IPL10, King XI Punjab Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, KXIP Beat RCB by 8 wickets, IPL2017 :
Match: KXIP vs RCB, 39th Match, Indian Premier League, 2016
Date:Monday, May 09, 2016
Toss:Kings XI Punjab won the toss and opt to bowl
Time:02:30 PM GMT
Venue:Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Umpires:Anil Chaudhar, K Dharmasena
Third Umpire:Nandan
Match Referee:Amit Sharma
Kings XI Punjab Squad:
Playing XI:Hashim Amla, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Murali Vijay (c), Anureet Singh, David Miller, Mohit Sharma, Farhaan Behardien, Sandeep Sharma, Axar Patel, Marcus Stoinis, KC Cariappa
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad:
Playing XI: Shane Watson, AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli (c), Stuart Binny, Iqbal Abdulla, Varun Aaron, Chris Jordan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Travis Head, Sachin Baby, Lokesh Rahul (wk)
Hashim Amla slammed his second fifty while Glenn Maxwell slammed an unbeaten 43* to help Kings XI Punjab defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight wickets for their second consecutive win in the 2017 Indian Premier League. AB De Villiers’ fifty for RCB went in vain.
Kings XI Punjab are in a much better frame of mind in IPL 10 than they were at the end of the 9th edition. With rock bottom placements in the last two tournaments, they were in a lot of strife. Royal Challengers Bangalore, on the other hand, began badly with a loss, but have recovered to put points on the board. The two Australian captains - Glenn Maxwell of KXIP and Shane Watson of RCB - would be keen to emerge winners at the Holkar Cricket Stadium on Monday.
RCB would probably have been tempted to field Virat Kohli for Monday's match, had they lost both their matches. But having managed to stop Delhi Daredevils in their second match in Bengaluru, they would likely wait and ensure that their skipper is well and truly fit before they field him.
KXIP, on the other hand, would be perfectly happy now, since almost all their batsmen did get a feel of match practice and skipper Maxwell and David Miller really set the pace against Rising Pune Supergiant.
Even their medium-pacer duo of Sandeep Sharma and Mohit Sharma were on the money, managing to control the rampant RPS batting.
Maxwell has got past Steve Smith, and now will be keen to beat Watson as well in the battle of Australian captains.
While all sides make changes almost every match, teams normally do not change winning combinations. It would be surprising if there are any big changes, unless the RCB big guns are ready for actions.
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