MOHALI: Skipper Virat Kohli led from the entrance with a cunning half of century to help Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) sooner or later pull off an eight-wicket win after six consecutive losses and halt Kings XI Punjab's seven-match unbeaten streak on the PCA IS Bindra Stadium right here on Saturday.
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Chasing a wholesome 174 basically constructed around Chris Gayle's unbeaten 64-ball 99, the level was once set for the grasp chaser Kohli (67 off 53 balls; 4x8) to revive his crew's fortunes in this must-win contest, and the 30-year-old did it in style by forging two a very powerful partnerships.
Opening the innings with stumper Parthiv Patel (19 off nine balls; 4x4), Kohli gave the visitors a flying start with a 63-run opening stand and then blended with South African nice AB de Villiers (59 not out off 38; 4x5, 6x2), so as to add 55 runs for the second wicket and take the crew to sniffing distance of their maiden win in IPL 2019.
Marred by a safety breach when a fan sneaked into the field of play in the ninth over of the chase to hug Kohli, the differently raucous Mohali crowd went quiet until Mohammed Shami saw the again of his India skipper neatly caught by Murugan Ashwin at deep mid-wicket.
With RCB nonetheless requiring 46 runs from 27 deliveries, new man Marcus Stoinis (28 not out off 16; 4x4) survived a dropped probability on 14 but temporarily regained his focal point so as to add 46 unbeaten runs for the third wicket with de Villiers, who by then had raised a 35-ball half-century, to conveniently propel the tourists to a genuinely-earned win.
Earlier, Gayle became the only 2nd batsman after Suresh Raina to remain undefeated on 99 in IPL but extra importantly his knock single-handedly carried the home side to a strong 173/four after being requested to bat on a really perfect batting strip, aided by some peculiar show of tempo bowling from the opposition. Gayle confirmed no signs of his stiffness, and started off in commonplace type, seeing off the primary seven deliveries sooner than launching the onslaught, which found Umesh Yadav on the receiving finish. The Jamaican deposited the India pacer for a four and a large six sooner than welcoming Mohammed Siraj with two sixes and 3 fours, as the outlet stand with Lokesh Rahul yielded 66 runs.
With the quicks being taken to the cleaners, Kohli in spite of everything grew to become to his number one spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who replied instantly by getting the prized scalp of Rahul and one-down Mayank Agarwal (15 off nine; 4X1, 6X1) in his first couple of overs.
Chahal and off-spinner Moeen Ali did set up to deliver the home side's run rate down but Gayle persevered his love affair with Mohali and taken up his 79th T20 half of century off mere 28 balls, laced with six fours and 3 sixes.
Despite the onslaught, the tourists managed to make inroads with fast dismissals of Safaraz Khan (15) and Sam Curran (1) to scale back the hosts to 113/four by the 14th over. Mandeep Singh (18 not out) then joined Gayle, who survived a scare on 83, when Kohli dropped him diving ahead off Umesh Yadav sooner than the Punjab innings ended with the West Indian falling one run short of a powerful century.
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Chasing a wholesome 174 basically constructed around Chris Gayle's unbeaten 64-ball 99, the level was once set for the grasp chaser Kohli (67 off 53 balls; 4x8) to revive his crew's fortunes in this must-win contest, and the 30-year-old did it in style by forging two a very powerful partnerships.
Opening the innings with stumper Parthiv Patel (19 off nine balls; 4x4), Kohli gave the visitors a flying start with a 63-run opening stand and then blended with South African nice AB de Villiers (59 not out off 38; 4x5, 6x2), so as to add 55 runs for the second wicket and take the crew to sniffing distance of their maiden win in IPL 2019.
Marred by a safety breach when a fan sneaked into the field of play in the ninth over of the chase to hug Kohli, the differently raucous Mohali crowd went quiet until Mohammed Shami saw the again of his India skipper neatly caught by Murugan Ashwin at deep mid-wicket.
With RCB nonetheless requiring 46 runs from 27 deliveries, new man Marcus Stoinis (28 not out off 16; 4x4) survived a dropped probability on 14 but temporarily regained his focal point so as to add 46 unbeaten runs for the third wicket with de Villiers, who by then had raised a 35-ball half-century, to conveniently propel the tourists to a genuinely-earned win.
Earlier, Gayle became the only 2nd batsman after Suresh Raina to remain undefeated on 99 in IPL but extra importantly his knock single-handedly carried the home side to a strong 173/four after being requested to bat on a really perfect batting strip, aided by some peculiar show of tempo bowling from the opposition. Gayle confirmed no signs of his stiffness, and started off in commonplace type, seeing off the primary seven deliveries sooner than launching the onslaught, which found Umesh Yadav on the receiving finish. The Jamaican deposited the India pacer for a four and a large six sooner than welcoming Mohammed Siraj with two sixes and 3 fours, as the outlet stand with Lokesh Rahul yielded 66 runs.
With the quicks being taken to the cleaners, Kohli in spite of everything grew to become to his number one spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who replied instantly by getting the prized scalp of Rahul and one-down Mayank Agarwal (15 off nine; 4X1, 6X1) in his first couple of overs.
Chahal and off-spinner Moeen Ali did set up to deliver the home side's run rate down but Gayle persevered his love affair with Mohali and taken up his 79th T20 half of century off mere 28 balls, laced with six fours and 3 sixes.
Despite the onslaught, the tourists managed to make inroads with fast dismissals of Safaraz Khan (15) and Sam Curran (1) to scale back the hosts to 113/four by the 14th over. Mandeep Singh (18 not out) then joined Gayle, who survived a scare on 83, when Kohli dropped him diving ahead off Umesh Yadav sooner than the Punjab innings ended with the West Indian falling one run short of a powerful century.
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers get going as RCB break drought
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April 14, 2019
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