KINGS XI PUNJAB (KXIP) vs ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (RCB) LIVE SCORE IPL 2016 MOHALI

LIVE SCORE | KXIP vs RCB | IPL 2016 | MOHALI

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FULL SCORECARD

  KXIP innings 20 overs: What a finish to this match. KXIP required 17 runs and they managed 15. RCB win by just 1 run. 19 overs: Good over by Watson. Just 7 runs. Kings XI Punjab 159/4 (17 runs required from 6 balls). 18 overs: Another expensive over by Jordan. He is not making an impact on this match. 13 runs off it.  Kings XI Punjab 152/4 (24 runs required from 12 balls). 17 overs: A very good over by Watson. He contained runs, built pressure on Vijay and forced to make mistake. Just 3 runs came off it. Kings XI Punjab 139/4 (37 runs required from 18 balls). 16.6 overs: WICKET! That's the wicket RCB wanted the most. Vijay is out after playing an excellent knock. He single-handedly drove KXIP's chase today. Murali Vijay c Chahal b Watson 89 (57b 12x4 1x6). 16 overs: Good over for KIXP, thanks to Vijay again. Chahal conceded 13 runs as Vijay hit him for two FOURS in the over. Kings XI Punjab 136/3 (40 runs required from 24 balls). 15 overs: Vijay is batting really well. Placing the balls in the gaps and collecting boundaries. He needs support from the other end. 9 runs off Aaron's over. Kings XI Punjab 123/3 (53 runs required from 30 balls). 14 overs: Vijay is single-handedly driving this chase. He hit two more FOURs in Abdulla's over to collect 10 runs. Kings XI Punjab 114/3 (62 runs required from 36 balls). 13 overs: Vijay hit two FOURs in Jordan's over to bring their innings back on track. 11 runs off it.  Kings XI Punjab 104/3 (72 runs required from 42 balls). 12 overs: Good over by Watson to back the previous double-wicket over by Chahal. Just 5 runs. Kings XI Punjab 93/3 (83 runs required from 48 balls). 11.6 overs: 50 up for Murali Vijay in 36 balls. 11 overs: Excellent over. Probably a match-changing over. 5 runs and Chahal to two wickets in it. Kings XI Punjab 88/3 (88 runs required from 54 balls). 10.6 overs: WICKET! Two on two for Chahal. Miller is out on the very first ball. Poor shot by Miller. He dragged his feet way out of the crease in order to drive the ball. David Miller st †Rahul b Chahal 0 (1b 0x4 0x6). 10.5 overs: WICKET! Chahal provides the break. Saha goes back. There was a drama as Rahul couldn't collect the ball cleanly. It was referred to the third umpire, who ruled Saha out. Kings XI Punjab 83/1 (93 runs required from 60 balls). 10 overs: Another 9 run over. Vijay hit a FOUR off the first ball. Abdulla needs to tighten his bowling.  Kings XI Punjab 83/1 (93 runs required from 60 balls). 9 overs: Vijay is batting well. Hit Aaron for a SIX in the over. 9 runs off it.  Kings XI Punjab 74/1 (102 runs required from 11 overs). 8 overs: Vijay and Saha milked Iqbal Abdulla around the ground and ran well collect 8 runs off it without a boundary. Kings XI Punjab 65/1 (111 runs required from 12 overs). 7 overs: Varun Aaron mixed his deliveries well to bowl an economical over. 7 runs off it. Kings XI Punjab 57/1 (119 runs required from 13 overs). 6 overs: Successful over by Watson. Just 7 runs and he provided a breakthrough to RCB.  Kings XI Punjab 50/1 (126 runs required from 14 overs). 5.3 overs: WICKET! Hashim Amla couldn't play a big innings for his side. He was opening for the first time in IPL. Watson strikes in his first over. Hashim Amla c Binny b Watson 21 (20b 2x4 0x6). 5 overs: 7 runs off Chahal's over including a FOUR. Kings XI Punjab 43/0 (133 runs required from 15 overs). 4 overs: Another good over for KXIP. 11 runs off Binny's over. Kings XI Punjab 36/0 (140 runs required from 16 overs). 3 overs: Chris Jordan bowled too short in the over. Hit for 13 runs with the help of two FOURs by Vijay. Kings XI Punjab 25/0 (151 runs required from 17 overs). 2 overs: Fine over by Yuzvendra Chahal. 7 runs off it including a FOUR on the first ball by Amla. Kings XI Punjab 12/0 (164 runs required from 18 overs). 1 over: Economical over by Binny. Just 5 runs off it. Kings XI Punjab 5/0 (171 runs required from 19 overs). Players are in. Today Hashim Amla is opening the innings with Murali Vijay, a right move. Binny to bowl the first over. RCB middle-order put enough on the board for their bowlers to put up a fight. 175 is a good score on this surface. RCB will need to take wickets early on. KXIP middle-order is weak.  RCB innings 20 overs: Two RCB batsmen got out in the last over but that didn't matter. They needed runs. 12 runs came off Sandeep's over.  RCB score 175 for 6. 19 overs: 8 runs off Mohit's over. There was no boundary and he bowled a couple of wides. RCB 163/4. 18 overs: ABD hit a SIX and a FOUR in the over before getting out. 12 runs off it but RCB would have liked him to be there till the end. RCB 155/4. 17.5 overs: WICKET! AB de Villiers was needed there for some more time. But he has played a good know in the time of need. Sandeep Sharma gets his wicket. AB de Villiers c Cariappa b Sandeep Sharma 64 (35b 5x4 2x6). 17 overs: Another big over for RCB. 14 runs off it. ABD hit two FOURs off Mohit in the over. RCB 143/3. AB de Villiers 53 (31b 4x4 1x6), Sachin Baby 26 (22b 1x4 0x6), Mohit Sharma 2-0-25-0, Sandeep Sharma 2-0-25-0. 16.5 overs: 50 up for AB de Villiers in 30 balls. A timely knock for RCB and it signals that ABD is back in form. 16 overs: ABD has started playing big shots now. Hit Sandeep for a SIX and a FOUR in the over. 16 runs came off it. RCB 129/3. 15 overs: 11 runs off Axar's over. Sachin Baby is stepping up, De Villiers should also do that now. RCB 113/3. 14 overs: 7 runs off Cariappa's over. RCB need to accelerate now. Not many overs are remained in their innings. RCB 102/3. 13 overs: Good over for RCB after a while. 10 runs came off it. De Villiers hit Stoinis for a FOUR in the over.  RCB 95/3. 12 overs: 6 runs off Cariappa's over. He is the wrecker in chief who triggered the mini-collapse of RCB by dismissing Virat and Rahul in one over. RCB 85/3. 11 overs: Can AB de Villiers revive RCB's innings from here? He has the calibre to do that but he will good support from the other end. 6 runs from Axar's over. RCB 79/3. 10 overs: Vijay brought Anureet back and he delivered another economical over, giving just 5 runs.  RCB 73/3. 9 overs: Another good over for KXIP. Just 3 runs off it and Axar dismissed Watson. RCB 67/3. 8.4 overs: WICKET! Watson is out. Another big blow to RCB. Watson looked to pull the shortish ball but the ball stopped a bit and came late. Watson had already played his shot. Shane Watson b Axar Patel 1 (3b 0x4 0x6). 8 overs: Excellent over by Cariappa. He broke the back of the RCB batting line up by removing Virat and Rahul. Just 3 runs off it. RCB 64/2. 7.5 overs: WICKET! This one is biiiiiiiig. Virat Kohli is out. Cariappa has removed both the openers in one  over. Bowled full, Virat played it uppishly to cover fielder. Virat Kohli c Vijay b Cariappa 20 (21b 2x4 0x6). 7.3 overs: WICKET! Cariappa has provided the first wicket. Rahul looked to sweep but didn't know the pace and was beaten. KL Rahul b Cariappa 42 (25b 6x4 1x6) 7 overs: KXIP have put breaks on RCB's run scoring. Stoinis gave 5 runs in his over. RCB 61/0. 6 overs: Another good over for KXIP. Axar gave just 7 runs in his first over despite getting hit for a FOUR on the first ball. RCB 56/0. Kohli 16 (15b 2x4 0x6), Rahul 39 (21b 6x4 1x6), Axar Patel 1-0-7-0, Anureet Singh 2-0-9-0. 5 overs: Another good over by Anureet. 5 runs off it. When a batsman is in as good a form as Virat and Rahul, it is difficult to contain them inside powerplay overs. RCB 49/0. 4 overs: A very expensive over. Rahul thrashed Marcus Stoinis in the over, hitting him for three FOURs and a SIX to collect 20 runs off it. RCB 44/0. 3 overs: Virat Kohli has got a good opening partner in Rahul. He is matching Virat shot by shot today. 11 runs off Mohit's over with two FOURS, one each by Virat and Rahul. RCB 24/0. 2 overs: Anureet Singh is playing his first match of the season. He has started well. Just 4 runs off the over. RCB 13/0. 1 over: RCB have started well. 9 runs from the first over. Virat and Rahul hit a FOUR each in the over. RCB 9/0. Players are on the ground. Sandeep Sharma has the ball. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul open for RCB. PLAYING XIs Kings XI Punjab: Murali Vijay, Marcus Stoinis, Hashim Amla, David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Wriddhiman Saha, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, KC Cariappa. Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson, Travis Head, Sachin Baby, Stuart Binny, Chris Jordan, Iqbal Abdulla, Varun Aaron, Yuzvendra Chahal. KXIP have dropped Glenn Maxwell. South African all-rounder Farhaan Behardien comes in. Medium pacer Anureet Singh is in for Gurkeerat Singh. RCB have brought in Iqbal Abdulla for Parvez Rasool. TOSS TIME. Kings XI Punjab win toss, opt to bowl first. This is the 39th match of the IPL 2016. Both KXIP and RCB are at the bottom of the table and look to move up. The toss will happen at 7.30 PM and the match will start at 8.00 PM. SQUADS Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (C), Varun Aaron, Abu Nechim, S Arvind, Samuel Badree, Stuart Binny, Yuzuvendra Chahal, AB De Villiers, Praveen Dubey, Chris Gayle, Travis head, Iqbal Abdulla, Kedar Jadhav, Akshay Karnewar, Sarfraz Khan, Vikramjeet Malik, Mandeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Lokesh Rahul, Parveez Rasool, Kane Richardson, Sachin Baby, Vikas Tokas, Shane Watson, David Wiese, Chris Jordan, Tabraiz Shamsi. Kings XI Punjab: Murali Vijay (C), Hashim Amla, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh, David Miller, Axar Patel, Wriddhiman Saha, Mohit Sharma, KC Cariappa, Sandeep Sharma, Anureet Singh, Armaan Jaffer, Kyle Abbott, Farhaan Behardien, Rishi Dhawan, Mitchell Johnson, Nikhil Naik, Manan Vohra, Pradeep Sahu, Swapnil Singh, Shradul Thakur.

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PREVIEW Desperate to get their campaigns back on track, two bottom placed teams in Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore lock horns today (Monday), aiming to keep their winning momentum going to stay afloat in the ninth edition of the Indian Premier League. Both Kings XI and RCB have struggled in the ongoing IPL and their hard-fought victories yesterday came at a time when they badly needed wins to remain in the hunt. While RCB managed to snap their three losing streak with a seven-wicket win over Rising Pune Supergiants, Kings XI defeated Delhi Daredevils by nine runs to register only their third win in the tournament out of nine games. Kings XI is languishing at the bottom of the table with six points from nine games, while RCB are just ahead with same points from eight matches. And from here on, both the teams cannot afford to slip a bit and would look for consistency to keep their campaigns alive. For Kings XI it won't be easy as RCB's batting line up includes some of the destructive names of world cricket in skipper Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers and Shane Watson. All eyes will be on RCB skipper Virat Kohli whose performance in the ongoing IPL has left oppositions dumbstruck. Kohli has emerged as man of the moment for RCB, whose third victory against Pune yesterday, came largely due to the skipper's 58-ball unbeaten 108. Chasing a formidable 192 for victory, a determined Kohli batted right till the end to amass his second century of the tournament and guide RCB to the much-needed win. Kohli is leading the top scorers list with 541 runs, which includes two tons and four half-centuries. And, it will an acid test for Kings XI bowling unit to contain Kohli and his Co. It will be a battle between Kings XI bowlers and RCB batsmen and whichever side manages to keep their composure will come out victorious. RCB, with perhaps the most intimidating batting line-ups, has had to taste defeats because of a pedestrian bowling attack that has failed to defend 180 plus scores in most of the matches. RCB's two best performers with the ball have been Watson and Yuzvendra Chahal but the likes of Stuart Binny, newly-inducted Chris Jordan, Varun Aaron and Parvez Rasool, who all leaked runs yesterday, will have to put up much better performance to support the team's batting department. On the other hand, inconsistency has hurt Kings XI badly in the ongoing season. They have lost three while managing to win just two on their home turf. Kings XI, which looked to have gained some confidence from their 23-run win over Gujarat Lions earlier on May 1, were quick to fritter away the advantage in the subsequent match when they lost by seven runs to Kolkata Knight Riders. Chinks in their batting have been exposed time and again and in some games they have shown tendency to over-depend on one or two batsmen while chasing, like they did when all burden came on Glenn Maxwell, who struck a 42-ball 68 in the losing cause against Knight Riders. Punjab outfit have even changed their skipper midway through the tournament and replaced David Miller with Murali Vijay to relieve pressure from the South African, but despite that Miller is yet to make a big impact with the bat. Kings XI will also be hoping for a big knock from South African batsman Hashim Amla, who played his first match against Delhi on Saturday but was run out for just one. Australian Marcus Stoinis (52) has impressed with his all-round performance against Daredevils on Saturday. He followed up his half-century effort with a three-wicket haul. Wriddhiman Saha too scored a quickfire 52 in the winning cause and the wicket-keeper batsman would like to carry on his form. But trio of Vijay, Maxwell and Miller will have to come up with consistent performances with the bat to help Kings XI stay afloat. On the bowling front, medium pacer duo of Sandeep Sharma, and Mohit Sharma have been impressive.