five in five for Kings XI, they complete a perfect UAE leg, Dhawan hammers the shortish ball to the wide long-on boundary, Vijay Mallya is deflated, Bailey and Dhawan are overjoyed, Kings XI have now won eight in a row starting from last season, the longest streak in the IPL
RCB vs Kings XI, 18th match at Dubai, IPL, Apr 28 2014 - Match Result
Kings XI won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
This is the lowest match aggregate (251) involving RCB & Kings XI in IPL
Parthiv Patel has broken the record for most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in an innings (3) in IPL for RCB, going past Mark Boucher's 2
Siva: "Nice to see once dangerous Indian chaps Sehwag and Yuvraj turned out to be the leading scores for their teams."
Virat Kohli: "When you lose momentum in this format, it is difficult to come back. In these two matches, we have tried different things, they haven't come off. I've told Chahal and Aaron to keep attacking all the time."
Rishi Dhawan: "We have a good team, the confidence is high. The wicket was helpful today, Sandeep Sharma gave us a good start today, I focussed on the basics. My confidence increases by playing with seniors like Sehwag, I'm learning several things from it."
Abhi: "I agree with some suggestions here. Though KXIP is on a great winning streak, its time for them to try out their bench strength. This will keep the squad up, in case of any later injury in their playing XI. I am sure this will not be perceived as pressing the panic button, but a sensible decision of testing the team strength."
Presentation ceremony:
Chris Gayle is brilliant, he wins an award for most sixes, and from a line-up of people waiting to hand out prizes, he goes to the closest person and tries to take a trophy. Smiles all around as Gayle realises that's the Man of the Match award.
George Bailey: "Confidence is a really big thing, we are working well as a unit. Low totals can be tricky, but Viru in the middle you know you'll get the boundaries."
The Man of the Match is Sandeep Sharma: "I'm feeling lucky that I'm winning back-t-oback Man of the Match awards, I'm feeling awesome. I've seen Gayle playiing many times, hitting many other bowlers, it was an awesome moment (to get him bowled)."
Thanks everyone for joining in today, on behalf of Karthik Krishnaswamy and the rest of the Cricinfo gang, this is Siddarth Ravindran signing out. G'night!
high full toss, too high, Bailey guides it down towards third man for a single
Juvenal: "I think Punjab should bring Mandeep Singh for Saha & Gurkeerat Singh for Pujara...Mandeep can open the batting with Sehwag & Gurkeerat Singh at one down will make a formidable batting order.... "
length ball on off stump, thumped towards long-on for a single, four more to go
Dhawan looking to smear that through the leg side, connects well, but Gayle dives to his left to cut that off
full ball outside off, searching for the yorker, jammed towards the off side
starts with a really poor delivery, angling it down the leg side, fine leg in the ring, easy for Bailey to help along for four
Peeyush: "Smart Cricket. Rather getting carried away by the glory of 20-20 cricket's bashing game they are just keeping the scorecard ticking. Brilliant."
Varun Aaron is back on the field, and is set to bowl now.
length ball on off stump, pushed back towards the bowler
pitched up and outside off, driven towards long-off for one more, Kings XI playing this like it is the middle overs of an ODI
slower bouncer this time, pulled towards deep square for one more
another single, pushed towards long-on
slower, full ball on the pads, 101kph, driven towards long-on for one more, Kings XI know they don't need to do anything fancy here, and they aren't
short of length ball outside off, driven in front of point for a single
length ball outside off, driven towards long-off for a single, sensible cricket from Kings XI here
full ball on the pads, clipped towards square leg
driven towards long-off for a single
chopped towards backward point
Karthik: "Ridiculous for Bailey to come in at 6. Completely wasted. And they retained Manan Vohra to warm the bench? Mandeep Singh and Gurkeerat Singh were superb for Punjab last season, yet they can't get a game?! Pujara is a like a rabbit in headlights in this format." Team is winning every game this season, and still so many complaints?
full ball and that is driven towards cover for a single
length ball heading for middle and leg, driven inside-out towards extra cover
Gagan: "Thanks to IPL for providing opportunities for Indian players like Rishi Dhawan as he may have never got the exposure while playing for small states like Himachal. Really good player, would like to see him in Indian cricket team"
full and slanting in from round the wicket, whipped towards deep midwicket for a quick two
full and wide outside off, Dhawan plays and misses
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Dubai International Cricket Stadium | |
Toss | Kings XI Punjab, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2014 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 18.30 start, First Session 18.30-19.45, Interval 19.45-20.05, Second Session 20.05-21.30 |
Match days | 28 April 2014 - night (20-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Kings XI Punjab 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0 |
Over 19 • KXIP 127/5
Kings XI won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)