Team Bangalore, led by Virat Kohli, emerged victorious by a margin of eight wickets against Punjab in the 28th match of the twelfth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).


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# This is Bangalore's first win in this edition of the IPL! 


# Bangalore 174/2 (19.2 overs)


# Boundary off the first delivery followed by a double off the second delivery as Bangalore achieve the total with 8 wickets to spare! 


# Sarfaraz Khan to bowl the final over! 


# Bangalore 168/2 (19 overs)


# Six off the final delivery, as AB de Villiers smashes the full toss for a six to deep square leg! 


# Single off the fifth delivery, with 12 runs needed off 7 deliveries! 


# Need 13 runs from 8 deliveries! 


# Boundary off the fourth delivery as Stoinis hits the ball straight down the ground! 


# Need 17 runs from 9 deliveries! 


# 3 runs from the first three deliveries! 


# Mohammed Shami to bowl his final over! 


# Need 20 runs from 12 deliveries! 


# Bangalore 154/2 (18 overs)


# Need 23 runs from 14 deliveries! 


# Six off the fourth delivery as AB de Villiers smashes the ball over covers!  


#Single off the next delivery as Murugan Ashwin fails to complete a catch off a skier! 


# Need 30 runs from 16 deliveries! 


# Consecutive boundaries as Stoinis directs the ball behind deep backward point!  


# Boundary off the first delivery as Stoinis flicks the ball down the leg-side! 


# Tye to bowl his final over! 


# Need 38 runs from 18 deliveries! 


# 6 runs from the over, Bangalore 136/2 (17 overs)


# Ravichandran Ashwin to bowl his final over! 


# Need 44 runs in 24 deliveries! 


# Bangalore 130/2 (16 overs)


# Marcus Stoinis is the new man in! 


# Wicket! Kohli dismissed for 67 runs off 53 deliveries as the batsman attempts to go for a big hit, handing a catch to Murugan Ashwin! Bangalore 128/2 (15.3 overs) 


# Shami to bowl his third over! 


# Need 48 runs from 30 deliveries! 


# 4 runs from the over, Bangalore 126/1 (15 overs)!


# 3 runs from the first three deliveries of the over!


# Murugan Ashwin to bowl his final over! 


# 5 runs from the over, Bangalore 122/1 (14 overs)


# Andrew Tye to bowl his third over of the innings!  


# Need 57 runs in 42 deliveries! 


# 10 runs from the over, Bangalore 117/1 (13 overs)


# Boundary off the fifth delivery of the over as De Villiers hits the ball over short fine leg!  


# Sam Curran to bowl his third over! 


# 9 runs off the over, Bangalore 107/1 (12 overs)


# Boundary off the third delivery of the over as Kohli drives the ball down the leg-side! 


# Andrew Tye to bowl his third over! 


# 10 runs from the over, Bangalore 98/1 (11 overs)


# Half-century for Virat Kohli! 


# Ravichandran Ashwin to bowl his third over! 


# Need 86 runs in 60 deliveries! 


# 8 runs from the over, Bangalore 88/1 (10 overs)


# Boundary off the first delivery as De Villiers drives the flighted delivery down the ground!  


#  Need 94 runs in 66 deliveries! 


# Murugan Ashwin to bowl his third over! 


# 6 runs from the over, Bangalore 80/1 (9 overs)


# Ravichandran Ashwin to bowl his second over! 


# Bangalore need 100 runs from 72 deliveries! 


# 3 runs from the over, Bangalore 74/1 (8 overs)


# Murugan Ashwin to bowl his second over!


# 8 runs from the over, Bangalore 71/1 (7 overs)


# Boundary off the final delivery as AB de Villiers hits the slow delivery over extra cover.  


# Andrew Tye into the attack! 


# 9 runs from the over, Bangalore 63/1 (6 overs)


# Consecutive boundaries for Virat Kohli following a misfield as the Bangalore skipper hits the ball to mid-wicket!   


# Boundary off the fourth delivery of the over as Virat Kohli cuts the ball to deep backward point! 


#Murugan Ashwin to bowl the final over of the powerplay! 


# Bangalore 54/1 (5 overs)


# Single off the final delivery to make it 10 runs from the over! 


# Second boundary of the over for AB de Villiers as the batsman edges the ball past the wicketkeeper! 


# Boundary off the first delivery as AB de Villiers smashes the ball off the backfoot for a boundary! 


# Mohammed Shami to bowl his second over of the innings! 


# Bangalore 44/1 (4 overs)


# AB de Villiers is the new man in! 


# Wicket! Parthiv Patel dismissed for 19 runs off 9 deliveries as the batsman attempts to go for a big hit, handing a catch to Mayank Agarwal.   


# Ravichandran Ashwin into the attack! 


# Bangalore 36/0 (3 overs)


# Consecutive boundaries as Patel hits the ball to short fine leg, making it 15 runs from the over!      


# Second boundary of the over as Parthiv Patel hits the ball straight down the ground! 


# Boundary off the first delivery as Kohli hits the slow ball to long-off! 


# Curran to continue with the ball! 


# Single off the last delivery, Bangalore 21/0 (2 overs)


# Third boundary of the over off the fourth delivery as Parthiv Patel hits the ball through mid-wicket!   


# Back to back boundaries for Virat Kohli as the batsman hits the ball straight down the ground, through mid-wicket! 


# Mohammad Shami into the attack! 


# 6 runs from the first over, Bangalore 6/0 (1 over)


# Boundary off the opening delivery as Parthiv Patel smashes the ball through cover! 


# Sam Curran to bowl the opening over! 


# Bangalore openers Parthiv Patel and Virat Kohli are set to kick off the chase! 


# Bangalore need 174 runs to win!


# Gayle finishes the innings unbeaten on 99 off 64 deliveries! 


# Boundary off the final delivery, as Punjab, finish on 173/4 (20 overs)


# Gayle on 95! 


# Boundary off the fourth delivery followed by a dot in the fifth delivery! 


# Gayle on strike! 


# 3 runs off the first three deliveries!  


# Siraj to bowl the final over! 


# Punjab 162/4 (19 overs)


# Six off the final delivery of the 19th over, as Gayle finishes the over unbeaten on 90! 


# Single off the second delivery as Yadav bowls the delivery full and straight! 


# Boundary off the first delivery as Gayle hits the ball to mid-wicket! 


# Umesh Yadav to bowl his final over! 


# 2 runs from the final ball, making it 8 runs from the over. Punjab 146/4 (18 overs)


# Boundary off the fourth delivery as Mandeep Singh hits the short ball down the leg-side!  


# Two runs off the first three deliveries with Bangalore scoring at a run rate of 8 runs per over! 


# Saini to bowl his final over! 


# Punjab 138/4 (17 overs)


# Single off the final delivery to make it 11 runs from the over. 


# Six off the third delivery of the over as Gayle smashes the short delivery to the deep mid-wicket region! 


# 2 runs off the first two deliveries as Gayle and Mandeep Singh pick singles! 


# Siraj to bowl his third over with Gayle on strike! 


# 5 runs from the over, Punjab 127/4 (16 overs)


# 1 run from the first two deliveries so far! 


# Saini to bowl his third over of the innings! 


# 8 runs from the over, Punjab 122/4 (15 overs)


# Boundary off the fourth delivery of the over as Gayle hits the ball to fine-leg! 


# Chahal to bowl his final over! 


# 4 runs and a wicket off the over, Punjab 114/4 (14 overs)


# Mandeep Singh is the new man in! 


# Wicket! Curran dismissed for 1 run off three deliveries as the batsman attempts to go for a sweep shot without proper contact, with the batsman trapped lbw!  


# Moeen Ali to bowl his final over of the innings! 


# 8 runs and a wicket off the over, Punjab 110/3 (13 overs)


# Sam Curran is the new man in! 


# Wicket! Sarfaraz dismissed for 15 runs off 13 deliveries as the batsman looks to play a pull shot off a short bouncer, handing a catch to wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel.  


# Six off the fifth delivery of the over as Sarfaraz plays a scoop shot, with the ball sailing into the stands!  


# Siraj to bowl his second over!  


# Punjab 102/2 (12 overs)


# 9 runs from the over, Punjab 99/2 (11 overs)


# Boundary off the fourth delivery of the over as Sarfaraz Khan sweeps the ball down the leg side!  


# Chahal to bowl his third over! 


# 4 runs from the over, Punjab 90/2 (10 overs)


# Moeen Ali into the attack! 


# 9 runs from the over. Punjab 86/2 (9 overs)


# Sarfaraz Khan is the new man in! 


# Wicket! Agarwal dismissed for 15 runs off 9 deliveries with the ball drifting and going on to hit the off-stump! 


# Agarwal smashes his first six of the innings directing the ball over extra cover! 


# Half-century for Chris Gayle! 


# Chahal to bowl his second over! 


# 8 runs from the over,  Punjab 77/1 (8 overs)


# Boundary off the fourth delivery of the over as Mayank Agarwal hits the ball to fine-leg! 


# Moeen Ali into the attack! 


# 9 runs from the over, Punjab 69/1 (7 overs)


# Mayank Agarwal is the new man in! 


# Wicket! KL Rahul dismissed for 18 runs off 15 deliveries as the batsman attempts a big hit, without generating proper contact resulting in a stumping!   


# Six off the first delivery of the over as KL Rahul smashes the ball straight down the ground! 


# Chahal into the attack! 


# Boundary off the final delivery, making it 24 runs from the over. Punjab 60/0 (6 overs)


# Second six of the over for Gayle off the fifth delivery of the over with the ball hit over square leg! 


# Second boundary of the over for Gayle as the veteran directs the ball to sweeper cover! 


# Six off the second delivery as Gayle hits the fast bouncer to long-on! 


# Boundary off the first ball as Gayle smashes the ball to long-off! 


# Mohammed Siraj to bowl the final over of the powerplay! 


# Punjab 36/0 (5 overs)


# Nearly a wicket off the final delivery of the over as AB de Villiers drops a catch created following a leading edge!  


# 2 boundaries off the first two deliveries as KL Rahul smashes the ball to fine leg and long-on! 


# Yadav to bowl his third over! 


# 5 runs from the over, Punjab 26/0 (4 overs)


# Boundary off the final delivery as Gayle hits the ball straight to long-on!


# Saini to bowl his second over! 


# 4 runs from the remaining four deliveries of the over, Punjab 21/0 (3 overs)


# Boundary off the first delivery to deep mid-wicket followed by a six to long-on as Gayle reached 16 runs off 12 deliveries! 


# Umesh Yadav to continue with the ball! 


# Saini finishes off with a dot delivery, Punjab 7/0 (2 overs)


# Boundary off the fourth delivery as Gayle directs the ball to deep square leg! 


# No run from the first three deliveries of the over as Saini delivers the ball short of length, outside off!   


# Navdeep Saini into the attack! 


# Punjab 2/0 (1 over)


# Single off the final delivery as Gayle drives the ball to mid-on! 


# No runs off the next three deliveries as Umesh Yadav bowls the deliveries full and at good length!  


# Chris Gayle on strike! 


# Single off the first delivery as KL Rahul hits the ball straight down the ground! 


# The umpires are also ready with Umesh Yadav set to bowl the opening over!   


# Punjab openers KL Rahul and Chris Gayle have walked down to the crease with the clash set to kick off in a few minutes! 


# Dale Steyn will be available for Bangalore from 16th April! 


# Punjab (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, Nicholas Pooran(w), Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Mohammed Shami, Murugan Ashwin


# Bangalore (Playing XI): Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Marcus Stoinis, Moeen Ali, Akshdeep Nath, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj


# Umesh Yadav replaces Tim Southee for Bangalore! 


# Mayank Agarwal, Murugan Ashwin, Andrew Tye replace Hardus Viljoen, Ankit Rajpoot and Karun Nair!  


# Bangalore has won the toss and opted to field! 


# Punjab are unbeaten at home so far in this edition of the tournament! 


# The toss is set to take place in a few minutes! 


Gasping for breath after six successive defeats, Virat Kohli led Bangalore will look to snap their winless streak and stay afloat when they take on an inconsistent Punjab in a must-win IPL encounter on Saturday.


Nothing seems to be going right for Bangalore, who slumped to their sixth straight loss after going down against Delhi in their IPL match last Sunday.


Kohli, who was recently named the Leading Cricketer of the year for the third successive time by Wisden Almanack, will hope that fortunes finally knock on the doors of Bangalore as they need to win their next eight matches to salvage any hope of making it to the play-off.


Punjab, on the other hand, has won four matches out of seven but they have maintained dominance on the home ground.


However, Punjab failed to defend 197 against Mumbai Indians in their last match with Kieron Pollard's knock of 31-ball 83 blowing them away.


Teams (from):


Bangalore: Virat Kohli (C), Parthiv Patel, AB de Villiers, Colin de Grandhomme, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Moeen Ali, Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Devdutt Padikkal, Himmat Singh, Milind Kumar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Heinrich Klaasen, Pawan Negi, Washington Sundar, Akshdeep Nath, Prayas Barman, Kulwant Khejroliya and Tim Southee.


Punjab: Lokesh Rahul (WK), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin (C), Andrew Tye, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Karun Nair, Moises Henriques, Varun Chakravarthi, Harpreet Brar, Simran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Hardus Viljoen, Ankit Rajpoot, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Agnivesh Ayachi. 


(With PTI Inputs)