Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 174 runs for 4 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs in the fifty of Du Plessis and Virat Kohli at the start of the first match of the day in the Indian Premier League. As a result, Punjab Kings are batting in response to 175 runs.
At the beginning of the match, Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran invited Bengaluru to bat after winning the toss. Bengaluru got off to a great start with the bats of the two openers, Virat Kohli and Du Plessis. Both of them scored 137 runs in 16.1 overs. Both have met fifty.
Virat Kohli stopped at 59 runs with the help of five fours and a six off 47 balls. Meanwhile Du Plessis scored 84 runs before getting out. Playing only 56 balls, his innings was arranged with five fours and sixes. No one else could benefit after that. Maxwell was out for zero runs and Dinesh Karthik was out for 7 runs. And Mahipal Lamrore and Shahbaz Ahmed remained unbeaten on 7 runs.
(20 April/MM)