IPL8 – RCB lose to KXIP by 22 runs, courtesy Duckworth-Lewis

#IPL8 #Wriddhiman #KXIPvRCB #Mohali It was a rain affected match at Mohali where the home team Kings XI Punjab got the better of the visiting Riyal Challengers Bangalore by 22 runs, courtesy Duckworth-Lewis. This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 14 May 2015.

RCB won the toss and send in KXIP to bat. Batting first, Kings XI Punjab posted 106 for 6 in 10 overs with Wriddhiman Saha hitting 31 runs off only 12 balls. Considering the changed playing conditions of the game which started nearly 3-hours after the scheduled time, Saha was promoted as opener. He did not disappoint his captain. He launched an all-out attack from ball one and, a quickfire innings from David Miller (14 off 4) and Axar Patel (20* off 15) put KXIP in a comfortable position.
In reply, RCB could score only 84/6 even though they began with a flying start scoring 33 runs in 2.5 overs but, Anureet Singh scalped Virat Kohli for 19 and Chris Gayle soon left after scoring 17. Axar Patel got the wicket of AB de Villiers (10) and Dinesh Karthik (2) fell to Beuran Hendricks. For RCB, Mandeep Singh was the top scorer and, RCB finally fell short by 22 runs.
Due to this loss, RCB moves down to 5th position on the points table.
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