On Monday night, Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) clinched a comfortable victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Holkar Cricket Stadium (Indore). RCB decided to bat first after winning the toss. However, they only managed to score 148/4 at the end of 20 overs.

In reply, KXIP chased down that target comfortably in 14.3 overs after losing only 2 wickets. KXIP won this match by 8 wickets.

Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) – 148/4 in 20 overs (AB de Villiers 89*, Mandeep Singh 28, Varun Aaron 2/21)

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) – 150/2 in 14.3 overs (Hashim Amla 58*, Glenn Maxwell 43*, Tymal Mills 1/22)

Result – KXIP won by 8 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

RCB batsman AB de Villiers played stormy innings, especially in the slog overs of the RCB’s innings. He scored an unbeaten 89 runs in just 46 balls. It is the highest individual score by an RCB batsman against KXIP outside the Bengaluru. The previous record holder was Chris Gayle with 87 runs at Mohali on 20^th April 2012.

With the strike-rate of 164.75, Glenn Maxwell completed his 1,000 runs in IPL career. It is the second highest strike rate for a batsman to complete 1,000 runs in IPL career. The record holder is Virender Sehwag who had completed his 1,000 runs in IPL career with a strike rate of 165.56.

KXIP won this match by 8 wickets with 33 balls remaining. In an unsuccessful defence of the target, it is the second largest margin (by balls remaining in the second innings) of defeat for RCB in their IPL history. The record is for RCB to losing with 42 balls remaining against RR (Rajasthan Royals) at Abu Dhabi on 26^th April 2014.

Meanwhile, it (winning with 33 balls remaining) is the third largest victory (by balls remaining in the second innings) for KXIP. KXIP top two largest victories (by balls remaining in the second innings) in this list are: winning with 46 balls remaining against PW (Pune Warriors) at Pune on 7^th April 2013 and winning with 37 balls remaining against DD (Delhi Daredevils) at Mohali on 25^th May 2014.

During this match, AB de Villiers completed 150 sixes in his IPL career. At the end of the match, his total no. of sixes in IPL is 150. AB de Villiers became the 4^th cricketer to hit 150 or more sixes in IPL. The first three batsmen to hit 150+ sixes are Chris Gayle (254 sixes), Rohit Sharma (163 sixes) and Suresh Raina (160 sixes).

In this match, total 20 sixes were hit, while only 17 fours were hit on the other hand. It is the second time in IPL history where a match had more no. of sixes than no. of fours. The first incident was in the match between Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians at Visakhapatnam on 9^th April 2012 where had hit total 16 sixes and 14 fours.