Kings XI Punjab broke their seven match losing streak after they trounced the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 22 runs in a rain-affected contest in Mohali. After rain had delayed the start of the match by nearly three hours, KXIP, put in to bat, posted a competitive 106 on the board in their allotted ten overs and then restricted their opponents to 84-6. Kings XI Punjab rode on a breezy innings from Wriddhiman Saha to get to 106-6 at the end of their ten overs. Promoted to open the innings, the diminutive wicket-keeper batsman hit a couple of boundaries in the first over. In the second over, he got stuck into Sreenath Arvind, milking him for three fours and a six – milking a total of 20 runs from the over.
KXIP had raced to 34 in two overs, before the opening pair was separated at the start of the third over. Saha attempted to hit David Wiese over the top but couldn’t connect well and holed out to Mandeep Singh at long on; he made 31 from 12 balls – in what would be his quickest innings in T20 cricket.
With contributions from the rest of the batsmen – Axar Patel’s 15-ball 20 being the second-highest score of the
