RCB CAPTAIN VIRAT KOHLI WON A TOSS AND OPTED TO BAT FIRST

RCB OPENER AARON FINCH AND DEVDUTT PADIKKAL.FOR KXIP,FIRST OVER MAXWELL WILL BOWL.

In first over Going but last ball,FINCH ATTACK MAXI to SLOG SWEEP flat behind Square FOR MAXIMUM.8 FROM THE OVER.Aaron Finch is looking in good touch as he pockets two boundaries off Mohammed Shami as the fast bowlers starts his over little expensively. 10 from it.RCB 18/0 IN 2 OVERS.

IN 4TH OVER,Arshdeep Singh strikes and gets the dangerous RCB BATSMEN Devdutt Padikkal. The batsman hurries into a push and spoons it straight to Nicholas Pooran HAND at cover. Virat Kohli walks with his trademark cover drive gets off the style.End of PowerPlay and the fifty comes up for Bangalore. Been a good one and Kohli is looking solid out there.FIERY START OF RCB.RCB 57/1 in 6 OVERS.AARON FINCH 16(16) & KOHLI 16(8).

AT JUST END OF POWERPLAY MURUGAN ASHWIN CAME TO ATTACK,AFTER FOUR AND ANOTHER ball WICKET!Great start by Murugan Ashwin as he castles Aaron Finch with a peach of a delivery. Finch goes on his backfoot and misses it as the ball castles the off pole. RCB ARE 63/2 at 7 over.Two back to back Wicket put Rcb but Kohli is looks good and ABD TO COME.

Spinners have kept a tight leash on the batsmen .THEY HAVE KEEP TIGHT AND PUT ON GOOD AREA TO PUT PRESSURE  BACK ON RCB BATSMEN.AT 10 OVERS,RCB ARE 83/2.KOHLI AT 25(17) & Sundar at 13 Run a ball.KOHLI IS LOOKING AND HE CAN CHANGE GEAR AT ANY TIME.

IN NEXT OVER,AGAIN YOUNG Murugan Ashwin is doing a GOOD job as he removes Sundar and has been very economical. Still no THERE IS SIGN  ABD AFTER A GREAT INNING IN PREVIOUS MATCH. as Shivam Dube joins skipper Kohli.RCB AT 94/3 in 12 overs.Rcb WERE LITTLE BIT SLOW IN MIDDLE OVER BUT IN 15 OVER,Shivam Dube gets going as he smacks Ravi Bishnoi for two huge sixes to release the pressure as 19 runs from the over. RCB WERE 122/3 in 15 Overs.KOHLI 40(31) and Shivam 21(15).


Double blow for Bangalore IN 18TH OVER as Mohammed Shami removes Ab de Villiers and Virat Kohli in one over. This has been some exceptional bowling from Punjab and the move to hold ABD didn't work for Bangalore.ITS BAD DECISION FROM RCB TO CHANGE POSTION OF ABD AND BACKFIRED THEM.BUT IN END,What a knock from Chris Morris and he has powered RCB to a challenging total of 171. Morris hit a 8-ball 25 and UDANA ONE SIX smokes IN Mohammed Shami for 24 runs in the final over. A boundary and three sixes IN Shami's OVER.WHAT A SHOT! WHICH MOVE RCB IN GREAT POSITION AND FINISHES AT 171/6 in 20 Overs.

AS SECOND INNING START,KL RAHUL AND MAYANK AGRAWAL ARE AT THE CREASE.FOR RCB,MORRIS WILL OPEN THE ATTACK.

AT FIRST OVERS,GOOD START from Chris Morris as he gives just a single from his first over. Rahul is off the mark but Mayank is yet to get off the mark having faced three balls.KXIP AT 1/0 IN FIRST OVER.

KL Rahul gets going with an excellent pull over the deep square  for a FLAT SIX  as 13 comes from Chris Morris over.AGAIN IN NEXT OVER,THEY START ATTACKING AT CHAHAL,AGRAWAL HIT FANTASTIC lofts over wide long on and then back to back four.15 from the Over.AT THE END OF POWERPLAY KXIP WERE 56/0 in 6 OVER.TWO TOP BATSMEN OF SEASON AGAIN SHOW THERE CONISTANCE AND Unbeatan again in POWERPLAY.PUNJAB AGAIN WITH GOOD START CAN END WITH GOOD.AS TODAY GAYLE ALSO COME.


AFter SEVEN OVERS,ITS Yuzvendra Chahal strikes! and GETS THE FIRST BREAKTHROUGH FOR RCB.what a comeback after being hammerered for a six. Poor shot1\ selection from Mayank as went for a slog sweep, misses the ball as it lights up the bails.A BIG  WICKET! AND 13 RUNS FROM A OVER.BIG MOMENT IN THE GAME.ITS UNIVERSE BOSS COMING IN.AFTER A MAYANK WICKET,2 OVERS WERE VERY economical with only 6 Runs.KXIP WERE 83/1 IN 10 OVERS.RAHUL AT 31(27) and Gayle  2(8).

Two huge sixes and KL Rahul moves closer to anothet half-century. Most importantly eases some pressure off Gayle, who is struggling. 15 runs off the 11th over.AFTER IN NEXT OVER, Chris Gayle joins the party as he smokes Sundar for two Beautiful sixes. Pressure on Bangalore.AFTER AGAIN TWO WERE VERY TRICKY were only 7 runs collected by punjab.AFTER END OF 15 OVERS,KXIP 126/5 were RAHUL 51(38) AND GAYLE 24(27).

Gayle and Rahul Again Attack on  Mohammed Siraj by Taking  20 runs from his over. BAD DECISION! With there SRIKES BOWLERS HAVE AN OVER.Punjab needs 26 runs in 24 balls.BIG OVER FOR KXIP.THAT WOULD SEALED THE GAME FOR PUNJAB.There it is. Chris Gayle hits a 36-ball 50 and what a return for the Universe Boss!  Punjab inching closer for an EASY AND huge win.15 from next SUNDAR OVER.ONLY 11 RUNS IN 3OVERS.BUT AGAIN AT LAST 2 overs Morris and UDANA WERE BRILLIANTLY ANG GIVE 4 AND 5 RUNS RESPECTIVELY AND TAKE THE GAME TO LAST OVER AND SAVE RCB FROM HUGE LOSS WOULD IMPACT AT RUNRATE.

BUT IN LAST OVERA ONLY 2 RUNS NEEDED PUNJAB AND SET BATSMEN AT THE CREASE AND THIS ALSO MADE A TOUGH BY YUZI CHAHAL AN OUSTANDING BOWLERS.HE DID NOT MAKE PUNJAB TO WIN EASILY WHICH WAS LOOKING EARLIER ITS WAS WHOLE SCENERIO OF PUNJAB in tHIS IPL.THEY MAKE A GREAT START BUT NOT FINISHES AT THE END.BUT THIS TIME,POORAN SAVES THE MATCH FOR PUNJAB.PUNJAB WIN BY 8 WICKET.