- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.2 vital breakthrough! Parthiv can barely drag himself from the crease. He plays across the line at a floaty googly, and a leading edge loops very tamely to his captain at cover. Parthiv looks suspiciously at the pitch as he trudges off, but this dismissal was down to good bowling and a loose stroke 71/23.1 and gets his man! A full house has been silenced as Kohli slices a drive uppishly into the covers, where this time the fielder - Mandeep - makes no mistake 35/17.3 bowled him! Moeen stayed deep in the crease, waiting and playing for orthodox turn, but the ball rushes on to him with the arm, skidding through a little low and slamming into the stumps. And that's that for Moeen and IPL 2019 - he's back to England now 76/38.6 tapped tamely to cover! Akshdeep was much too early into this push to cover as Viljoen rolled his fingers over a 134km/h cutter. The ball ballooned off the bat and presented Mandeep with the very simplest of chances 81/4Extras11 (b 2, lb 4, nb 2, w 3)TOTAL202/4 (20 Overs, RR: 10.1)Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Virat Kohli, 3.1 ov), 2-71 (Parthiv Patel, 6.2 ov), 3-76 (Moeen Ali, 7.3 ov), 4-81 (Akshdeep Nath, 8.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AS Rajpoot 4 0 46 0 11.50 8 5 2 0 2 Mohammed Shami 4 0 53 1 13.25 10 6 4 1 0 M Ashwin 4 0 31 1 7.75 7 1 2 0 0 R Ashwin 4 0 15 1 3.75 10 0 0 0 0 GC Viljoen 4 0 51 1 12.75 6 3 4 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.1 and he strikes first ball! This will dent Kings XI's chances even further. Rahul was looking to get after Moeen straight away, but his lofted stroke comes off the end of the bat and finds Southee at long off. It's not the biggest boundary, but the shot doesn't have the legs to beat him 105/33.2 taken at long-on now and de Villiers holds the pose, standing in front of his beloved RCB fans! Seriously, there's only like three inches between his boots and the boundary and he takes it so florgin coolly! Holds the ball and his hands aloft for a second or two for the photographers and then runs into the huddle. Lovely stuff from the RCB's greatest game-changer. And the ex-RCB game-changer leaves having mis-hit a short ball, the pull shot going up instead of long 42/19.1 Stoinis breaks through! Against the run of play. And it was a fairly innocuous delivery, just short of a length and straight. Mayank was looking to pull it off the front foot, and didn't bother keeping it down, but the ball has just rushed on quicker than he expected, looping off the splice to be caught by a tumbling Chahal at midwicket inside the circle. Stoinis bellows his approval at the wicket. Kohli's pretty chuffed too 101/218.1 caught at long on! Well, Stoinis has just dropped Pooran, but de Villiers makes no mistake in the deep to get rid of Miller. The ball was full, and the shot was on, but Miller just didn't get the height or the distance he was looking for. AB made ground, running around in front of the sightscreen and then diving forward to hold the chance 173/418.6 another skied slog, but this one is held! If anything, this one went even further up in the air than the last chance as Pooran backed away and heaved at a full one. The ball is in the air for an age, coming down with ice on it, but if there's one fielder you'd trust to hold such a difficult chance, it's de Villiers. He settles under the swirling chance, and has to dive at the last minute to get to it, but clings on 176/519.2 but maybe it is now. The ball was a similar one, so the shot was on again, but Ashwin just didn't get the connection he was looking for. He still got enough on it to make the catch a difficult one - Kohli had to time his leap, right next to the boundary at long on, just right, but he does so and holds the catch cleanly 182/619.3 gloved down the leg side, and this game is safe now. Umesh greets his fellow quick Hardus with a bumper first up, and he can only get a glove on it. Parthiv makes ground and tumbles to his left to hold the low, dipping chance, and Yadav is on a hat trick as the Chinnaswamy finds its voice once more 182/7Extras4 (w 4)TOTAL185/7 (20 Overs, RR: 9.25)Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Chris Gayle, 3.2 ov), 2-101 (Mayank Agarwal, 9.1 ov), 3-105 (KL Rahul, 10.1 ov), 4-173 (David Miller, 18.1 ov), 5-176 (Nicholas Pooran, 18.6 ov), 6-182 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 19.2 ov), 7-182 (Hardus Viljoen, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TG Southee 3 0 33 0 11.00 7 7 0 1 0 UT Yadav 4 0 36 3 9.00 11 3 2 3 0 NA Saini 4 0 33 2 8.25 10 6 0 0 0 YS Chahal 2 0 27 0 13.50 2 2 2 0 0 MP Stoinis 2 0 13 1 6.50 3 1 0 0 0 MM Ali 3 0 22 1 7.33 6 0 2 0 0 Washington Sundar 2 0 21 0 10.50 6 0 3 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Kings XI Punjab , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20
Match days
24 April 2019 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kings XI Punjab 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 70 runs, 1 wicket)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (30 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 71/2 in 6.2 overs (AB de Villiers 10)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (81 balls), Extras 6
- Strategic Timeout: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 109/4 in 14.0 overs (AB de Villiers 25, MP Stoinis 15)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (AB de Villiers 31, MP Stoinis 18, Ex 1)
- AB de Villiers: 50 off 35 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 150 runs in 17.3 overs (107 balls), Extras 7
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 61 balls (AB de Villiers 68, MP Stoinis 26, Ex 6)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 200 runs in 19.6 overs (122 balls), Extras 11
- Innings Break: Royal Challengers Bangalore - 202/4 in 20.0 overs (AB de Villiers 82, MP Stoinis 46)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 68 runs, 1 wicket)
- Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 4.2 overs (26 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Kings XI Punjab - 68/1 in 6.0 overs (KL Rahul 32, MA Agarwal 10)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (KL Rahul 23, MA Agarwal 28, Ex 1)
- Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 8.5 overs (53 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Kings XI Punjab - 143/3 in 15.0 overs (DA Miller 10, N Pooran 30)
- Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 15.3 overs (93 balls), Extras 3
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (DA Miller 9, N Pooran 42, Ex 0)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsPassion or provocation: did Kohli mock Ashwin?
When asked what was going on, Ashwin's response was: "I just play with passion, so does he"
Royal Challengers' hits, Kings XI's misses in the last three overs
The RCB bowlers adopted an approach far more disciplined than Kings XI's. The result: the winning team conceded 18 runs off the last three overs while Kings XI leaked 64
Talking Points - R Ashwin thrives in the age of wristspin
Dipping into his bag of variations, the Kings XI Punjab captain didn't concede a single boundary in his four overs
AB de Villiers' 82* keeps RCB's playoff hopes alive
A target of 203 proved beyond Kings XI's reach despite aggressive knocks from KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran
Bottom-placed Royal Challengers look to continue resurgence
Kings XI, who have a number of former RCB players in their roster, will also be looking to put their up-and-down campaign back on track