RCB vs Kings XI, 39th match at Mohali, May 09 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary

12.00am And that is that. Tense game, good to watch, and a pretty good contest between bat and ball. Some excellent innings and a few good spells with the ball too. Let's hope we see more of these. Until next time, good night!

Shane Watson is the Man of the Match: "Nice to get a bit of momentum for RCB. To be able to get a couple of wins back-to-back, nice to put a few smiles on a lot of people's faces. It's really simple. It's about trying to be as clear as I can be about the ball I want to bowl at the top of my mark. It's really trying to pre-empt what the batsman is trying to do, it helps that I'm also a batsman, and then bowl a ball that is slightly out of the hitting zone."

Virat Kohli: "Two points in the bag, they feel as sweet as the 50-run win in the first game. Glad to cross the line. It was really tense in the end, I would credit Murali Vijay, the way he was batting, the wicket wasn't that easy to bat on. He batted with a lot of composure, ran lots of twos. KL was going well, so I thought, just hang in there, play the anchor role. Losing two wickets in an over was criminal. You need world-class players to step up, and AB de Villiers did it for us. No one else would have been able to execute some of the shots he played. Every ball matters in this format. You can't keep thinking about what has gone wrong before that ball. Credit to Chris Jordan, and the way he kept his composure in the last two balls and finished it for us.

Paul Peiris: "Why didn't Kings XI run a third here... the bowler whipped off the bails after the batsman crossed and ran off to celebrate. Could have been a Super Over.." -- Ha! Yes. Technically, the ball wasn't dead yet.

Abdul Aleem: "Tactical error by Kings XI. Should have sent out Axar Patel. Behardien on debut and Axar has been striking pretty well. Left hand right hand combination!!!"

M Vijay: "We were in the game till the last over. It was a good game of cricket. Lots of positives to take forward. Like the batting, we took the game till the last overs, and the bowlers did well to keep them to 170 after AB de Villiers' innings. I didn't want to change the fields too much, because anyway he was going to play with the fields, so I told them to stick to their plans. I told Stoinis to stay till the end, there was no bounce on the wicket, so just play cricketing shots and stay till the end, anything can happen."

Kunal: "That wide off the pad to Mohit cost them in the end." -- Oh yes. Big moment.

Jalebi: "I'm meant to be revising for finals tomorrow, didn't realise this would come down to the wire....."

11.42pm What a match. Vijay and Stoinis were magnificent for Kings XI, but you'll have to say Shane Watson's won this match with the ball for RCB. And Yuzvendra Chahal, with those two wickets in two balls.

Four to win. One ball left. Wow. Sweeper, fine leg, midwicket, long-on, long-off are the men back.

Six to win off three balls. Stoinis is playing a stunner!

Square leg comes into the circle. Third man is in the circle.

Well then. 17 from 6. Behardien on strike. Who'll bowl this one? Jordan? Aaron? It's Jordan. His first three went for 37 runs.

Pawan: "Without Maxwell, KXIP seem to lack the firepower down the order. Struggling now."

Two runs a ball. Watson to bowl his last over. Long consultation with AB. Fine leg and third man in the circle.

Sreeram: "@Joules - How did you forget Rohit Sharma? He tops the list in chases in this IPL."

Jordan comes back into the attack.

MN Joules : "Is Vijay trying to do a Kohli here wearing Captain's hat.. becoming a fast trend this IPL season, for captains to lead from front when chasing totals.. be it Warner, Gambhir, Kohli or now Vijay for that matter.."