Royal Challengers Bangalore clinched the amazing battle of bats in a high scoring match against Kings XI Punjab in Bengaluru. Fans were treated to a run fest, with more than 400 runs being scored in the match.

RCB won by 8 wickets and an over to spare, thanks to brilliant batting performances by South African all-rounder, Jacques Kallis, and the local boy, Robin Uthappa.

Chasing a mammoth total of 203, RCB started blazing from the moment they got the bats in their hands. Uthappa joined Kallis to do some quick hitting after Piyush Chawla dismissed Manish Pandey for 36 runs. Robin Uthappa went on to score the second fastest half-century in IPL before Md Kaif caught him off Bipul Sharma at 51.

Kallis remained unbeaten till the end of the match after opening the batting. He scored 89 runs in just 55 balls with 8 fours and 5 sixes to his tally. With beautiful knocks in 2 matches, Kallis has secured the Orange Cap (awarded to the batsman with most runs in IPL). He was judged the man of the match for his all-round performance – 89* runs and 1 Wicket.

The away team batted first to post a huge total of 203/3 in their alloted 20 overs, which didn’t prove enough in the end. Punjab started well with a beautiful first wicket partnership of 129 runs between Ravi Bopara (77) and Manvinder Bisla (75), both going on to score quick half centuries. Yuvraj Singh (9) didn’t last long. Jayawardene (26) came in to bat in the death overs and paced up the scoring for KXIP to cross 200.