Watch the highlights of RCB vs KXIP 63rd Match IPL 2013 - Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament of the 63rd T20 match played between Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru in 14th May 2013.
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| Adam Gilchrist acknowledges the crowd after bringing up his fifty © BCCI / IPL |
Captain Adam Gilchrist's 54-ball 85* and All-rounder Azhar Mahmood's 41-ball 61 leads to Kings XI Punjab convincing seven-wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore and keep their playoff hopes alive in the 63rd match of a Indian Premier League.
* 136 : Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli set up the second highest second-wicket partnership for Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League and the joint eighth highest second-wicket stand in IPL, jointly 136 held by between Manvinder Bisla and Jacques Kallis (KKR) against Chennai Super Kings at Chennai in 2012.
RCB scored 174-5 in 20 overs with top scorer by Chris Gayle blasted in 77 off 53-balls including 6-sixes & 4-fours with strike rate of 145.28.
Virat Kohli struck 57 off 43-balls including 6-fours & 2-sixes and Cheteshwar Pujara hit 19 off 20-balls included 3-fours.
KXIP best bowler by Parvinder Awana picked up 3-wickets for 39-runs in 4-overs and Azhar Mahmood took 2-wickets.
KXIP chased 176-3 in 18.1 overs with top scorer by Adam Gilchrist hammered a unbeaten 85 off 54-balls, Azhar Mahmood blasted a 61 off 41-balls including 8-fours & a six with strike rate of 148 and Rajagopal Sathish hit a unbeaten 12 off 6-balls contained one-six & a four with strike rate of 200.
RCB best bowler by Zaheer Khan, Jaydev Unadkat and Muthiah Muralidaran each took one-wickets.
Adam Gilchrist named Player of the match for his match-winning quick-fire unbeaten 85-runs knocked off facing 54-balls including 10-fours and 3-sixes with strike rate of 157.41.
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