IPL 2019 RCB vs KXIP 24/04/19
Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Kings XI Punjab by 17 runs here at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on Wednesday to still keep themselves in the running for the playoffs.
Winning the toss, KXIP's captain Ravichandran Ashwin elected to bowl first. RCB got to a flying start, thanks to Parthiv Patel who scored 43 runs of 24 balls but it were Mr'360' Ab de Villiers (82*of 44 balls) and Marcus Stoinis(46* of 34 balls) to help RCB post a big score of 202/4 in 20 overs.
Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammad Shami and Hardus Viljoen took a wicket each for KXIP.
In reply, Chris Gayle tried to bring another 'gaylestorm' but was dismissed soon. Other batsmen gave useful but small contribution leading to KXIP scoring 185/7 in 20 overs and fell short by 17 runs. Nicolas Pooran hit a quick 46 of 28 balls, KL Rahul hit 42 runs of 27 balls and Mayank Agarwal hit 35 runs of 21 balls but it wasn't enough for them.
Umesh Yadav took 3 wickets for RCB. Ab De Villiers was adjusted man of the match for his great knock of 82* runs in just 44 balls.
With this win, RCB move to the 7th spot with 8 points in 11 games, still having a chance for the playoffs while KXIP stand on 5th place with 10 points in 11 games.
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| RCB vs KXIP |
Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammad Shami and Hardus Viljoen took a wicket each for KXIP.
In reply, Chris Gayle tried to bring another 'gaylestorm' but was dismissed soon. Other batsmen gave useful but small contribution leading to KXIP scoring 185/7 in 20 overs and fell short by 17 runs. Nicolas Pooran hit a quick 46 of 28 balls, KL Rahul hit 42 runs of 27 balls and Mayank Agarwal hit 35 runs of 21 balls but it wasn't enough for them.
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| Winner |
With this win, RCB move to the 7th spot with 8 points in 11 games, still having a chance for the playoffs while KXIP stand on 5th place with 10 points in 11 games.
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