KXIP vs. RCB: KL Rahul steals the show, break records, Virat Kohli fined for RCB’s slow over rate
KL Rahul’s splendid knock of 132 off just 69 balls was the highest individual score by an IPL and also the highest score registered by an Indian cricketer in the IPL.
Abu Dhabi, Dubai:
Kings XI Punjab completely out shadowed Royal Challengers Bangalore in a one-sided match on 24th September by 97 runs in Dubai International Stadium.
Batting first, KXIP scored 206/3 in 20 overs. Man of the Match KL Rahul (132 not out) and Mayank Agarwal (26) got Punjab off to a free flowing start. Yuzvendra Chahal (1/25) got RCB the first breakthrough in the 7th over. Shivam Dube who got them their next two wickets, as Rahul kept losing partners in the middle overs.
Dropping Rahul two times proved to be quite disastrous for Challengers. Rahul went into catastrophic mode in the death overs, as KXIP scored 206/3 in 20 overs. RCB, required 207 to win, were off to a dismantling start in the chase, being diminished to 4/3 in the third over.
AB de Villiers (28) and Aaron Finch (20) somewhat handled it but fell down when Punjab’s leg spinners began dominating in the middle overs.
Ravi Bishnoi (3/32) and Murugan Ashwin (3/21) were the prime of the bowlers. RCB in due course were bowled out for 109, confronting their fourth bursting defeat of all time with a huge margin in the IPL.
Virat Kohli has been fined a sum of Rs12 lakh after his team maintained a slow over-rate as it was his team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct concerning to minimum over-rate offences.