Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Punjab Kings by 60 runs today (May 9) in a do-or-die match. This is RCB's fourth win in a row. Playing first at Dharamshala, Bangalore scored a huge score of 241 runs.

In reply, Punjab were bundled out for 181 runs in 17 overs. With this, Punjab is out of the playoff race. For RCB, Virat Kohli opened the scoring with a blistering 92 runs, followed by a storming performance from the bowlers. Mohammad Siraj took the most 3 wickets. Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh and Karn Sharma took 2 wickets each.

After this win, RCB has kept their playoff hopes alive. Now Royal Challengers Bangalore have 10 points from 12 matches.

Earlier, Punjab Kings, who came into bat to reply to Royal Challengers Bangalore's 241, got off to a poor start. Prabhasimran Singh was dismissed without scoring a single run. At that time the score of Punjab Kings was only 6 runs. But after that Jonny Bairstow and Riley Rosso had a good partnership. Jonny Bairstow and Riley Rosso added 65 runs.

Jonny Bairstow returned to the pavilion with 27 off 16 balls. But Riley Rosso hit the big shots with ease. This batsman played an innings of 61 runs off 27 balls. He hit 9 fours and 3 sixes in his innings.

With Riley Rosso playing, it looked like Punjab Kings would chase the runs easily. But Punjab Kings' hopes were dealt a blow when Riley Rosso returned to the pavilion.

However, after that, Shashank Singh recovered the innings. But he was run out after scoring 37 runs off 19 balls. After this, Punjab Kings captain Sam Karan was dismissed for 22 runs in 16 balls. Therefore, Punjab Kings had to accept the defeat by a huge margin of 50 runs.

Kohli-Patidar batting storm

Earlier, Punjab Kings captain Sam Karan won the toss and decided to bowl in this match. Batting first, Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 241 for 7 in 20 overs. Virat Kohli top scored 92 off 47 balls for RCB. While Rajat Patidar contributed 55 runs off 23 balls.

Apart from this, Cameron Green returned unbeaten with 46 off 27 balls. Harshal Patel took the most 3 wickets from Punjab Kings. Vidwath Kavarappa took 2 wickets. Arshdeep Singh and Sam Karan took 1 wicket each.