Kohli slapped with fine $16000 for maintaining slow over-rate against King XI Punjab

Royal Challengers Bangalore conceded 74 runs in the last 4 overs and lost the match by 97 runs.

King XI Punjab posted a total of 206 runs on the board while Rahul remained unbeaten at the crease after a magnificent knock of 132.

While chasing, RCB never looked comfortable. Captain left the crease after scoring just one run in five balls.

AB de Villers scored an 18-ball 28 before giving his wicket to former RCB leg-spinner Murugan Ashwin. Washington Sundar was the highest run-scorer (30) for RCB in this match.

Kohli at the presentation after the match said,

“I have to stand in front and take the brunt of it, not the best day in the office, couple of important chances of KL when he was set and that cost us 35-40 runs at a later stage. Maybe if we restricted them to 180 we wouldn’t have been under pressure from ball one of the chase.”

IPL Background

The Mumbai Indians (MI) IPL franchise has been the most successful IPL team across all editions of IPL with 4 title wins followed by Chennai Super Kings (CSK), which has lifted the IPL trophy thrice.

Kolkata Knight Riders have won the IPL trophy twice while Sun Risers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore have won the IPL title once each. Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab are the only two teams that have never won the IPL title.