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Pune: AB de Villiers scored an impressive 83 off just 46 balls and Kohli accelerated in the end to post 80 in 63 balls put on 155-run stand power Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Rising Pune Supergiants by 13-run at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Friday.
With this win RCB have jumped to the third position with four points. Ajinkya Rahane and MS Dhoni played well, but their 89-run stand for the third wicket was not enough to see them over the line.
Kevin Pietersen then pulled his hamstring off the first delivery he faced when he set off for a single. He had to go off the field immediately as a result, which paved way for Australia skipper Steven Smith to walk in. He was run out for just 4 after he was sent back by Rahane as Smith looked for a quick single after being wrapped on the pads.
Dhoni joined Rahane at a precarious position, but they got some momentum into the innings.
New comer Tabraiz Shamsi got the better of Rahane in the 15th over as he drew Rahane down the track and KL Rahul knocked the bails of behind the wickets, with Rahane falling short.
Dhoni fell in the very next over as AB de Villiers took an excellent catch at long off.
Thisara Perera then walked in and smashed his way to 13-ball 34. He was severe, especially on Harshal Patel, off whom RPS scored 25 in the 18th over, when they needed 50 off the final three overs.
Earlier, it was a similar story for Royal Challengers Bangalore, their two best batsmen - Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers - put on another hundred-run stand to take the total to a massive 185/3.
De Villiers was the aggressor of the day as he raced to his 18th IPL fifty off just 25 balls, whereas Kohli took uncharacteristically 47 balls for his 22nd half-century of the league - his fifth in last six T20 innings.
The dynamic duo added a huge 155 runs for the second wicket and destroyed any chances of Pune to revive during the entire innings. The South African scored an impressive 83 off just 46 balls, which included four big sixes and six boundaries, and Kohli accelerated in the end to post 80 in 63 balls, hitting two sixes and seven fours.
Thisara Perera was the only successful bowler for the hosts team, taking all the three wickets fell in the innings which included the scalps of Kohli and De Villiers in successive balls in the last over of the innings. He finished with figures of three for 34 in his quota of four overs.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bangalore - 185 for 3 (de Villiers 83, Kohli 80, Perera 3-34)
Rising Pune Supergiants - 172 for 8 (Rahane 60, Dhoni 41, Richardson 3-16, Watson 2-31)
Result - Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 13 runs
