13 Apr, 23:39 (IST)

What a game of cricket it has been today! RCB walks away with the last laugh and wins by 4 wickets. 

13 Apr, 23:35 (IST)

Andrew Tye gets rid of AB de Villiers & Mandeep Singh on 57 and 1 respectively. 

13 Apr, 23:26 (IST)

AB de Villiers stands tall for RCB as he gets 53 runs. RCB now needs only 10 runs off 12 balls. 

13 Apr, 23:21 (IST)

Mujeeb Ur Rahman gets battered for 2 6s & one 4 in the last over. Now, RCB needs 22 of 18 balls!

13 Apr, 23:14 (IST)

Andrew Tye bowls tightly for Kings XI Punjab ahead of the strategic timeout. The game is now getting interesting as RCB needs 41 runs off 24 balls.

13 Apr, 23:09 (IST)

Slowly RCB batsmen Mandeep Singh & AB de Villiers looks to get a hold of the situation. score 9 runs off the over!

13 Apr, 23:03 (IST)

100 comes up for RCB. Kings Xi Punjab missed the chance of a run-out on the last ball of the over. 

13 Apr, 22:58 (IST)

5 runs leaked by Axar Patel after a brilliant over by R Ashwin. KXIP on the top of the game!

13 Apr, 22:54 (IST)

Skipper Ashwin handles the reins of Kings XI Punjab as he sends Sarfaraz Khan packing for a duck! Brilliant over for Ashwin! 

13 Apr, 22:51 (IST)

Skipper Ashwin strikes as Quinton de Kock leaves for the pavilion on 45. Crucial wicket for KXIP!

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Royal Challengers Bangalore will play their first game at their home ground M Chinnaswamy Stadium against the Kings XI Punjab. After losing their first game against the Kolkata Knight Riders, Virat Kohli’s men will look forward to win their first home as a perfect gift for their fans. On the other hand, KXIP looks upbeat with their victory against the Delhi Daredevils.

With the kind of batting line up that team RCB has, they can put up huge runs on the board and obviously the team is expecting massive 6s and 4s from Brendon McCullum and AB de Villiers, who blasted a 27-ball 43 and a 23-ball 44, respectively, in the first game. With Kings XI Punjab who has players like Chris Gayle, David Miller, Yuvraj Singh, KL Rahul. In fact, Chirs Gayle holds the record of scoring maximum runs against the KXIP. Out of the 20 matches that Royal Challengers and KXIP have come head-to-head, Royal Challengers Bangalore won – 8, Kings XI Punjab won – 12.

Teams:

RCB Probable XI: Quinton de Kock, Brendon McCullum, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Kulwant Khejrolia, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umesh Yadav

KXIP Probable XI: KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Yuvraj Singh, David Miller, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahma