RCB postsfirst win

Bangalore: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) returned to their winning ways in their backyard while posting a four-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Friday. 

Although, the target of 156 was not a big one, only South Africans AB de Villiers (57) and Quinton de Kock 45 batted sensibly and guided the team home. Earlier, the visiting team was shot out for 155. Lokesh Rahul (47) and skipper Ravichandra Ashwin (33) were the top scorers for Punjab.

For Bangalore, pacer Umesh Yadav sclaped three wickets while Chris Woakes, Kulwant Khejroliya and Washington Sundar took two wickets each Put in to bat, Punjab started off on a poor note, losing opener Mayank Agarwal (15), new batsmen Aaron Finch (0) and Yuvraj Singh (4) the fourth over. With the scoreboard reading 

32, the Mayank and Finch were dismissed in consecutive balls, while Yuvraj was bowled on the last ball by pacer Umesh Yadav.
Brief scores: Kings XI Punjab 155 (Lokesh Rahul 47, Umesh Yadav 3/23) lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore. 159 for six wickets in 19.3 overs (AB de Villiers 57, Quinton de Kock 45, Ravichandran Ashwin 2/30).

Bangalore: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) returned to their winning ways in their backyard while posting a four-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Friday. 

Although, the target of 156 was not a big one, only South Africans AB de Villiers (57) and Quinton de Kock 45 batted sensibly and guided the team home. Earlier, the visiting team was shot out for 155. Lokesh Rahul (47) and skipper Ravichandra Ashwin (33) were the top scorers for Punjab.

For Bangalore, pacer Umesh Yadav sclaped three wickets while Chris Woakes, Kulwant Khejroliya and Washington Sundar took two wickets each Put in to bat, Punjab started off on a poor note, losing opener Mayank Agarwal (15), new batsmen Aaron Finch (0) and Yuvraj Singh (4) the fourth over. With the scoreboard reading 

32, the Mayank and Finch were dismissed in consecutive balls, while Yuvraj was bowled on the last ball by pacer Umesh Yadav.
Brief scores: Kings XI Punjab 155 (Lokesh Rahul 47, Umesh Yadav 3/23) lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore. 159 for six wickets in 19.3 overs (AB de Villiers 57, Quinton de Kock 45, Ravichandran Ashwin 2/30).