In Pics: Royal Challengers Beat Rising Pune Supergiants by 13 Runs

Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers notch fifties as RCB beat RPS by 13 runs at Pune.

• Royal Challengers Bangalore: 185/3 in 20 Overs (AB de Villiers 83, Virat Kohli 80, Thisara Perera 3/34
  
• Rising Pune Supergiants: 172/8 in 20 Overs (Ajinkya Rahane 60,
  Kane Richardson 3/13)
  

Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) captain MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

Virat Kohli and KL Rahul opened the innings for the Royal Challengers. Rahul was out for seven runs in the fourth over.

Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers then took charge of the situation and with their magnificent batting took the score past the 100 mark.

RPS had a good chance to dismiss Kohli when he looped a simple catch to Ankit Sharma, who unfortunately dropped it.

Both Kohli and De Villiers departed in the final over, but after causing sufficient damage.

Chasing 186 runs to win, RPS go off to a disastrous start. Faf du Plessis was caught by Harshal Patel off Kane Richardson after scoring just 2 runs. Pietersen who came in after that was retired hurt after just facing his first delivery while Steve Smith was brilliantly run out by Virat Kohli for just 4 runs.

Ajinkya Rahane and captain MS Dhoni then steadied the innings for Pune.

But then RCB’s new signing Tabraiz Shamsi struck as he dismissed Rahane. Meanwhile the required run rate increased beyond 15 for RPS.

And then Dhoni departed.

Almost when RCB thought they had the game in hand, Thisara Perera and Rajat Bhatia took matters into their hands. They began hitting the ball all over the park.

But then Watson dismissed Perera and Ashwin which brought back RCB into the game.

Eventually, RPS lost the match by 13 runs.