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Royal Challengers Bangalore take on top-placed Kings XI Punjab in Dubai on Monday. Catch all the live updates here.
21:58 IST: KXIP are 12/0 off two overs.
21:57 IST: FOUR! Pujara times it nicely off Albie Morkel as Alan Wilkins describes the Indian batsman as an accumulator of runs.
21:52 IST: Just two off the first over from Starc as Pujara starts watchfully.
21:49 IST: Starc with the new ball and he's on his way to Pujara, who once again opens with Sehwag.
21:34 IST: Royal Challengers Bangalore are 124/8 off their 20 overs. After being put in to bat, RCB came up with another poor performance, this time against Kings XI Punjab. A lot was expected of Chris Gayle, who was playing in his first game of the IPL 2014. However, after a frenetic start to the innings, when he took 20 runs off the first over from Glenn Maxwell, the southpaw was castled by Sandeep Sharma in the second. That dismissal triggered a top order collapse as Virat Kohli, Yogesh Takawale and Parthiv Patel followed soon after. There was a hint of a stand between AB de Villiers and Yuvraj Singh but when the South African exited, the writing was once again on the wall for the Royal Challengers. Yuvraj top scored with 35 but he perished to Rishi Dhawan not long after as RCB were restricted to yet another modest total.
Chris Gayle admits he was rusty: I batted a lot in the nets but I was a bit rusty, no doubt about that. I was on the go (having taken Maxwell for 20 in the first over), so I tried to calm myself down.
21:19 IST: FOUR leg byes. They need all the runs they can here.
21:18: 100 up for RCB, at the end of the 16th but they have also 7 wickets.
Chris Gayle admits on air: I got a bit carried away. I was given a bit of a license to take it away from ball one and I just wanted to stay aggressive, stay with the momentum, which unfortunately did not happen today.
21:11 IST: Strategic timeout as RCB reach 98/7 off 15 overs.
21:08 IST: WICKET! Dhawan strikes to remove Yuvraj Singh. RCB are 97/7 off 14.3 overs.
21:07 IST: RCB are 94/7 off 14 overs as Rishi Dhawan comes on.
21:03 IST: Mitchell Starc arrives at the crease to join Yuvraj.
21:02 IST: WICKET! Balaji back in the attack and he removes Morkel. RCB are 93/6 off 13.2 overs.
21:00 IST: FOUR! Yuvraj sweeps in typical fashion and another one from Maxwell finds its way to the ropes. RCB are getting a move-on here and how. They are 93/5 with seven overs to go.
20:59 IST: SIX! Morkel sits on his knee and slams that Maxwell delivery into orbit. The sound off the bat reverberated throughout the middle-east. Top shot.
20:57 IST: RCB are 80/5 off 12 overs. Yuvraj and Morkel can be dangerous yet, only if they stay at the crease for a while.
20:51 IST: Maxwell back into the attack, with two aggressive left-handed batsmen in the middle. Brave move by Bailey.
20:50 IST: Three off the over and a wicket. RCB are 69/5 halfway through the innings.
20:47 IST: WICKET! It's the big one after the timeout. Rishi Dhawan gets rid of AB de Villiers, who gives Maxwell at backward point a catch. RCB are 67/5 off 9.2 overs. Albie Morkel is the new man in.
20:42: Strategic timeout as RCB reacj 66/4 after 9 overs.
20:40 IST: Another bowling change as Akshar Patel replaces Johnson. SIX! Imperious from Yuvraj. That ball was headed only one way as soon as it left Yuvraj's bat.
20:36 IST: Bowling change. Balaji replaces Sandeep Sharma in the attack. FOUR! Yuvraj frees his arms and hammers that to the off-side fence.
20:35 IST: RCB are 50/4 at the end of th 7th and it looks like AB has taken it upon himself to rebuild for the side and give them a decent score.
20:30 IST: End of the powerplay and RCB are 44/4.
20:28 IST: FOUR! Far too much width from Sandeep and de Villiers crashed that through the off-side. He is looking in great touch tonight.
20:26 IST: Five overs gone and RCB are 34/4. A lot depends on this pair of de Villiers and Yuvraj. Both batsmen can turn a game on its head.
20:22 IST: FOUR! de Villiers hammers Johnson straight down the ground. A million-dollar shot.
20:20 IST: Yuvraj Singh in the middle with AB de Villiers as RCB reach 26/4 after four overs.
20:19 IST: WICKET! Sandeep Sharma is on fire. He has taken his third as Patel edges it to Saha as RCB crash to 26/4 off 3.5 overs.
20:16 IST: WICKET! Another one goes down as Johnson strikes - he has removed Takawale for a duck. RCB are in all sorts of trouble at 26/3 off three overs.
20:14 IST: Mitchell Johnson in the attack. It will be a challenge for Takawale to face this class of pace.
20:10 IST: Takawalke in the middle with Patel after two of the biggest names in world cricket were removed in the space of two balls. RCB are 25/2 after 2 overs.
20:09 IST: WICKET! Sandeep Sharma hits Kohli on the pads and appeals. Billy Bowden raises the crooked finger as Kohli looks on with disbelief. The ball seemed to be missing the leg-stump. RCB 25/2 off 1.4 overs.
20:08 IST: FOUR! Kohli comes out and smashes that to the fence. What a way to get off the mark.
20:06 IST: WICKET! Gayle gives him the charge and Sharma gets one to shape away and hits timber. Gayle is gone for 20 off 7 balls. What drama in the middle. RCB 21/1 off 1.2 overs.
20:05 IST: Sandeep Sharma for the second over. Parthiv Patel dutifully takes a single and hands strike back to Gayle.
20:03 IST: SIX! That is the Chris Gayle we know. He sends that packing over the ropes. Brutal from Gayle. SIX! Gayle goes aerial again as Maxwell leaks 20 off the first over - a taste off his own medicine for the Australian.
20:02: FOUR! Streaky from Gayle again, as he clears the in-field. But the big West Indian is playing true to character.
20:01 IST: Glenn Maxwell with the new ball and FOUR! Not very convincing from Gayle but the edge runs away to the fence, past a diving Sehwag at slip.
19:59 IST: Loud cheers as Chris Gayle walks out to bat with Parthiv Patel. Weren't the Royal Challengers waiting for this moment! Gayle is fit to play and he will take first strike.
19:40 IST: Here are the playing XIs:
Kings XI Punjab: Cheteshwar Pujara, Virender Sehwag, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, George Bailey (Captain), Mitchell Johnson, Rishi Dhawan, Akshar Patel, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Sandeep Sharma
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Gayle, Parthiv Patel (WK), Virat Kohli (Captain), Yuvraj Singh, AB de Villiers, Yogesh Takawale, Albie Morkel, Ashok Dinda, Mitchell Starc, Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Aaron
19:33 IST: Kings XI Punjab will bowl. Chris Gayle back for Royal Challengers Bangalore, in place of Ravi Rampaul. Varun Aaron returns in place of Sachin Rana. Kings XI are unchanged.
19:20 IST: Toss in a few minutes from now. But TV footage shows Chris Gayle shadow-batting on the pitch. His return will be a huge boost for the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Royal Challengers Bangalore will get a replacement for Nic Maddinson.
Preview: Kings XI Punjab keen to continue good form
Left in disarray after consecutive losses, Royal Challengers Bangalore face the arduous task of taming the yet-to-be-beaten table-toppers Kings XI Punjab when the two sides clash in an IPL match here on Monday.
The contrast in their fortunes could not have been deeper going into Monday's match given that Punjab are yet to taste defeat this IPL while Bangalore have lost two matches on the trot.
RCB, sans West Indian marauder Chris Gayle who is nursing a sore back, were completely outplayed in their most recent match -- against Rajasthan Royals.
Forget horror show against Royals, Kohli urges RCB
The Royal Challengers Bangalore will be hard pressed to bounce back after a disastrous defeat against Rajasthan Royals. RCB were bowled out for 70, their lowest ever in the IPL, and they will need to come out all guns blazing against Kings XI Punjab. Virat Kohli has already urged his team to forget the horror show against the Royals and come Monday, the players will be expected to follow Kohli's lead and come up with a spirited performance against Kings XI.
Squads:
Kings XI Punjab: GJ Bailey (Captain), Anureet Singh, P Awana, L Balaji, R Dhawan, Gurkeerat Singh, BE Hendricks, MG Johnson, Karanveer Singh, M Kartik, Mandeep Singh, SE Marsh, GJ Maxwell, DA Miller, AR Patel, NLTC Perera, CA Pujara, WP Saha, Sandeep Sharma, V Sehwag, Shivam Sharma, SN Thakur, M Vohra
Royal Challengers Bangalore: V Kohli (Captain), VR Aaron, AN Ahmed, YS Chahal, AB de Villiers, AB Dinda, CH Gayle, SB Jakati, NJ Maddinson, T Mishra, JA Morkel, M Muralitharan, HV Patel, PA Patel, R Rampaul, S Rana, S Sandeep Warrier, MA Starc, YV Takawale, Yuvraj Singh, VH Zol
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