Indian Premier League, 2009-10
Wisden's review of Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kings XI Punjab, IPL 2009-10
Nagraj Gollapudi
15-Apr-2011
At Bangalore, March 16, 2010. Royal Challengers Bangalore won by eight wickets. ‡Kings XI
Punjab 203-3 (20 overs) (R. S. Bopara 77, M. S. Bisla 75); Royal Challengers Bangalore 204-2
(18.5 overs) (M. K. Pandey 38, J. H. Kallis 89*, R. V. Uthappa 51). MoM: J. H. Kallis
A formidable
total, set up by a stroke-filled opening stand of 129 in 14 overs between Ravi Bopara and Manvinder
Bisla, was not enough for Punjab; they were left dazed by Jacques Kallis, who paced the chase
cleverly, and some imperious batting from Robin Uthappa, who turned the tide by taking 25 off a
Sreesanth over.
Nagraj Gollapudi is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo