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No prizes for guessing who was the star. At least with the bat. AB de Villiers wowed the Chinnaswamy faithful with an unbeaten 82 off 44 balls as Kings XI Punjab laid out a generous buffet of help-yourselves at the death.

Punjab’s batsmen then made a match of it. Almost. But with a tail that is longer than Rapunzel’s hair, they couldn’t recover from some timely strikes by the RCB bowlers.

What’s hot

Umesh Yadav. Yes, yes, de Villiers played a brilliant innings. But he did such an AB thing. Umesh? Not many might have expected him to turn the game around with his death-overs bowling.

“Sorry skip, I won’t do it again.”
– R Ashwin to Virat Kohli on the Mankad at the post-match, erm, pleasantries

What next

Kolkata Knight Riders face Rajasthan Royals at home. Rajasthan are generally considered the nice guys of the IPL, so you might not expect to see Kohli-like anger. But don’t be so sure – this is the team that made Rahul Dravid hurl his cap at the ground.