But Rahul seemed to bat in some other world, not bothered by the falling wickets at the other end and hit Khejroliya for 6 of the first ball of the 5th over. Karun Nair started his innings with a classic straight drive for 4 and took a single off the last ball of the Khejroliya 2nd over to retain the strike. In the 5th over RCB gave away 12 runs. Umesh is the pick is the pick of a bowler among RCB pacer and took 3 wickets and gave only 15 runs off his 3 overs. At the end of the powerplay, KXIP scored 50 runs for 3 with Rahul Playing the 24 runs off 14 balls with a strike rate of 171. In the last match, Kohli missed the trick of bowling Yadav upfront but Kohli corrected his mistake and Yadav delivered.
Yuzvendra Chahal came to bowl the 7th over of the innings and didn't allow Punjab’s batsmen to play shot in first 3 balls but in-form Rahul hit 4th six of his innings to disturbed the figure of Chahal’s first over. Woakes came to bowl the 8th over and Karun Nair played the bouncer over the keeper's head for 4. The two in-form batsmen for Punjab is playing sensibly after lost too many wickets in the first six overs of the Powerplay. Chris Woakes gave away 10 runs of his second over. Chahal came to bowl the 9th over the inning and didn't allow the two in-form batsmen to free their arms and gave on 4 runs before getting paddle swept for 4 of the last over. After the end of 9 over, KXIP was at 79 for 3. Karun Nair and Lokesh Rahul had a partnership of 43 runs off 30 runs to bring Punjab back into the game after Umesh Yadav’s fiery spell.
Washington Sundar came to bowl the 10th over of the innings and bowled his first over with good line and length. He gave away 5 runs and didn’t allow the two Punjab’s player to score big. Chahal put the lid on the run-rate as batsmen look desperate to accelerate the run rate and got successful as Nair played a reverse sweep for four. Chahal gave 10 runs of his 3rd over.
Washington Sundar got the crucial wicket of KL Rahul when the partnership was looking good. KL Rahul got out of 47 runs off 30 balls with a strike rate of 156.66. He took full advantage of the small boundaries as he hit 4 sixes and only 2 fours in his score of 47. Marcus Stonis came to bat after the dismissal of Rahul’s wicket. Sunder gave away only 4 runs and break the dangerous looking partnership between Nair and Rahul. At the end of the 12 over KXIP score is 98/4
RCB captain Virat Kohli asked Khejroliya to bowl the 13th over of the innings and he delivered as he took the wicket another set batsmen, Karun Nair. Punjab is in trouble as they lost both of their in-form batsmen, who played match-winning knock against Delhi Daredevils. Sundar came to bowl the 14th over of the inning, after unsuccessful review of the first ball of the over Marcus Stonis it beautiful six over the mid before getting stumped off the 4th ball of Sundar’s 3rd over. KXIP captain came to bat after the fall of stonis wicket. Sunder pulled it back for RCB as he 2 crucial wickets and gave only 17 runs in his 3 over
Punjab who were sailing at one point of the match lost 3 quick wickets and are in trouble as run-rate dipped below 8 runs per over. Khejroliya came to bowl his last over and Ashwin greeted him with four at square leg region. Khejroliya gave away 11 runs in his last over before taking all-rounder Axar Patel’s wicket. Patel was trapped in front of the wicket he scored 2 runs off 3 balls.
RCB captain Virat Kohli asked Khejroliya to bowl the 13th over of the innings and he delivered as he took the wicket another set batsmen, Karun Nair. Punjab is in trouble as they lost both of their inform batsmen, who played match-winning knock against Delhi Daredevils. Sundar came to bowl the 14th over of the inning, after unsuccessful review of the first ball of the over Marcus Stonis it beautiful six over the mid before getting stumped off the 4th ball of Sundar’s 3rd over. KXIP captain came to bat after the fall of Stonnis wicket. Sunder pulled it back for RCB as he 2 crucial wickets and gave only 17 runs in his 3 over
Punjab was sailing at one point of the match lost 3 quick wickets and are in trouble as run rate dipped below 8 runs per over. Khejroliya came to bowl his last over and Ashwin greeted him with four at square leg region. Khejroliya gave away 11 runs in his last over before taking all-rounder Axar Patel’s wicket. Patel was trapped in front of the wicket he scored 2 runs off 3 balls.
Washigton Sundar bowling his last over gave only 5 runs of in the 16th over of the inning. KXIP are in deep trouble as they lost 7 wickets and still have overs to face. Punjab lost early advantage as they lost too many wickets in the middle overs. Umesh Yadav, who destroyed KXIP’s top order, came to bowl the 17th over of the inning and gave 8 runs. Yadav finished his quota of 4 overs with an impressive figure of 23 for 3.
Chris Woakes, who is the most expensive among other bowlers, came to bowl the 18th over of the inning and gave 7 runs before taking Andrew Tye’s wicket of the 5th ball. At the end of 18th over KXIP was at 143/8 with Ashwin and Mohit Sharma on the crease. Chahal came to bowl his last over in the 19th
Here are the squads for both the teams:
Kings XI Punjab Playing XI: Lokesh Rahul(w), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI: Brendon McCullum, Quinton de Kock(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal
RCB, led by star India captain Virat Kohli, lost to Kolkata Knight Riders in their first match after Sunil Narine snatched victory with a 17-ball fifty and Nitish Rana removed AB de Villiers and Kohli in the same over. Kings XI Punjab won their first game of the season against Delhi Daredevils on the back of Rahul's feat of fastest IPL fifty in just 14 balls.
In today's game, RCB will be expecting some fireworks from Brendon McCullum and AB de Villiers, who blasted 27-ball 43 and a 23-ball 44, respectively, in the first game. Meanwhile, Kohli would want to step up his game and play some good shots to make things easier for McCullum and de Villiers. In the match against KKR, skipper Kohli, surprisingly, was seen playing second fiddle to the duo of McCullum and de Villiers; he scored 31 off 33 balls in an uncharacteristically slow innings.
Punjab, on the other hand, are coming into the match with their tails up, having started the season on a resounding note by beating Delhi Daredevils by six wickets. Local player K L Rahul, who scripted victory with the fastest-ever fifty in IPL, will be seeking to repeat the show while playing at home.
Here are a few things you need to know about today's match between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab to be played at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Brendon McCullum has become only the 2nd player to score 9,000 T20 runs: Former New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum has joined one of cricket's most exclusive clubs by becoming the second player in the history of the game to reach 9000-run mark in Twenty20 cricket. The 36-year-old, who only plays in franchise T20 cricket now, achieved the feat during Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) four-wicket defeat at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Eden Gardens. Needing only eight runs to reach the milestone, McCullum went on to smash quick-fire 43 runs off 27 balls to reach on a total of 9,035 runs in the format at an average of 30.94 and a strike rate of 137.81.
What Mandeep Singh said after RCB's loss to KKR in their opening match: Mandeep, who struck an 18-ball 37 to help RCB reach a challenging 176/7, acknowledged that they were caught off guard when Nitish was handed the ball and the part-timer delivered with rich dividends. "Nitish has bowled just one over till now but has succeeded in taking the big fishes (Kohli and de Villiers). I think it was a gamble from KKR and it worked out well for them," Mandeep told IANS over phone. "Narine has played quite a few important knocks against us. Our bowlers have a separate meeting where they will definitely discuss on strategies to tackle such surprises like Narine", said Mandeep Singh.
How RCB performed in their previous match against KKR: Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by four wickets in their opening match of IPL 2018 at the Eden Gardens. Put into bat, Brendon McCullum (43) and AB de Villiers (44) were the top scorers for Bangalore, while skipper Mandeep Singh (37) and Virat Kohli (31) too contributed with the bat as RCB posted a decent 176-7. In reply, Sunil Narine gave Kolkata Knight Riders a flying start with a 19-ball 50 and Nitish Rana (34) and new skipper Dinesh Karthik (35 not out) scored crucial knocks as KKR overhauled the target with 7 balls to spare. Earlier, part-time off-spinner Rana (2/11) and R Vinay Kumar (2/30) scalped two wickets each for KKR.
How KXIP performed in their previous match against DD: Opener KL Rahul blasted his way to a fastest ever half-century in Indian Premier League as a new look Kings XI Punjab started their campaign on a resounding note defeating Delhi Daredevils by six wickets. Ravichandran Ashwin marshalled his resources admirably restricting Daredevils to a mediocre 166 for 7 on a placid track. The KXIP captain himself bowled a few leg breaks during his disciplined effort of 1 for 23 in 4 overs. The surprise package was Afghanistan off-spinner Mujeeb-r Rahman, who finished with 2 for 28 in 4 overs.
Team Head to Head
Overall:
Matches played: 20
Royal Challengers Bangalore won: 8
Kings XI Punjab won: 12
Trivia ahead of today’s match between RCB and KXIP
In the context of the IPL, Chris Gayle holds the record for the most runs scored by a batsman against one particular team; he scored 797 against Kings XI Punjab. However, this season, he will be sat in the KXIP dressing room after the franchise signed him up at the IPL Player Auction.
The record for the most runs scored by a batsman at a particular venue lies with Virat Kohli; he has scored 1874 runs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Chris Gayle is second in that list, with an aggregate of 1538 runs at the same venue.
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