KL Rahul introduced his arrival on the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 as his record-breaking 132* off simply 69 balls bulldozed Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) into submission and helped Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) register their first win of the season. Rahul’s knock – the highest score by an Indian in IPL – helped KXIP rating 206/3 of their 20 overs. RCB had been by no means within the chase proper from the primary over when opener Devdutt Padikkal was dismissed for one. They had been ultimately dismissed for 109, handing KXIP an enormous 97-run win.
Distaster struck RCB at the beginning of their chase as Josh Philippe went for a duck within the second over, following Padikkal, and when Virat Kohli top-edged Sheldon Cottrell to Ravi Bishnoi within the third over, RCB had been in all kinds of hassle at 4 for 3.
AB de Villiers (28) and Aaron Finch (20) did some restore work however with the asking fee mounting with each over the gamers went for large photographs that led to their fall.
Finch was bowled by Bishnoi and de Villiers carved one straight to Sarfaraz Khan at deep level to present Murugan Ashwin his first wicket.
RCB had been 57 for five within the ninth over and from that time it was about sustaining the web run fee as their batsmen tried to clear the ropes within the hope of bridging the run deficit and perished within the course of.
Washington Sundar hit two fours and a six for his 30 whereas Shivam Dube scored 12 with one six however each fell to spin within the center overs.
Dube was bowled by Glenn Maxwell whereas Sundar holed out within the deep off Bishnoi.
Ashwin and Bishnoi bought three wickets every and Cottrell bought two to his identify. Shami and Maxwell returned a wicket apiece.
Earlier, some liberal catching by Kohli, who dropped Rahul twice, helped Kings XI Punjab speed up in the direction of the dying and pop their rating over 200.
Within the course of, Rahul additionally turned the quickest Indian to 2000 IPL runs. He bought to the milestone in his sixtieth innings, breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s document of 63 innings.
KXIP bought 74 runs off the final 4 overs and 49 off the final two, bowled by Dale Steyn and Dube.
Steyn was taken to the cleaners by a rampaging Rahul who smashed the South African pacer for 3 sixes and two fours within the 19th over and took Dube for 2 sixes and 4 within the 20th.
Rahul discovered help from Mayank Agarwal (26), Nicholas Pooran (17) and Karun Nair (15* off 8).
Promoted
With this win, KXIP transfer into the positives when it comes to internet run fee after having misplaced within the Tremendous Over to Delhi Capitals on Sunday. They’re atop the factors desk with a internet run fee of two.425.
RCB, however, have some mulling to do as they’re third from the underside with a internet run fee of -2.175.
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