KXIP vs RCB Highlights IPL 2019: Royal Challengers Bangalore Register First Win of the Season

That's it! First win of the season for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Virat Kohli-led side open their account on the IPL 2019 points table after six back to back defeats. AB de Villiers stays unbeaten on 59 off 38 balls.  Full Scorecard | IPL 2019 Points Table | Orange Cap | Purple Cap.

Good over this for RCB, Mohammed Shami gives away 14 runs. RCB now need six runs to win from six balls. Interestingly, Sarfaraz Khan will bowl the last over.

Last two overs coming up now and RCB need 20 more runs to win. Marcus Stoinis has joined AB de Villiers in the middle. Mohammed Shami and Sam Curran have one over left each.

OUT! BIG wicket this for Kings XI. Mohammed Shami accounts for Virat Kohli. Clever field placing and Kohli falls in it. It is M Ashwin who takes the catch near deep mid-wicket. He was not that deep. Looked the ball will go past him, but didn't. V Kohli c Murugan Ashwin b Shami 67(53)

Just five runs from Andrew Tye's this over. RCB now need 52 more runs to win from 36 balls. With Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers in the middle, RCB will feel comfortable. 

Ten runs from Sam Curran's this over. RCB now need 57 more runs to win from  42 balls. Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers have added 74 off 55 balls for the second wicket thus far. 

That's half-century up for RCB skipper Virat Kohli. 50 off 37 balls for Kohli. His 36th IPL fifty. He is not done yet, RCB need him to stay there till the end. RCB now needs 76 more runs to win from 54 balls.

RCB well on course here thanks to wickets in hand. In 11 overs, the visitors need 94 more runs to win. Virat Kohli is batting on 40 off 29 balls while AB de Villiers is on 21 off 16 balls.

RCB now needs exact hundred runs to win from 72 balls. The partnership between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers is worth 31 off 25 balls. KXIP looking for another breakthrough here.

That's the end of Powerplay overs. KXIP at this stage were 66/0 and RCB are close to that as well. RCB now needs 111 more runs to win from 84 balls. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli is batting on 34 off 20 balls.

AB de Villiers is the new batsman in for RCB. He and Virat Kohli need to build a partnership here. Meanwhile, it has been a good start for RCB despite losing Parthiv Patel. One over of Powerplay remaining.

OUT! A breakthrough for Kings XI Punjab. Ravi Ashwin takes the wicket as Parthiv Patel is caught near sweeper cover. Mayank Agarwal takes the catch. Parthiv Patel c Agarwal b Ashwin 19(9) 

Another good over this for RCB. Sam Curran gives away 15 runs from his second over. He concedes three fours in this over and out of which two were scored by Parthiv Patel. 

Good over this for RCB. Mohammed Shami gives away 15 runs from it. He was hit for three fours and two came from Virat Kohli's bat. RCB have begun positively here.

Parthiv Patel and Virat Kohli are the openers for RCB. It is Sam Curran who bowls the first over and concedes six from it. A boundary for Parthiv on the first ball of the over.

That's the end of Kings XI Punjab's innings. They finish with 173 on board. Chris Gayle remains unbeaten with a superb knock of 99 runs from just 64 balls. RCB will be happy to have restricted KXIP under 180-run mark. Do join us back for RCB's chase! 

One over left now. 19th over has fetched Kings XI 16 runs. Virat Kohli also dropped Chris Gayle near long-on. Gayle has now moved into nineties! Can he score a century. Just one over remaining and he needs 10 runs. He is also off strike in the next over.

Just two overs remaining now and runs have slowed down for KXIP somewhat.  It is Chris Gayle who has to take the initiative and try score as many as possible in these last two overs. 

Three overs remaining now. Chris Gayle will be looking for the final onslaught. Can he take Kings XI past the 180-run mark from here? The left-hander is batting on 77 off 54 balls.

Mandeep Singh is the new batsman in. Five overs remaining and KXIP will be looking to get close to the 180-run mark. Chris Gayle is batting on 66 off 46 balls.