IPL 2017: Match 8: Highlights: Punjab (KXIP) Vs Bangalore (RCB)

Indore, April 10: Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) produced a clinical performance to outclass the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 8 wickets in their second game of Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Holkar Stadium here on Monday (April 10).

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South African maverick AB de Villiers unleashed himself in the death overs to help Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) post 148/4 but in vain as the target proved too low for Bangalore bowlers to defend. (Match Report)

Playing his first match of this year's IPL, de Villiers proved his importance for RCB's scheme of things in the tournament, with an unbeaten 89 off 46 balls, laced with three hits to the fence and nine over it.

Coming out to bat in only the second over of the innings, the Proteas right-hander used all his experience to handle the situation, curbing his natural aggression, to take the side to safety before changing the momentum of the innings in the death overs.

Here are the highlights from RCB-KXIP match:

# Shane Watson won his third consecutive toss in the IPL 2017.

# Bengaluru rested West Indies swashbuckler Chris Gayle and played South Africa star AB de Villiers in his place.

# Watson was dismissed by Axar Patel in the very first over of the match for 1.

# Watson has been dismissed by Axar Patel on all four occasions the left-handed has bowled to him.

# RCB opener Vishnu Vinod scored just 7 before Sandeep Sharma got him caught at long-on.

# Kings XI Punjab pacer Sandeep Sharma has taken 32 wickets in the Powerplay since the start of IPL 2013, this is joint-highest with Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

# Mandeep Singh's huge SIX in the 9th over bowled by T Natarajan was the 100th six of the IPL 2017

# AB de Villiers plundered 9 sixes in his 46 ball innings against Kings XI Punjab

# AB de Villiers scored 89* off 46 balls to take RCB to a respectable total of 148 in 20 overs

# 77 of runs RCB were made in the last 5 overs; they had made 71 off the first 15#20 sixes were hit in the low scoring game.

# Punjab had a strong start to their chase as the opening pair of Hashim Amla and Manan Vohra added 62 runs between them in less than six overs.

# 1000 runs completed by Glenn Maxwell in the IPL.

# Kings XI Punjab registered their second win of the match as they registered a win by a margin of whopping 33 balls to spare.

# Hashim Amla scored another brilliant fifty of 32 balls (4 x fours, 3 x sixes).

# Glenn Maxwell smashed 43 off 22 balls (3 x fours, 4 x sixes).

# Tymal Mills and Yuzvendra Chahal took one wicket apiece for RCB.

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