Skipper KL Rahul’s unbeaten 91 (57) and an all-round effort by Harpreet Brar (25* and three/19) together with Chris Gayle’s 46 (24) helped Punjab Kings smash Royal Challengers Bangalore by 34 runs on the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday night time. Punjab posted 179 for five in 20 overs regardless of struggling a center overs-collapse due to Rahul and Brar. The left-arm spinner Brar then received Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and AB de Villiers as RCB have been restricted to 145 for 8 in 20 overs.
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RCB’s chase started with Devdutt Padikkal bowled by Riley Meredith going for a giant shot for simply 7 within the third over. Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar then steadied the ship however couldn’t get the scoreboard ticking; RCB managed solely 36 for 1 within the Power Play.
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Kohli tried taking the assault to Brar in his first two overs, whereas Patidar struggled on the different finish. Patidar was at one stage 19 (25), and the strain received to Kohli. It wasn’t like Kohli was hanging too effectively both; Brar benefited, with Kohli bowled trying to slog for 35 off 34. In the very subsequent ball, Glenn Maxwell was bowled by one which turned just a bit away from him. The eleventh over of the innings turned out to be a double wicket maiden.
Only AB de Villiers stood between Punjab and victory at that stage, and Brar received him within the subsequent over, caught at cowl for 3. Brar’s spell of three for 19 within the center overs with one maiden killed the competition.
The equation was 96 in 36 at one stage which was an excessive amount of for Patidar, Shahbaz and co.
Harshal Patel, who had conceded 53 from his 4 overs, had some enjoyable scoring 31 off 13 to cut back the hole.
Earlier, Rahul’s onslaught helped PBKS realise 40 runs within the final two overs of Harshal Patel after they have been struggling to succeed in a aggressive complete.
The Punjab franchise had misplaced opener Prabhsimran Singh (7) early earlier than Chris Gayle (46 off 24 balls) and Rahul took cost. Gayle’s knock comprised six fours and two sixes and took the staff rating to 99 within the eleventh over. After Gayle’s dismissal that left the staff at 99 for 2, PBKS misplaced three extra wickets shortly which set them again and threatened to limit them to underneath 150.
However, Rahul and newcomer Harpreet Brar (25 not out in 17 deliveries) added unbeaten 61 for the sixth wicket that took PBKS to their eventual rating. Brar hit two sixes off Patel.
For RCB, New Zealand tempo bowler Kyle Jamieson took two for 32 whereas left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed took one wicket for 11 runs.
Seam bowler Daniel Sams took one for twenty-four.
(With IANS inputs)
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