😝[IPLT20 2019]: KXIP vs RCB Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kings XI Punjab, win the first season

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😝[IPLT20 2019]: KXIP vs RCB Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kings XI Punjab, win the first season:

Virat Kohli (67) and AB de Villiers (59 *) were at the helm of the innings, finally Royal Challengers Bangalore got the first win of this season in the 7th match. The Kings team challenged the Royal Challengers to 174 runs.

                                      Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), seeing the divide of victory till 6 matches in this IPL season, finally won the first win by defeating Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 8 wickets. The Kings team had the goal of 174 runs for the Royal Challengers team, which the guest team managed to save 4 ball remaining. Captain Virat Kohli (67) and AB de Villiers (59 *) played important innings in this victory of RCB. Earlier, for the RCB, his spin bowlers also prevented Kings from going to the big score by bowling well. Chris Gayle (99 *) remained unbeaten at one end for Kings But the spinners' bowling helped the Punjab team to score 173 for 4 wickets. 

Parthiv-Virat showed up

                                     After chasing the challenge of 174 runs, Virat and Parthiv pair started a fearless start for the RCB. Both of them added 43 runs in 3.5 overs. Parthiv Patel (19) hit four fours in 9 balls. But before going out, Parthiv had set a good rhythm for his team.

Virat-De Villiers handled the front

                                     De Villiers, who came with the help of Virat after the earthquake, came and took charge. Both shared an 85-run partnership for the second wicket. When Virat was dismissed in the second wicket by 67 runs, RCB needed 47 runs in 27 balls to win. Although the required run rate was close to 11, it was not difficult for AB de Villiers.

De Villiers-Stoinis achieved the stage

                                      After Virat's dismissal, Marcus Stoinis (28 *), who came with De Villiers, did not give any obstacles to the required goal and conveyed the team to the goal of victory. Meanwhile, De Villiers completed his feat in 35 balls and when he hit the last ball of the 19th over to make Shami convincing RCB's victory. Now in the last over, the team needed only 6 runs for their first win and Stoinis finished the job with the first two balls and chaos and 2 runs.

Kings XI Punjab's innings

                                     Earlier, Punjab, with an unbeaten 99 of their opening batsman Chris Gayle, challenged the Royal Challengers' team to 174 runs. The duo of KL Rahul and Chris Gayle started a bang. The powerplay started in 5 overs, even though both the batsmen went ahead and added only 36 runs. But when the last over of the powerplay came, Chris Gayle of Mohammed Siraj came spoiling the rhythm as he came. Gayle hit two sixes and three fours in this over and scored 24 runs and thus 60 runs in the 6 overs in the Powerplay.

Rahul, trapped in greed of greed

                                     After that, Rahul Dravid gave Yuvraj Chahal a six on the first ball, and then on the other ball, Chahal gave him another blow. Rahul breaks out, but the ball gives him a chatter while roasting him. Standing behind the wicket, Parthiv Patel stumped him. After Rahul, Mayank Agarwal (15) also got involved in quick runs. However, in the second over of Chahal, he also got bowled and in his 9-ball innings, 1 Chowk and 1 six in the innings were out. This was the second blow to the Kings' score of 86 in this way.

Gayle's Fifty, but did not get along

                                         Meanwhile, Chris Gayle saved his wicket and kept his innings on the spin attack with a little bit of his own hand. Gayle provided the 27th half century of his IPL career in just 28 balls here. Gayle took advantage of six fours and three sixes in his half-century. In the meantime, the other end Gayle did not get good together again. Sarfaraz Khan (15) also returned to the pavilion with a four and a six. Shortly after this Sam Karan (1) also became the victim of Moin Ali and was dismissed as the fourth wicket.

Finally, Mandeep gave up, Gayle made

                                         After all, Gayle got together with Mandeep Singh (18 *) for the last 6 overs. Mandeep, aware of the conditions, showed confidence in giving a strike to Gayle and Gayle sparked the slow pace of the slow over in the last over. However, in the final over of the innings, he was only 10 runs away from his 7th IPL century. But Mohammed Siraj has not been able to get this single more than 1 single and 2 squares this time. After all, he returned to the Nabad Pavilion 99 runs.