Inspite of Chris Gayle's unbeaten 99, the host fails to put up an intimidating total
It was just the kind of script that was expected to end Royal Challengers Bangalore’s sequence of defeats this season.
The mantra for RCB was simple — win the toss, elect to field and chase down the target. Skipper Virat Kohli did everything right on these counts. His 67 and the 85-run second-wicket stand with Man-of-the-Match AB de Villiers shut out Kings XI Punjab, thereby opening the team’s tally with an emphatic eight-wicket win.
For the record, like Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) in 2013, Bangalore’s run of defeats from the start of a season stopped at six.
This story is from the April 14, 2019 edition of The Hindu.
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