Cricket: Scorecard of IPL 9 – Match #50 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab on May 18, 2016

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Venue: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 18, 08:00 PM IST (14:30 GMT)

Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan, Marais Erasmus

Third Umpire: Krishnamachari Bharatan

Match Referee: Manu Nayyar

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad
Playing XI

Virat Kohli (c), Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Sachin Baby, Stuart Binny, Chris Jordan, Varun Aaron, Sreenath Aravind, Yuzvendra Chahal

Bench

Abu Nechim, Akshay Karnewar, David Wiese, Harshal Patel, Iqbal Abdulla, Kane Richardson, Kedar Jadhav, Mandeep Singh, Parvez Rasool, Praveen Dubey, Sarfaraz Khan, Tabraiz Shamsi, Travis Head, Vikas Tokas, Vikramjeet Malik

Kings XI Punjab Squad

Playing XI

Murali Vijay (c), Hashim Amla, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Kyle Abbott, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, KC Cariappa

Bench

Anureet Singh, Armaan Jaffer, Manan Vohra,Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Johnson, Nikhil Naik, Pardeep Sahu, Rishi Dhawan, Shardul Thakur, Swapnil Singh
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Toss

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and opted to bowl.
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ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE Innings
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ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Chris Gayle	c D Miller & b Axar	73	32	4	8	228.13
Virat Kohli (c)	c D Miller & b Sandeep Sharmab Sandeep Sharma	113	50	12	8	226
AB de Villiers	b Kyle Abbott	0	2	0	0	0
Lokesh Rahul(wk)	not out	16	6	3	0	266.67
Shane Watson	not out	1	2	0	0	50
Sachin Baby	dnb
Stuart Binny	dnb
Chris Jordan	dnb
Varun Aaron	dnb
Sreenath Aravind	dnb
Yuzvendra Chahal	dnb

Extras	8 (b – 0, lb – 0, w – 6, nb – 2)
Total	211 for 3 in 15 overs	211 (RR @ 14.07 rpo)

FALL OF WICKETS
1/147 Chris Gayle (10.6 ov.)	2/154 AB de Villiers (11.4 ov.)	3/199 Virat Kohli (13.6 ov.)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
Sandeep Sharma	3	0	29	1	9.67
Mohit Sharma	3	0	33	0	11.00
Kyle Abbott	3	0	48	1	16.00
KC Cariappa	3	0	55	0	18.33
Axar Patel	3	0	46	1	15.33

KINGS XI PUNJAB Innings

KINGS XI PUNJAB		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Murali Vijay (c)	b Aravind	16	8	2	1	200
Hashim Amla	c C Jordan & b Aravind	9	6	0	1	150
Wriddhiman Saha (wk)	lbw Chahal	24	10	5	0	240
David Miller	c de Villiers & b Watson	3	6	0	0	50
Gurkeerat Singh Mann	c Gayle & b Chahal	18	18	2	0	100
Axar Patel	c Kohli & b Watson	13	9	1	1	144.44
Farhaan Behardien	c de Villiers & b Chahal	0	1	0	0	0
Kyle Abbott	c de Villiers & b Chahal	0	1	0	0	0
Mohit Sharma	runout (Sachin Baby)	14	12	2	0	116.67
KC Cariappa	not out	12	8	0	1	150
Sandeep Sharma	not out	5	5	0	0	100

Extras	6 (b – 0, lb – 1, w – 5, nb – 0)
Total	120 for 9 in 14 overs	120 (RR @ 8.57 rpo)

FALL OF WICKETS
1/17 Murali Vijay (1.4 ov.)	2/43 Wriddhiman Saha (3.4 ov.)	3/53 Hashim Amla (4.4 ov.)
4/54 David Miller (5.1 ov.)	5/77 Axar Patel (7.3 ov.)	6/79 Farhaan Behardien (8.2 ov.)
7/80 Kyle Abbott (8.5 ov.)	8/96 Gurkeerat Singh Mann (10.5 ov.)	9/105 Mohit Sharma (12.2 ov.)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
Stuart Binny	1	0	11	0	11
Sreenath Aravind	2	0	18	2	9
Chris Jordan	1	0	12	0	12
Yuzvendra Chahal	3	0	25	4	8.33
Shane Watson	2	0	7	2	3.50
Varun Aaron	1	0	17	0	17.00
Chris Gayle	3	0	25	0	8.33
Sachin Baby	1	0	4	0	4.00

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Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 82 runs (DLS Method).

Virat Kohli - IPL-2016 - Captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (Source: iplt20wiki,in) — Virat Kohli – IPL-2016 – Captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (Source: iplt20wiki,in)

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Virat Kohli – “Man of the Match”

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Vivo IPL 2016 – Points Table

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	NRR
Sunrisers Hyderabad	12	8	4	0	0	16	+0.400
Royal Challengers Bangalore	13	7	6	0	0	14	+0.930
Kolkata Knight Riders	12	7	5	0	0	14	+0.280
Mumbai Indians	13	7	6	0	0	14	-0.082
Gujarat Lions	12	7	5	0	0	14	-0.747
Delhi Daredevils	12	6	6	0	0	12	-0.125
Rising Pune Supergiants	13	4	9	0	0	8	+0.013
Kings XI Punjab	13	4	9	0	0	8	-0.693