Kings XI Punjab defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 wickets in a thrilling match up to the last ball. Bangalore, batting first, scored 171 runs at the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Punjab achieved this goal on the last ball.
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Bangalore, batting first, scored 171 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs.
Punjab won the match by scoring 177 runs in the last match till the last ball.
Man of the match captain KL Rahul scored 61 not out, while Gayle scored 53 runs.
In the 31st match of the Sharjah Indian Premier League (IPL), Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 8 wickets. With this win, his playoff hopes have come alive. Batting first in the match, Bangalore scored 171 for 6 wickets. In reply, KL Rahul (61 not out), Chris Gayle (53) and Mayank Agarwal (45) had almost made the big goal on a small field with batting on the ground that Gayle was dismissed on the 5th ball of Chahal's last over. While creating a thrill. At that time Punjab needed a run to win. Kohli decorated the offensive field, but Nicholas Pooran gave Punjab the victory by hitting six.
Rahul hit one four and 5 sixes in 49 balls, while Mayank Agarwal scored 45 runs in 25 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes. Gayle hit a four and a six in 45 balls during his half-century. Puran, who hit the winning six on the last ball, faced a ball. With this win, Punjab have 4 points, while Bangalore remains third in the points table with 10 points.
Chasing a target of 172 runs, Kings XI Punjab gave a strong start by KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal in the form of Dhansu. Both of them targeted a lot from Yuzvendra Chahal to Saini. This opening pair added 78 runs in 8 overs. On the same score, Mayank Agarwal was bowled by Yuzvendra Chahal for a waving ball. He hit 45 runs in 25 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes.
Chahal took his 200th T20 wicket. He became the 5th Indian bowler to take 200 or more wickets. Piyush Chawla (257) is the highest wicket taker in this format. He is followed by Amit Mishra (256). After this Ashwin (242) and Harbhajan Singh (235) are number one.
KL Rahul took the front of the attack after Mayank was dismissed. Scroed a half century,He hit two sixes in the same over from Mohammed Siraj and tried to take pressure off him and Chris Gayle, playing their first match in the tournament. Gayle also found the rhythm with Sundar hitting a six in the 13th over. During this, Rahul completed a half century in 37 balls in the 14th over.
Punjab needed 26 runs in the last 4 overs to win. Sundar, who came to the 17th over, was further reduced by Chris Gayle hitting two sixes. In the same over, the Universe boss also completed the half century in 36 balls. After this, Gayle and Rahul comfortably took the match to single victory with single-doubles. However, Chahal's last over extended to the Punjab fans when Chris Gayle was run out on the 5th ball. It was Pooran who gave Punjab victory on Chahal with a six on the last ball.
Earlier, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team was also struggling to get a respectable score while batting first against Kings XI Punjab, but Chris Morris and Isuru Udana scored fast in the last over, giving the team six wickets in 20 overs. Scored to a score of 171 runs. These two totaled 24 runs in the last over. Morris scored 25 not out off eight balls with the help of a four and three sixes. Isuru Udana scored an unbeaten 10 off five balls with the help of a six.
After winning the toss, Bangalore's first wicket fell to Devdutt Padikkal as the first wicket. Padikkal did not take a full shot off left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh and the ball went straight to Nicholas Pooran. He scored 18 runs off 12 balls. The opening pair of Aaron Finch and Padikkal added 38 runs. Finch Murugun bowled Ashwin for a total of 62. He scored 20 runs off 18 balls.
Ashwin also dismissed Washington Sundar (13). Shivam Dubey was also sent by the team over AB de Villiers. He scored 23 runs off 19 balls with the help of two sixes, but was caught at the hands of Chris Jordan by Lokesh Rahul. De Villiers, who came down, could not meet the expectations of the team in this match and scored two runs and returned to the pavilion by Mohammad Shami. After de Villiers, Shami also gave Kohli a big blow to Bangalore.
Kohli missed the half-century by two runs. He scored 48 runs off 39 balls. His innings included only three fours. After Kohli's departure, Bangalore seemed to be able to stay between 150-155, but Morris, batting in his own style, gave the team a fighting score.
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