Indian Premier League, 2008-09
Wisden's review of Kings XI Punjab v Royal Challengers Bangalore, Indian Premier League, 2008-09
Nagraj Gollapudi
15-Apr-2010
At Durban, May 1, 2009 (floodlit). Royal Challengers Bangalore won by eight runs. Toss: Royal
Challengers Bangalore. Royal Challengers Bangalore 145-9 (20 overs) (R. E. van der Merwe 35;
Y. A. Abdulla 4-36, Yuvraj Singh 3-22); Kings XI Punjab 137-7 (20 overs) (Yuvraj Singh 50).
Royal Challengers Bangalore 2 pts. Man of the Match: Yuvraj Singh.
Yuvraj Singh took a hat-trick, promoted himself to open as Ravi Bopara had returned to England,
and scored a rapid half-century… but still could not stop his side imploding: from 70-0 in the tenth
over Punjab's batting fell apart, and when 13 were needed from the final over Praveen Kumar took
two wickets and conceded only four runs.