May 05, 2017

VIVO IPL 2017 season 10 43rd encounter between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on May 05, 2017 at 8:00 pm. Putting into bat first by Bangalore, Punjab managed to put defending total of 138 runs in 20 overs with AR Patel's quick 38 runs of 17 balls. Bangalore in reply once again failed to bat well and score 119 runs in 19 overs and lost the match by 19 runs. AR Patel played well with quick 38 runs and picked up 3 wickets but Sandeep Sharma declared man of the match for his important 3 wickets.

Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to field first. Punjab putting into bat first, lost both opening batsmen HM Amla (1) and MJ Guptill (9) early. Other middle orders got good start but lost wickets in 20s. In later overs AR Patel played quick inning of 38 runs in 17 balls and helps Punjab to put defending total of 138 runs in 20 overs.

Following small total of 139 runs, Royal Challengers batting failure continued and three wickets in 37 runs. CH Gayle (0), V Kohli (6) and AB de Villiers (10) were victims of Sandeep Sharma with excellent bowling with new ball. KM Jadav (6) and SR Watson (3) were also failed to stood in middle for long and lost wickets without contributing well. Mandeep Singh played well but left the field scoring well 46 runs and Bangalore were in trouble. Other lower orders also failed to bat well and RCB all out in 19 overs having score 119 runs and lost the match by 19 runs.

Player of the match - Sandeep Sharma (KXIP)

Points - Kings XI Punjab 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0.