Match 42 : RCB vs KXIP Preview & Report
AB de Villiers' quick 44 balls 82* followed by Umesh-Navdeep's excellent bowling led Bangalore to upset Punjab by 17 runs
42nd match of IPL 2019 played between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru at 8:00 pm IST. Putting into ba first by Punjab, Bengaluru with PA Patel's 24 balls 43, MP Stoinis' 34 balls 46* and AB de Villiers' super quick 44 balls 82 unbeaten runs set huge totals of 203 runs for Punjab to get. Ashwin bowled tight spell of 4-0-15-1 for KXIP. Punjab in reply with KL Rahul 42, MA Agrawal 35 and N Pooran's super quick 28 balls 46 runs fought very hard but managed to score 185 runs in 20 overs and lost the match by 17 runs. Umesh Yadav took 3 wickets for RCB but, AB de Villiers declared man of the match for his 82 unbeaten runs.