After the brilliant bowling of Krunal Pandya and Suyash Sharma, with the half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Punjab Kings by seven wickets in a one-sided match in the Indian Premier League. Chasing Punjab's target of 158 runs, RCB registered an easy win by scoring 159 runs for three wickets with seven balls to spare with a 103-run partnership for the second wicket between Virat Kohli (73 not out, 54 balls, seven fours, one six) and Devdutt Padikkal (61 runs, 35 balls, four sixes, five fours).
With this win, RCB joined the five teams including Punjab Kings who have collected the maximum 10 points so far. Punjab Kings had earlier scored 157 runs for six wickets. Punjab lost wickets at regular intervals in front of the spin of left-arm spinner Krunal (two wickets for 25 runs) and leg-spinner Suyash (two wickets for 26 runs) and none of its batsmen could convert the good start into a big innings. At the same time, after the match, Virat Kohli teased Shreyas Iyer fiercely.
Virat Kohli teased Shreyas Iyer like this
The 19th over of RCB's innings was being bowled by Nehal Vadhera from Punjab Kings. On the fifth ball of his over, Jitesh Sharma hit a great six and won the match for his team. As soon as Jitesh hit the six, Virat Kohli, standing at the non-striker's end, celebrated seeing Shreyas Iyer and teased him.
However, Iyer did not like this style of Kohli. He was a little disappointed. When Iyer came to shake hands with Kohli, he was a little disappointed. But, after that he started laughing. This was RCB's fifth win this season. They now have 10 points. They are at the third place in the points table.
