A beautiful four-run and a double wicket over from
Praveen Kumar in the final over won the match for
Royal Challengers Bangalore as they beat
Kings XI Punjab by 8 runs. This is their first win in the four matches these two sides played against each other. Captain of Kings XI Punjab
Yuvraj Singh stunned Bangalore with a hat-trick and promoted himself to bat first and scored a rapid half century. But this didn't stop Bangalore from winning the match.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 145/9 (20.0 overs)
Roelof van der Merwe(19),
Jacques Kallis 27(22),
Yusuf Abdulla 4/36, Yuvraj Singh 3/22
Kings XI Punjab innings: 137/7 (20.0 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 50(34),
Karan Goel 20(29), Roelof van der Merwe 2/22,
Anil Kumble 2/25, Praveen Kumar 2/27
Result: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kings XI Punjab by 8 runs