IPL 2015, KXIP v RCB, Highlights: Punjab Crash Bangalore's Party, Beat Kohli's Men by 22 Runs
Royal Challengers Bangalore slumped to a 22-run defeat against Kings XI Punjab in a rain curtailed game at Mohali. Chasing 107 to win in 10 overs, Virat Kohli's men only could manage 84/6 at the end of their essay. Catch all the highlights of the match here.
Royal Challengers Bangalore slumped to a shock defeat when Kings XI Punjab handed them a 22-run defeat at Mohali. Chasing 107 to win in a rain-curtailed game, the Royal Challengers batsmen couldn't get the ball off the square and were incapacitated by some brilliant Punjab bowling.
Earlier, the match was delayed due to incessant rain and was reduced to a 10-over affair. Winning the toss, Virat Kohli opted to bowl but Kings XI got off to a flying start. Wriddhiman Saha went on a rampage and the rest of the batsmen kept following his lead. At the end of their allotted 10 overs, the Kings posted a healthy 106/6.
Catch all the highlights of the match here. (SCORECARD | FIXTURES| POINTS TABLE | GALLERY)
(All times in IST)
00:35: That's it! RCB have somehow managed to lose this game. The Kings are happy, finally! They have beaten RCB by 22 runs.
Was gettable. #RCB blew it. And to be fair #KingsXI bowled beautifully. This is a huge win. #PepsiIPL
- Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 13, 2015
00:30: OUT! Another one bites the dust! Mandeep Singh mistimes and holes out to Miller in the deep.
00:28: OUT! KXIP on fire. Karthik (2) fails again and skies one to Miller off Hendricks. RCB in all sorts of trouble now at 74/4 (7.5 overs)
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00:21: OUT! AB (10) gone. Axar Patel gets the big fish. What a big wicket that is? KXIP might just pull this off tonight!
00:19: FOUR! Reverse sweep and Mandeep goes over short mid-on.
00:16: FOUR! Straight as an arrow - AB whacks it straight down the ground.
00:12: FOUR! Mandeep walks out and crashes a beauty through covers. He timed it outstandingly well.
00:10: OUT! Big wicket that - Gayle (17) goes for the pull, gets a streaky edge and gone. Sandeep Sharma has done it for KXIP. RCB 44/2 (4.4 over)
00:06: Kings XI are bowling very nicely here - slowers and cutters on display. Gayle is clearly struggling to time the ball.
00:00: BOWLED! Kohli (19) was playing so well. Goes for the expansive drive and plays on to his stumps off Anureet. RCB 33/1 (3 overs)
23:59: FOUR! That's classic Kohli - thumped through covers.
23:59: SIX! Stand and Deliver - Virat Kohli swing and swings big, goes over long-on.
23:58: FOUR! Short delivery, Kohli stands up and flat-bats it over mid-on. Easy runs there from Anureet.
23:52: Gayle and Kohli are quite getting hold of the ball. Hendricks is varying his pace well here. Kohli goes over covers, mistimes it horribly. Ball lands on the soggy out-field and just the two runs.
23:48: FOUR! Dropped short and Gayle muscles it past square-leg. Got to pitch it up Sandeep. 10/0 after 1st over.
23:47: SIX! In the slot and BOOM - up it goes into the stands. Gayle can finish this really soon!
Chris Gayle has now hit 53 sixes against #KXIP - the only #IPL team against whom he has hit over 50 sixes... #KXIPvRCB
- Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 13, 2015
23:45: What a delivery to start! Pitched on off, swinging away - Sandeep Sharma bowls a ripper to Gayle.
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Could be a mini Classic in Mohali in #KXIvRCB 10 over game. @RCBTweets need 107 with a decent top 3 #GayleKohliAB #GoodLuckBowlers @IPL
- Damien Fleming (@bowlologist) May 13, 2015
23:36: Just a single of the last ball. Punjab innings didn't quite take off after Saha gave them a great start. Punjab ends with 106/6 after their 10 overs.
23:32: OUT! Gurkeerat makes room and gets a big outside-edge. He wasn't going to hit Starc anywhere. Dinesh Karthik pouches an easy one behind the stumps.
23:29: BOWLED! Bailey (13) never got into the groove - goes too far across for the sweep and Chahal strikes again.
23:26: Great over from Harshal but SIX! Axar Patel takes to Chahal.
23:19: FOUR! Over covers goes Bailey - lovely shot into the gap.
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23:15: Stumped! Miller (14) misses a wrong-one from Chahal and Karthik whips the bails off! KXIP 70/4
23:12: SIX! Kohli drops Miller on the boundary. Massive hang-time on that one, Kohli waited for an eternity there. Tough chance but Kohli should have taken it.
Remember @lynny50 catch in 2014? @imVkohli almost pulls one off. But not quite #IPL https://t.co/k9CnOcK2bc
- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 13, 2015
23:12: SIX! In the arc and out of the park - Miller just pummeled it out of the stadium!
23:08: OUT! Maxwell gone for just 10. Harshal Patel is on fire with his cutters. Maxwell goes big and finds AB at deep mid-wicket. KXIP 54/3 (4.4 overs).
AB gets the Big Show - @RCBTweets #IPL https://t.co/1mA3sa8BE1
- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 13, 2015
23:07: Another slower and another WICKET! Vohra (11) falls to Harshal and Mandeep takes his second catch of the match at long-off.
23:02: Maxwell struggling here - missed three slower balls trying to play fancy shots. SIX! Vohra doesn't miss it though! Down the track and whacked over long-off. WHAT A SHOT THAT IS! 49/1 after 4 overs.
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22:58: OUT! Saha (31) foxed by Wiese slower, Mandeep judges it brilliantly and takes a skier. KXIP 34/1 (2.1overs)
22:53: FOUR! Driven straight, Kohli is clueless, Saha on rampage. Aravind might just have split his webbing in trying to stop that. Okay, he's back bowling. 20 off that over. 34/0 after 2 overs.
22:53: SIX! Saha makes room and slaps it over Aravind's head - 81 metres, take that!
22:51: FOUR! Half-tracker - Saha swivels and pulls it past square leg. Great stuff from the keeper and another FOUR off the inside-edge!
22:48: FOUR! Swings across the line and one bounce into the fence. 14 runs from the first over. Not bad, at all!
22:47: FOUR! Full-toss on leg stump and Saha whips it past fine leg.
22:45: Get ready for some slam-bang action now - 10 overs game, no need for sighters.
22:40: The teams for tonight -
RCB XI: C Gayle, V Kohli, AB de Villiers, D Karthik, S Khan, M Singh, D Wiese, H Patel, M Starc, S Arvind, Y Chahal
- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 13, 2015
KXIP XI: M Vohra, W Saha, G Maxwell, G Bailey, D Miller, GM Singh, A Patel, R Dhawan, B Hendricks, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma
- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 13, 201522:30: Update - Toss at 10.30, match begins at 10.45, and it will be 10 overs a side. Toss time - Kohli wins the toss and opts to bowl in 10-over a side game.
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UPDATE: Match 50 - Umpires to inspect at 10:30 PM IST #KXIPvRCB #IPL
- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 13, 2015
UPDATE | After talking to both captains, the umpires will perform another inspection of the playing surface at 10:05 PM IST. #KXIPvRCB #IPL
- Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) May 13, 2015
Match Officials - C Shamshuddin, Johan Cloete, Nandan, Pashchim Pathak with @RCBTweets' skipper @imVkohli #KXIPvRCB pic.twitter.com/ou7Zf2gh4g
- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 13, 2015
The ground staff are hard at work to get the pitch into suitable condition for some play #KXIPvRCB #IPL pic.twitter.com/pNtqZxylep
- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 13, 2015
Match 50 - UPDATE: The covers are being removed. Match officials will inspect at 09:30 PM IST #KXIPvRCB #IPL
- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 13, 2015
Cricket delayed due to rain? We will get in a game of footy! #RCB pic.twitter.com/9rEsKqWccQ
- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 13, 201520:00: And it's raining again! Some more wait for the fans.
19:55: The rain has stopped but the covers are still on. Next inspection at 20:00.
Toss delayed due to Rain #KXIPvRCB #IPL pic.twitter.com/1ZPqdaINb8
- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 13, 2015
19:30: Bad news. It's drizzling in Mohali. The pitch is under covers and we expect a delay in the toss. Confirmed - Toss delayed due to rain. Umpires to inspect at 19:40.
It has been a gloomy day in Mohali, with the covers going back on the pitch as a light drizzle passes through PCA Stadium. #KXIPvRCB #IPL
- Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) May 13, 201519:15: The last time these two teams met, Gayle-storm hit Punjab. Then they were destroyed by two left-hand seamers - Mitch Starc and Sreenath Aravind. Tonight Bailey's team needs something special from their stars Glenn Maxwell and David Miller.
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Last time the Royal Challengers met the Kings XI, Chris Gayle hit a hundred of 46-balls. Then, Mitchell Starc took matters in his own hands to rip through the Punjab batting and handed them a massive defeat of 138 runs.
Since then, AB de Villiers have scored a hundred and Virat Kohli have been in ominous touch. If Punjab thought that they have had a difficult campaign, it might just get worst at Mohali. (De Villiers Determined to Help RCB Fly High)
Royal Challengers will set foot in Mohali with only one aim -- two points. Those two points not only takes them into the top two. Hence, Kohli's men would come out firing in all cylinders.
Punjab have been in shambles. Tonight they will miss the services of Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Marsh as well. However, they have pride at stake. Till now, nothing has worked for them and even glimpses of good form from Glenn Maxwell and David Miller hasn't done them any good. They have not played as a team, hence are languishing at the bottom of the table.
At Mohali, back in their own den, can the Kings XI roar against the kings of good times?