Sidelights:
It doesn’t matter whether you have Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh and AB de Villiers in a single XI because if you bat poorly, like the RCB did in this match you are bound to lose the game easily. Those millionaire shots,  especially played by Gayle and Yuvraj were unnecessary and perhaps became the reason for RCB’s fate in this game. Gayle is we all know plays like that, but Yuvraj, after being settled and watching the game as his team was struggling still played a loose shot and got caught in the deep when there are few overs were still left. Only poor batting has to be blamed for the RCB’s flop show last night as their bowlers did put KXIP in a bit of trouble, but then Rishi Dhawan and George Bailey see them home in a manner which few of the RCB batsmen should have learned from.
IPL 7 | Match 18 | RCB Vs KXIP
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Toss: KXIP and elected to field first
Playing XIs:
RCB: Chris Gayle, Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, Yogesh Takawale, AB de Villiers, Yuvraj Singh, Albie Morkel, Mitchell Starc, Varun Aaron, Ashoke Dinda, Yuzvendra Chahal
KXIP: Cheteshwar Pujara, Virender Sehwag, Wriddhiman Saha, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, George Bailey, Rishi Dhawan, Mitchell Johnson, Akshar Patel, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Sandeep Sharma
Mini Score Card:
RCB 124/8 (20) Run rate: 6.20
Yuvraj Singh 35 (32) | Sandeep Sharma 3/15 (3)
Chris Gayle 20 (7) | Rishi Dhawan 2/14 (4)
KXIP 127/5 (18.5) Run rate: 6.74
Virender Sehwag 32 (26) | Varun Aaron 2/29 (3.5)
David Miller 26 (20) | Yuzvendra Chahal 2/23 (4)
Result: KXIP won by 5 wickets
Points: KXIP 2 (Total 10), RCB 0 (Total 4)
Man of the match: Sandeep Sharma (KXIP)
Umpires: Billy Bowden | S Ravi | Marais Erasmus (3rd) | K Srinivasan (Reserve)
Match Referee: Andy Pycroft
How they played the game
Powerplay: RCB 44 runs, 4 wickets | KXIP 33 runs, 2 wickets
First 50 runs: RCB 42 balls | KXIP 48 balls
50-100 runs: RCB 54 balls | KXIP 40 balls
Extras: KXIP 10 (9 LB, 1 NB) | RCB 12 (4 LB, 7 Wd, 1 NB)
Best Partnership
RCB: 5th wicket – 41 runs off 33 balls between Yuvraj Sing 24 and de Villiers 17
KXIP: 4th wicket – 45 runs off 31 balls between Miller 26 and Sehwag 10
Fours and SIXES
RCB: 8 Fours (3 by Yuvraj, 2 each by Gayle and de Viliers, 1 by Kohli) | 4 SIXES (2 by Gayle, 1 each by Yuvraj and Morkel)
KXIP: 13 Fours (4 each by Sehwag and Miller, 3 by Dhawan, 1 each by Pujara and Bailey) | 0 SIXES
In the PIC: Sandeep Sharma celebrates the wicket of Kohli
Picture Courtesy: ESPN-CricinfoÂ
