2659dThe Bulletin by Siddarth Ravindran

Another loss for sloppy Punjab

An amateurish fielding display from Kings XI Punjab and one over of carnage from Robin Uthappa tipped the match Royal Challenger Bangalore's way after ten overs of sensible batting from Kevin Pietersen and Virat Kohli had kept the game evenly poised

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

KP Pietersen
66(44) 7x4 - 1x6
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 29 runs
  • 3x4 - 1x6
0 4 0 3 24 19 8 8
KC Sangakkara
KC Sangakkara
45(27) 8x4 - 0x6
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 16 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 0 4 5 7 13 4 12

Best performances - Bowlers

SJ Srivastava
O2
M0
R21
W1
Eco10.5
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
R Vinay Kumar
R Vinay Kumar
O3
M0
R24
W1
Eco8
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Kings XI Punjab , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00

Match days

2 April 2010 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Match Referee

Points

Royal Challengers Bangalore 2, Kings XI Punjab 0

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Presentation
Kevin Pietersen is the Man of the Match He says: "It was a great victory. We let maybe a few too many, but Robin Uthappa's innings is some of the best hitting I have ever seen. I saw it on the TV from Bangladesh, but to watch it live from the other end was something else. I happily played the anchor role. I have played against Brett in Tests, and to hit him like that, all credit to Robin."

Anil Kumble "It was a good wicket to bat on, it got a bit slower, but we knew we could get it. The way KP, Virat and Robin - his innings changed the game - batted was satisfactory. It is a good win for us after two losses in a row, chasing 180."

Kumar Sangakkara "It does hurt. Big total on the board, we bowled well in the first 10, but the fielding let us down. That;s the story of the tournament. We have had opportunities, we haven't delivered."

KP's fist clinching goes on for at least 30 seconds. That's about a second for every two runs scored. After winning a league match in IPL. And he was duly helped by a poor, atrocious fielding show by Punjab. It didn't quite beat the standards that Indian and Sri Lanka set in Mohali in their Twenty20 international last year, which was well and truly appalling, but Punjab were really bad in the field. Of course KP, Kohli and Uthappa planned the chase well, but they were let off easy when it was time to work real hard. Hang around for the presentation

19.1
4
Pathan to Pietersen, FOUR, finishes this error-filled match with a sweet boundary through extra cover. Bangalore back to what they have become used to - winning
19.1
1w
Pathan to Pietersen, 1 wide, KP jumps across the crease, IKP wants to create some distance, and bowls it way wide outside off

END OF OVER:
19 | 9 Runs | RCB: 179/4 (3 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.42, RRR: 3.00)

  • Cameron White6 (3b)
  • Kevin Pietersen62 (43b)
  • Brett Lee4-0-48-0
  • Irfan Pathan3-0-31-1
18.6
4
Lee to White, FOUR, that's the blow that should do it! White has got his eye in, and clears the front leg to smack this length delivery between long-on and long-off. You don't bowl three length deliveries in a row to White
18.5
1
Lee to Pietersen, 1 run, another full toss hit down to long-off, another single
18.4
1
Lee to White, 1 run, length ball, tailing in, pushed down to long-on for one
18.3
1
Lee to Pietersen, 1 run, full toss, strongly hit down to long-off
  • A day to forget for Punjab

    Punjab's batting never imposed itself, the bowlers lacked the venom to stop Bangalore, and their fielding … well that was just deplorable

  • Punjab v Bangalore, IPL 2010, Mohali

  • Another loss for sloppy Punjab

    An amateurish fielding display from Kings XI Punjab and one over of carnage from Robin Uthappa tipped the match Royal Challenger Bangalore's way after ten overs of sensible batting from Kevin Pietersen and Virat Kohli had kept the game evenly poised

RCB 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st28JH KallisMK Pandey
2nd26KP PietersenMK Pandey
3rd76KP PietersenV Kohli
4th40KP PietersenRV Uthappa
5th14KP PietersenCL White