Some outstanding bowling performance and brilliant knock by star batsman AB de Villiers' (82* off 44 balls) helped Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kings XI Punjab by 17 runs on Wednesday.
Chasing RCB’s 202 for 4, XI Punjab managed to finish at 185 for 7. However, Punjab still had a reason to cheer-up after KXIP star batsman KL Rahul scripted history as he became the fastest Indian batsman to score 3000 runs in T20s.
The star player, who was recently picked in India’s 15-member World Cup squad, has been in great form with the bat when it comes to the shortest format of the game. Rahul took 93 innings to achieve this milestone. So far, Rahul has scored 441 runs at an average of 55.12.
After losing the game, KXIP skipper Ashwin said,"It’s all about getting one win together and we can get on a roll like RCB won three in a row now, so it’s all about getting one win and then we go back home and then we probably try to win a couple on the trot. It’s very important to keep trust in the players.
"We held onto giving players enough opportunities to try and come out on trumps. It’s important to back the players. In all the eleven games we played to be brutally honest, we haven’t been outplayed by any opposition which is a great positive for us. The one area we could really work on is the powerplay and the back-end finishing,” Ashwin added.