IPL 6: Kings XI Punjab beat Royal Challengers by six wickets

Punjab - A fine unbeaten century by David Miller gave Kings XI Punjab a stunning six wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium here Monday.

Miller struck an unbeaten 38-ball 101 as Kings XI, while chasing a target of 191, made 194 for four with 12 balls to spare.

Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Cheteshwar Pujara b Gony 51

Chris Gayle b Gony 61

Virat Kohli c Marsh b Awana 14

AB de Villiers not out 38

Moises Henriques not out 16

Extras (lb 5, w 4, nb 1) 10

Total (for three wickets in 20 overs) 190

Fall of wickets: 1-102 (Gayle, 11.2 overs), 2-133 (Pujara, 15.1), 3-144 (Kohli, 16.5)

 

Bowling:

Praveen Kumar 4-0-28-0

Parwinder Awana 4-0-28-1

Manpreet Gony 4-0-41-2

Michael Neser 4-0-62-0

Piyush Chawla 4-0-26-0

 

Kings XI Punjab

Mandeep Singh c Arun Karthik b Vinay Kumar 16

Shaun Marsh c de Villiers b Rampaul 6

Gurkeerat Singh lbw b Kartik 20

David Hussey c Henriques b Kartik 13

David Miller not out 101

Rajagopal Sathish not out 27

Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 4, nb 1) 11

Total (for four wickets in 18 overs) 194

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Marsh, 2.3 overs), 2-25 (Mandeep Singh, 4.2), 3-51 (Gurkeerat Singh, 7.4), 4-64 (Hussey, 9.5)

 

Bowling

Ravi Rampaul 4-0-27-1

Rudra Pratap Singh 3-0-38-0

Moises Henriques 3-0-29-0

Vinay Kumar 4-0-48-1

Murali Kartik 3-0-24-2

Chris Gayle 1-0-22-0

Toss: Kings XI Punjab, who chose to field

Result: Kings XI won by six wickets

Player of the match: David Miller (Kings XI)

Umpires: VA Kulkarni and NJ Llong (England)

TV umpire: K Srinath

Match referee: RR Jadeja