IPL 2013: Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - As it happened...

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Live Updates of the match between Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh. SCORECARD» I COMMENTARY» POINTS TABLE» I SCHEDULE» ==================================================================================== Kings XI Punjab have won by 6 wickets. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 18 II Score: 194/4 Gayle has been given the ball now. He starts with a wide down the leg side. Sathish hits this one over long on for a six. No run off the next ball. This is a full toss and Sathish smacks it towards deep mid wicket for a boundary. He gets a single to point this time. Miller hits this one high and long over long on for a six. Miller completes his century with this shot. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 17 II Score: 172/4 Vinay Kumar is back into the attack as Sathish nudges this to the leg side for two runs. He drives the next one to sweeper cover for a single. Short and wide and Miller smashes it over cover for a boundary. This one is pulled to deep mid wicket for two runs. This one is pulled over the man at deep mid wicket for a six. This one is hit to long off for a single, no ball called, free hit coming up. A yorker this time, Sathish gets a single. Punjab need 19 runs in 18 balls. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 16 II Score: 154/4 Rampaul comes back into the attack. Slower one and Miller hits it over deep mid wicket for a six. He gets a single to short third man this time. Sathish gets another single off the next ball. Miller gets two runs off the next ball. Miller gets another couple of runs to long on this time. He guides this one past short third man for a boundary. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 15 II Score: 138/4 RP Singh bowls one on a length and Miller hits it over long off for a six. Wide outside off stump this time. Another hit over long off for a six. This time he hits it to long off but along the ground for a boundary. This one is heaved to deep mid wicket for another boundary. Short and wide and Miller smashes it wide off third man for another boundary. He digs out a yorker for a single. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 14 II Score: 112/4 Vinay Kumar continues as Miller hits a boundary off the fourth ball of the over. The next one is hit straight over the top of the bowler for a six. Another heave off the next ball and it gets him a boundary. Miller hits this high in the air but Virat Kohli misses a sitter, single taken. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 13 II Score: 95/4 Miller hits the first one off the over from Rampaul high in the air but the ball fell safely, batsmen take two runs. Miller gets a single off the third ball. Sathish tries to heave this one but can't get any bat on it. Two singles taken off the next two balls. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 12 II Score: 90/4 Murali Kartik starts a new over with a wide down the leg side. This one is short and Sathish pulls it to deep mid wicket for a single. MIller hits the next ball straight over long on for a six. He flicks the next one to long on for a single. Sathish gets a single to short third man. Miller hits a short one to sweeper cover for a single. Last ball is played back to the bowler. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 11 II Score: 79/4 Henriques is back into the attack as Sathish gets a single off the first ball. Miller lifts this short one over the keeper's head for a boundary. This time a quick single is taken. Sathish defends the next one back to the bowler. He flicks this one to deep mid wicket for three runs. Miller pulls the next one to deep mid wicket for two runs. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 10 II Score: 68/4 Murali Kartik continues as Hussey gets a single off the first ball. Miller strikes a short one hard to sweeper cover three runs. Hussey gets a single off the next ball. Another single for Miller this time. Hussey hits this one in the air and the ball goes high in the air but not far and the catch is easily taken at long on. Sathish is the new man and he gets four byes of the last ball off the over. David Hussey c Henriques b Kartik 13(14) ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 9 II Score: 58/3 Miller nudges this one from RP Singh for a single. Hussey gets a couple of runs off the next ball. He is beaten outside off stump in the next delivery. He gets a single to the leg side off the next delivery. Miller hits the next ball to mid off, no run taken. Runs this one to third man for two runs. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 8 II Score: 52/3 Murli Kartik is into the attack now as Gurkeerat gets two runs off the first ball. He pulls a short one to deep mid wicket fence for a bonudary. Gurkeerat who was looking dangerous has been trapped on the pads and has been adjudged leg before wicket. David Miller is the new man in the middle. He gets a single off the first ball. Hussey hits one straight to point, no run taken. Gurkeerat Singh lbw b Kartik 20(20) ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 7 II Score: 45/2 Hussey defends the first ball from Vinay Kumar. The batsmen take singles off the next three deliveries. Quick single taken off the last ball. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 6 II Score: 41/2 Henriques continues as both batsmen gets singles off the first two balls. Gurkeerat presents the full face of the bat this time and the ball goes away for a boundary. He defends the next two balls. Drives the last ball past mid off for another boundary ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 5 II Score: 31/2 Vinay Kumar comes into the attack. Mandeep flicks this one from his pads for a boundary.Mandeep gets an edge on the next ball and the catch is easily held by Karthik behind the stumps. David Hussey comes in and pulls the first one to deep mid wicket for a boundary. Gets a single off the fifth ball.Gurkeerat gets a single off the last ball. Mandeep Singh c Arun Karthik b Vinay Kumar 16(12) ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 4 II Score: 21/1 Henriques comes into the attack as Mandeep Singh flicks one from his pads for a boundary. Gets a single off the next ball. Gurkeerat gets a single off the last ball of the over. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 3 II Score: 13/1 Rampaul continues as Mandeep gets a single off the first ball. Marsh drives this one straight to the man at cover, catch is brilliantly taken. Gurkeerat Mann is the new man in the middle. He defends the rest of the balls. Shaun Marsh c de Villiers b de Villiers 6(7) ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 2 II Score: 12/0 RP Singh to bowl the second over of the innings. He starts with a good ball on the pads, no run taken. The next one is played to mid off, no run again. He gets a single off the next ball on the leg side. This one is outside off stump and Mandeep misses with a slash. He gets the next one to short fine leg for a single. Marsh pulls a short one for a boundary. ==================================================================================== PUNJAB Over: 1 II Score: 6/0 Mandeep Singh pulls the first ball from Rampaul for a boundary to deep mid wicket. Single taken off the the fifth ball. Marsh on strike now. He tucks the last ball away for a single to fine leg. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 20 II Score:190/3 Nesser to bowl the final over as De Villiers digs out a yorker tho third man for two runs. He lofts a low full toss to long on but the man there makes a mess of it and the ball goes for a boundary.Reverse paddle sweep connects this time and the ball goes away for another boundary. Six over deep extra cover. Gets a single off the next ball. Henriques gets a boundary off the last ball. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 19 II Score:169/3 Praveen Kumar starts this over with a yorker as Henriques gets a single off it. Another single this time to De Villiers. Henriques connects in the fifth ball and the ball goes for a six over deep mid wicket. The last ball is driven past the infield for a boundary. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 18 II Score:157/3 Neser is into the attack now. De Villiers pulls this one off the front foot over mid wicket for a sixboundary. Looking for the reverse sweep again, only manages to get a single. Henriques flicks this one to the leg side for a single. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 17 II Score:145/3 Awana is back into the attack. De Villiers pulls the first one to mid wicket, no run taken. This is wide down the leg side. Getsa single off the next ball. Kohli flicks a yorker to mid wicket for a single. De Villiers gets another single to mid on. Short this time and Kohli tries to pull it but the ball goes in the air and is taken by Marsh at mid wicket. Henriques is the new man and he gets a single off the last ball off the over. Virat Kohli c Shaun Marsh b Awana 14(14) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 16 II Score:140/2 Gony dislodges Pujara who gets an inside edge on to the stumps. De Villiers is the new man and he gets an edge away for a boundary off the first ball. Gets a single of the fourth ball. Kohli gets a single to mid wicket this time. He uses his feet this time and hits the ball to long off for a single. Pujara b Gony 51(48) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 15 II Score:133/1 Praveen Kumar is into the attack and Kohli gets a single off the first ball. Pujara gets a leg bye this time. Good yorker this time and Virat plays it back to the bowler. down the leg side this time. Another wide down the leg side. Quick single taken off the next ball but Pujara is safe, and the batsmen take another run. Kohli hits a low full toss straight to long on, single taken. Pujara gets another single to end the over. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 14 II Score:125/1 Awana is back into the attack. Pujara steps out and drives this in the gap between cover and mid off for a boundary. Shorter one this time and Pujara pulls it for a boundary wide off long on. Guides the next ball to short third man, no run taken. He finds the man at point this time, no run again. He drives to cover and completes a single that takes him to his fifty. Kohli drives to sweeper cover for a single this time. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 13 II Score:115/1 Pujara struggling to get Chawla away for runs as he defends the first one back to the bowler. He sweeps the next one to deep square leg for a boundary. He flicks the next one to mid wicket for a single. Virat misses with a cut, no run taken. Kohli defends a googly, no run again. He cuts the next ball to sweeper cover for two runs. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 12 II Score:108/1 Gony starts a new spell with a slower one and Gayle dispatches it for a six. Gayle misses this time with an attempted hoik and the ball crashes on to the stumps. Kohli is the new man and he gets a leading edge to third man for a single. Pujara drives this to extra cover for a single. Kohli guides this wide off third man for a boundary. Short one, no run taken. Gayle b Gony 61(33) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 11 II Score:96/0 Pujara works this one fine and wide off short third man for a boundary. He drives the next one to cover, no run this time. He gets a single this time to mid wicket. Quicker one this time and Gayle slaps it to long off for two runs. Another quicker one and Gayle gets an inside edge on to his pads, no run taken. Gets a single off the last ball to fine leg. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 10 II Score:88/0 Neser is back into the attack and Gayle defends the first one back to the bowler. Gets an edge on this one and the ball flies over the keeper for a boundary. Anticipating the short one again bu this one was full and Gayle got it away to fine leg for a single. Short one and Pujara misses with an attempted pull. Pujara flicks this one to fine leg for another single. Full toss this time and Gayle gets it to deep square leg for two runs, no ball called. Gayle gets to his fifty. Nice yorker and Gayle hits it to long on for two runs. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 9 II Score:77/0 Pujara pushes this one back to Chawla and the ball fell just short of the bowler. He steps out and defends the next one. Pujara steps out again but can't get the ball away for runs. Gets a single this time to short fine leg. Gayle nudges this one to short fine leg for two runs. Quicker one this time and Gayle gets a leg bye. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 8 II Score:73/0 Awana is back into the attack. Short and wide and Gayle cuts it to sweeper cover for a single. Pujara flicks the next one to deep mid wicket for two runs. Short and wide and Pujara cuts straight to point, no run taken. He pushes the next one to sweeper cover for two runs. This is short and Pujara tries to flick it over the keeper but does not make contact. Struck on the pads this time and he gets a leg bye. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 7 II Score:67/0 Time for spin here as Piyush Chawla comes into the attack. Pujara flicks the first ball to mid wicket. He gets a single off the next ball towards long on. Gayle gets a leg bye off the next ball. Pujara pushes this one to mid on for a single. Gayle this time punches this one hard off his backfoot for a boundary. This is wide down the leg side. Gayle flicks this one for a single. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 6 II Score:58/0 Gony continues as Pujara is hit on the body, no run taken. He gets an edge on this one and the ball races away for a boundary to third man. This one is flicked by Pujara towards deep mid wicket for another boundary. This one is outside off and he guides it wide off third man for another boundary. He guides this one to third man for a single. Gayle mishits one over mid on for a boundary. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 5 II Score:41/0 Michael Nesser is into the attack. Gayle gets a single off the first ball to mid off. Pujara steps and tries to smash it but only manages to to hit the ball to mid wicket, no run taken. This time Pujara hits it over the man at cover for a boundary. Gets a single to mid on off the next ball. Short one to Gayle and he pulled it over deep mid wicket for a six. This one is alength delivery and Gayle hits it over long on for a huge six. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 4 II Score:23/0 Gony is into the attack now as Gayle defends the first one to cover. Short this time and Gayle dispatches it to deep mid wicket for a boundary. Another pull and square leg gets a hand to it and the batsmen take only a single. Pujara cuts a short one but Miller at point puts in a brilliant diving effort to save a boundary. Similar shot again and fielded at point. This one bounces a bit more and Pujara misses with a cut. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 3 II Score:18/0 Gayle pushes this length ball from Kumar past mid off for a boundary. This one is swinging away from him and the ball hits his leg and goes to slip, no run taken. On the pads this time and Gayle gets a leg bye to short fine leg. Wide outside off stump Pujara tries to cut it but does not get any bat on it. He pushes the next one to point, no run taken. He gets two runs off the last ball towards the leg side. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 2 II Score:11/0 Parvinder Awana to bowl the second over as Pujara pushes the first ball to cover, no run taken. A bit of width this time and Pujara cuts it past point for a single. Gayle pushes this one on the leg side, no run taken. Slower and shorter this time and Gayle pulls it for a to deep mid wicket. He flicks this one from the pads to deep square leg for two runs. Another short one that Gayle pulls for a single. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 1 II Score: 3/0 Gayle and Pujara to open the innings for RCB. Praveen Kumar to bowl the first over. The first ball is swinging outside off stump, Pujara pokes at it but can't connect. He pushes the second ball to cover, no run again. This time he guides the ball to third man for a single. Gayle is beaten outside off stump by an outswinger. He steps out and tucks this one to the leg side for two runs. This one is defended to mid off, no run taken. ==================================================================================== Toss: Punjab have won the toss and have decided to bowl first. Punjab (Playing XI): Shaun Marsh, Mandeep Singh, David Hussey(c), David Miller, Gurkeerat Singh(w), Rajagopal Sathish, Michael Neser, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Manpreet Gony, Parvinder Awana Bangalore (Playing XI): Saurabh Tiwary, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Moises Henriques, Cheteshwar Pujara, Arun Karthik(w), Vinay Kumar, Ravi Rampaul, Murali Kartik, RP Singh ==================================================================================== Punjab have lost three matches on the trot and are currently languishing at sixth place. Shaun Marsh will be crucial to their success in this match and the rest of the tournament as will be the explosive David Miller. Bowling wise Praveen Kumar and Piyush Chawla have been good but have not been very consistent. They will be looking to put up a strong performance in their backyard this evening to better their chances of remaining alive in the tournament. Royal Challengers Bangalore are a formidable side under the able and aggressive leadership of Virat Kolhi. They have stars like Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers and Moises Henriques who have the ability post and also chase down any total. Bowling has been a bit of a concern for RCB with Vinay Kumar and RP Singh not performing to expectations on a consistent basis.