IPL 2020, RCB vs KXIP: KL Rahul, Chris Gayle star as Kings XI Punjab beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 wickets

Chris Morris to Mayank Agarwal, Full on middle, Agarwal clips it uppishly over square leg and takes a couple. Good shot.

Chris Morris to Mayank Agarwal, WIDE! A full ball but down the leg side. Agarwal watchfully lets it be.

Navdeep Saini to KL Rahul, Good length ball around off, Rahul punches it off the back foot towards cover-point. Good bowling this from Bangalore. Just 5 runs from the first two overs.

Navdeep Saini to KL Rahul, Fullish and around off, Rahul drives it towards mid off off the back foot.

Navdeep Saini to KL Rahul, Fullish and outside off, Rahul cuts well but Kohli, at point, dives to his right and cuts it off. Lovely fielding there.

Navdeep Saini to KL Rahul, Outside off, Rahul looks to cut but ends up chopping it back on the pitch. Deflects off the track and goes to de Villiers behind.

Navdeep Saini to KL Rahul, FOUR! Places it beautifully down the leg side. Full and on the pads, Rahul tickles it to the fine leg fence. Just helping it on its way.

Who will bowl from the other end? Navdeep Saini it is.

Navdeep Saini to KL Rahul, Full on middle and leg, clipped to short mid-wicket.

Chris Morris to Mayank Agarwal, Outside off on a good length, Agarwal looks to defend but misses completely. 1/0 at the end of the first over.

Chris Morris to Mayank Agarwal, Full on off and middle, Agarwal leans and defends that to short mid-wicket.

Chris Morris to Mayank Agarwal, Short and outside off, Agarwal slashes hard at it but misses.

Chris Morris to KL Rahul, Outside off on a good length, dabbed towards third man. Punjab and their skipper are underway in the chase with a single.

Chris Morris to KL Rahul, Full on middle, flicked to short mid-wicket.

We are back for the chase! The Bangalore players are in a huddle near the ropes. Some words of wisdom from their skipper. Then they take their positions on the field. Punjab's openers are KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal. Hmm...Gayle at No. 3 it looks like. Chris Morris to start with the ball for Bangalore. Here we go...

Chris Morris to KL Rahul, Outside off, punched to cover for a dot.

Right then, Bangalore have something to bowl at and would be backing themselves. So too would Punjab, the reason, you ask? The Universe Boss is in the team. That should make the chase an exciting one. Stay tuned as the chase dawns shortly...

Murugan Ashwin is down for a chat. He states that Punjab allowed Bangalore a bit free towards the end. Adds that he wants to bowl well and help his team win as much as possible. States that he is bowling a lot of googlies this time around. 

Punjab's bowling was on the mark overall, but slipped into oblivion towards the end. 34 runs in the last 2 overs after having gotten de Villiers and Kohli earlier on, not good from Rahul's team. Shami and Ashwin got 2 wickets each but the former was extremely expensive while the latter was exceptional, with an economy rate under 6. Jordan bowled well and snared a wicket. Arshdeep was on the expensive side in his two overs while bagging a wicket. Disciplined but torn apart towards the end.

Finally, in walked AB de Villiers. But...the impact was very minimal. He made just two. Shocking, disappointing and all that you can think of. And even more of a shocker, Kohli fell, 2 balls later, 2 runs shy of his half ton. Well, Rahul's side would have curtailed a good deal of runs with that, right? On the face of it, yes. But Chris Morris had other plans. A blitzkrieg towards the end and he saw Bangalore just over 170, something Bangalore can well fancy to defend.