King XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (2nd April 2010)

Result: Royal Challengers won by 6 wkts

Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat first and put a decent total of 181/5 in 20 overs. Sangakara top scored with 45 while Bopra & Yuvraj contributed to build the innings. But poor fielding, dropped catches  let down KXIP again. Kevin Pietersen scored unbeaten 66 and quick fire by Uthapa (22 in 6 balls) helped RCB to win the match by 6 wickets.

Kevin Pietersen was declared as the Man of the Match.

Numbers that mattered, Match 31

320.00 Irfan Pathan’s strike-rate- highest for any batsman in this IPL facing 5 balls or more

300 Uthappa’s first six off Brett Lee was the 300th six in this IPL

76 Runs added by Kevin Pietersen and Virat Kohli – the highest third-wicket partnership for Royal Challengers Bangalore in all IPL matches. The pair bettered the 72-run stand between Manish Pandey and Rahul Dravid against Chennai Super Kings at Johannesburg last year.

66 Pietersen’s score – his highest in IPL, beating the previous best of 37 against Delhi Daredevils at Port Elizabeth in IPL 2009.

25 Runs conceded by Brett Lee in his third over. Interestingly out of the eight most expensive overs of this IPL, four have been bowled by Kings XI Punjab bowlers!

7 Number of defeats suffered by Kings XI Punjab in the tournament –most for any side

1 Irfan Pathan became the first all-rounder in IPL history to achieve the double of 500 runs and 25 wickets