Karthik's Cool Finish Steals the Show After Vintage Kohli Fifty

Muhammad Waqas 

Match 6: Royal Challengers Bangaluru vs Punjab Kings

Result: RCB won by 4 wickets with 4 balls to spare

Heroes:

§  Virat Kohli: 77(49) - Set the chase with a rapid fifty.

§  Dinesh Karthik: 28*(10) – Finished the chase with a flourish (3 fours, 2 sixes)

§  Mohammad Siraj: 2/26 (4) – Bowled economically in the powerplay (only 1 four conceded)

Turning Point

Dinesh Karthik’s late hitting (28* off 10) took RCB over the line.

Other Key Points:

§  Virat Kohli was dropped in the slips on zero. 

§  RCB chased down the target of 177 runs set by PBKS.

§  Harpreet Brar (2/13) and Kagiso Rababa (2/23) took crucial wickets for PBKS.

§ Shikhar Dhawan (45) and Jitesh Sharma (27) were top scorers for PBKS, but none of their batters could convert their starts into big scores.

§ Shashank Singh (22*) provided late flourish for PBKS with two sixes and a four in the final over of first innings.