Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab - Punjab hold nerve and win by four wickets - Live Score and Update
RCB 158/5 (20/20 ov) v Kings XI Punjab 163/6 (19.5/20 ov) - Kings XI Punjab won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
May 02, Bangalore: Wednesday saw the rise of Kings XI Punjab and the demise of under fire Royal Challengers Bangalore, as visitors from Punjab grabbed a close win by four wickets in the 44th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Needing a target of 159 runs to win, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833’s top and middle-order showed character and resolve in order to land at fourth spot in the points table with five wins from ten matches.
After the close and nerve-racking finish, Punjab skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Hussey-c1380 said, “We tried to clutch defeat from the jaws of victory ... but a win is a win. We have confidence now. We need to go back and perform in front of our home crowd."
The comments by the skipper were absolutely correct as the side almost landed itself in trouble on suffering a batting collapse later in the innings; nonetheless, they managed to avoid defeat which at one moment seemed imminent.
Meanwhile, earlier in their innings, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470 (8) with just 38 runs on the scoreboard.
Singh hammered an innings of 43 runs, and after him it was the astounding performance from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nitin-Saini-c79746 and Hussey that drove the side towards the required target, but the wicket of Saini (50) triggered a batting collapse, which was prevented from taking the whole team down by the skipper who belted 45 runs and lost his wicket at a time when his side had amassed 154 runs.
Nonetheless, even with all the wickets crumbling, the side still reached the required target in 19.5 overs for the loss of six wickets.
From Punjab, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-c1116 was named as the Player of the Match for grabbing three wickets in his four overs.
"Love it, I'm enjoying my cricket. Two big wins. quite pleased with the performance. We just believe in ourselves, we like each other's company, each others' success. Everyone's working hard, it's paying off," said Mahmood after receiving his award.
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