Kings XI Punjab thrashed Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight-wickets, despite an amazing knock by AB de Villiers, during an Indian Premier League match on Monday.
Electing to bat, RCB rode on de Villiers' unbeaten 46- ball 89-run innings laced with nine sixes and three fours to post a modest 148-4 after being reduced to 22-3 in 5 overs.
Chasing the target, Manan Vohra (34) and Amla (58) gave Punjab a flying start, sharing 62 off 35 balls for the opening wicket before Tymal Mills put the breaks by getting rid off the former in the sixth over.
Vohra hit four boundaries and a six in his 21-ball innings before being trapped leg before by Mills.
New man Axar Patel (9) too didn't stay longer as after hitting a six off Iqbal Abdulla, he was flummoxed by Yuzvendra Chahal with a googly and ended up being clean bowled in the ninth over.
However, it didn't affect Punjab as Amla and skipper Glenn Maxwell kept dealing in boundaries to overhaul the target, reaching 150-2 in 14.3 overs.
Amla's unbeaten 38-ball 58-run innings was studded with four boundaries and three sixes, while Maxwell hit some lusty blows in his 22-ball 43-run innings as Punjab notched up their second win in IPL 10.
For Punjab, Varun Aaron (2/21) snapped up two wickets, while Sandeep Sharma (1/26) and Axar Patel (1/12) picked one wicket each.
Earlier in the evening, Kings XI Punjab squandered the early advantage as South African maverick AB de Villiers unleashed himself in the death overs to help Royal Challengers Bangalore post 148/4 at the Holkar Stadium in Indore.
Along with all-rounder Stuart Binny (18 not out), de Villiers started the onslaught after the 15th over, when he dealt mostly in sixes, clearing the fence on as many as eight occasions to raise an undefeated 80-run fifth wicket stand.
Opting to bat, Bangalore were off to a forgettable start after losing their skipper and opener Shane Watson (1) in the very first over before being reduced to 22/3 by the fifth over.
Left-arm spinner Axar Patel provided Punjab with the early wicket of Watson, who inside edged a shortish ball to be back in the dug out.
Medium pacer Sandeep Sharma then rocked the visitors with the wicket of the opener Vishnu Vinod (7), who got a top edge to be comfortably caught by skipper Glenn Maxwell at mid on.
The in-form Kedar Jadhav (1) was the next one to follow, when a back of a length delivery from pacer Varun Aaron rapped the Maharashtra batsman on the pads as it missed the flick.
Tottering at 22/3, comeback man AB de Villiers and new batsman Mandeep Singh (28) were made to sweat out, as the Punjab bowlers tightened the noose around the visitors.
By the 10th over, the visitors had crawled to 53/3 as the boundaries seemed to have dried up, except for rookie T Natarajan's over when Mandeep dispatched him for a consecutive six and then a four.
With pressure of lifting the run-rate building, Mandeep finally succumbed in his effort to accelerate when he got a top edge off a short delivery from Aaron which stumper Wriddhiman Saha latched on beautifully.
Mandeep consumed 34 balls for his knock, laced with a four and a six, but more importantly added 46 runs for the fourth wicket with the South African.
Mandeep's wicket brought in the dangerous Binny, who complimented the South African quite well as the Punjab bowlers had themselves to blame for bowling too many full deliveries towards the end.
For the home side, Aaron returned with figures of 2/21 while Axar Patel and Sandeep Sharma took one wicket apiece.
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