Currently, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are locking horns with Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. After winning the toss, the KXIP skipper, Ravichandran Ashwin asked the hosts to bat first and his decision cost him dearly as Bangalore smashed as many as 70 runs for the loss of a crucial wicket of their skipper Virat Kohli after the first six overs.
During the toss, the RCB skipper said that they have made two changes in their squad as Dale Steyn and Pawan Negi made way for Tim Southee and Washington Sundar. On the other hand, KXIP also made a couple of changes as Ankit Rajpoot and Nicholas Pooran came back to the squad in Harpreet Brar and Sam Curran.
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Parthiv Patel started smashing the KXIP bowlers from the word go. However, RCB lost their skipper in the 4th over of Mohammed Shami and in the next over of Shami, it was almost like Parthiv took the revenge for the same as he smacked Shami for as many as 18 runs in the final over of the powerplay with the help of three fours and a six.
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Patel started the sixth over with a four over mid-off followed by another one over the silly point as Shami delivered a wide full toss. After facing a dot ball, Parthiv smashed a four and six, with the four coming over the cover boundary and six was over the cow corner. However, in the 7th over itself, Patel was dismissed by Murugan Ashwin.
Here is the video of Parthiv’s dominating knock:
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