New Delhi:
Kings XI Punjab Captain Glenn Maxwell led from the front as his brave efforts resulted in team's six-wicket victory against the mighty Rising Pune Supergiants on Saturday at Indore's Holkar stadium.
Maxwell scored a quickfire 44 in just 20 balls when the required run rate was increasing ball-by-ball.
Earlier, the Rising Pune Supergiants failed to capitalise on a flying start by their openers and managed to set a 163-run target for the hosts.
IPL Live Score: Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) vs Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS)
Here are the highlights of the KXI vs RPS match:
Game over! Maxwell wins it for the Kings
#7.09pm
Two consecutive sixes by Maxwell, Tahir looking for answers now to tame the attack
#7pm
Six, Miller goes for a big one. Solid shot
#6.59pm
The David Miller-Glenn Maxwell pair has a tedious task to chase down the target as the asking rate is increasing
#6.56pm
Punjab need 81 runs off 42 balls to win the match
#6.48pm
Imran Tahir scalps Axar Patel, Punjab in deep trouble now
#6.45pm
Rahul Chahar to Amla, out Caught by Stokes!!
#6.42pm
It's a SIX!!! Solid shot by Axar Patel
Imran Tahir
#6.24pm
Imran Tahir to Axar Patel, FOUR, to fine leg
#6.21pm
Tahir to Saha, out Bowled!! Tahir strikes on his first delivery
#6.20pm
Now, Imran Tahir begins his bowling spell
#6.17pm
Smith brings Ben Stokes into the attack to unsettle Punjab
#6.14pm
Wriddhiman Saha comes to the crease, survives early scare
#6.10pm
Dinda strikes, Vohra departs. What a catch by Manoj Tiwary
#6.09pm
Last 3 overs: 27 runs, 0 wickets
#6.07pm
Dinda to Vohra, SIX, straight down the ground
#6.07pm
Christian to Amla, FOUR, to backward square leg
#6.04pm
Cracking shot by Vohra. Punjab: 11/0
#5.59pm
KXIP innings begins with Hashim Amla and Manan Vohra
#5.43pm
RPS put up a 164 run target for Punjab
#5.41pm
Gone!!! Christian departs after playing his part well
#5.40pm
SIX!!! That was huge by Christian. Pune now on 162
#5.39pm
Two back-to-back boundaries by Christian. Just WOW!!!
#5.37pm
Just one over to go. Can Pune get 160-170 on board?
#5.36pm
RPS 147/5 (19.0 overs)
#5.29pm
Ben Stokes departs. Pune five wickets down
#5.24pm
Ben Stokes completes a brilliant half-century. His first in the IPL
#5.17pm
Stokes is on fire now. Wonderful six
#5.13pm
100 up for Pune Supergiants
#4.57pm
Swapnil Singh to Dhoni, out Caught&Bowled!!
#4.50pm
SIX!!! Cracking shot by Stokes, some respite for RPS
#4.48pm
It is now up to MS Dhoni and Stokes to pull Pune out of trouble
#4.38pm
Marcus Stoinis removes Pune captain Smith. Visitors in trouble now. Dhoni comes to the crease
#4.31pm
OUT!!! Ajinkya Rahane departs. RPS now two wickets down
#4.30pm
RPS seem to have absorbed the early jolt of Mayank Agarwal's wicket. Have scored 34 runs in 5.4 overs
#3.30pm
Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and elected to field first
KXIP XI: H Amla, M Vohra, W Saha, G Maxwell, D Miller, MP Stoinis, A Patel, S Singh, M Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 8, 2017
RPS XI: A Rahane, M Agarwal, S Smith, M Tiwary, MS Dhoni, B Stokes, R Bhatia, R Chahar, D Christian, I Tahir, A Dinda
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 8, 2017
Venue
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore (Home ground of KXIP)
