Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore haven't opened their account in the Indian Premier League 2010 before this match, but it was Royal Challengers Bangalore who emerged as the winner in a high scoring thriller. Winning the toss, Kings XI Punjab chose to bat first. Ravi Bopara and Manvinder Bisla gave the perfect start to Kings XI Punjab. They scored 129 runs for the first wicket in 14.1 overs before Bisla got out for 75(51). 74 runs have been scored in the last five overs by Kings XI Punjab and they scored a massive 203/3 in their twenty overs.
Chasing 204 to win from twenty overs is tough if not difficult even in a Twenty20 match. But Manish Pandey and Jacques Kallis got off to a good start scoring 74 runs for the first wicket in 8.1 overs. Robin Uthappa joined Kallis at the crease after Pandey departed for 38(26). Uthappa scored 51(21) and Royal Challegers Bangalore were on course of reaching the target. Jacques Kallis guided Royal Challengers Bangalore to victory scoring an unbeaten 89*(55).
Scorecard
7th match - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
March 16, 2010
Day/Night match
Result: Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 8 wickets
Toss: Kings XI Punjab won the toss and chose to bat first.
Player of the match: Jacques Kallis
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| 1-129 (Bisla, 14.1 ov) | 2-141 (Yuvraj Singh, 15.5 ov) |
| 3-194 (Bopara, 19.3 ov) | |
| Fall of Wickets |
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| 1-74 (Pandey, 8.1 ov) | 2-143 (Uthappa, 13.6 ov) |
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