In keeping with the local flavour, Danny Morrison added to the night's entertainment quotient by turning up in a <i>pagadi</i>, a traditional turban worn in Punjab BCCI
After being asked to bat, Royal Challengers Bangalore were given a blistering start by KL Rahul BCCI
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Virat Kohli struggled for fluency during his 21-ball 20 BCCI
The pair put on 63 for the opening wicket, before Rahul missed a sweep off KC Cariappa. He made 42 off 25 balls BCCI
Two balls later, Cariappa had Kohli caught at short cover. Axar Patel bowled Shane Watson in the next over as Royal Challengers slumped to 67 for 3 AFP
AB de Villiers, however, was in marauding form, and added 88 for the fourth wicket with Sachin Baby BCCI
De Villiers struck his fourth fifty of the season before slicing a wide half-volley from Sandeep Sharma to short third man BCCI
M Vijay took a superb running catch to send back Travis Head off the penultimate ball of the innings, but Royal Challengers raced away to 175 for 6 BCCI
Hashim Amla scored 21 and put on 45 for the opening wicket with Vijay to give Kings XI a steady start BCCI
Vijay played some delightful strokes as he dominated a second-wicket stand of 43 with Wriddhiman Saha BCCI
Yuzvendra Chahal beat KL Rahul with a legbreak but Rahul recovered after a fumble to run him out. A clean stumping of David Miller off the next ball reduced Kings XI to 88 for 3 after 11 overs BCCI
Vijay fought valiantly and added 51 for the fourth wicket with Marcus Stoinis to keep Kings XI afloat BCCI
A short ball from Shane Watson and Mohali's long boundaries combined to remove Vijay, who holed out to Yuzvendra Chahal at square leg with 37 needed BCCI
Stoinis kept the fight alive, but Watson conceded just seven off the penultimate over. Kings XI needed 17 off the last over, but eventually fell short by one run BCCI
Watson finished with 2 for 22 off four overs and was named Man of the Match, as Royal Challengers kept their qualification hopes alive AFP
