KXIP defeated Delhi Daredevils in the first match quite comfortably. Delhi batted first and scored 166. The chase was not expected t be impossible but at least a little bit difficult. Well, all the pressure was diffused straight away as KL Rahul blasted to a 14-ball fifty that took out DD’s lead spinner Amit Mishra as well. The signs tonight looked the same when Rahul and Agarwal again started blazing all guns.

The first over from Chris Woakes made the intentions of KL Rahul clear. In the first over, Rahul slammed two sixes and a four to collect 16 runs from the over. Mayank Agarwal continued the momentum with 9 runs from the next over of Umesh Yadav.

Hogging the strike for the next over, Mayank Agarwal added few more runs to his tally. At the end of the third over, Royal Challengers Bangalore sat pretty on the total of 32 in the first three overs. Looking all set to make a huge total. In the next over though, all plans crashed.

Umesh Yadav, sporting a pony, ran in with intent and pace. On the first ball, he bowled slightly outside off-stump to which Agarwal edged. Quinton De Kock leaped and plucked a spectacular catch to dismiss Mayank. Aaron Finch, who returned to the side after marrying earlier in the week, had to come back to the pavilion without scoring a run. He was trapped lbw in front of the stumps. Finch challenged the decision but umpire was proven right.

Yuvraj Singh walked in next. Yadav bowled him a searing short ball, which Yuvraj pulled on instinct. Kohli had specially set a fielder there but he was far away from the boundary ropes. The ball went over the fielder’s head and Yuvraj earned a four.

Next ball to Yuvraj was full and straight. Yuvi was slow to move and paid for it. The ball went through the gate and knocked off the left-hander’s middle stump. Kings XI Punjab suddenly fund themselves languishing at 36/3 after being 32/0. The blows stopped the progress and KXIP ended up with only 155 runs. RCB chased it with four wickets in hand.