On Friday, Vidarbha pacer rattled the opposition with serious pace and knocked down three Punjab wickets in the fourth over to power RCB wrest control of the proceedings. Umesh first got Mayank Agarwal caught behind, then trapped Aaron Finch the next ball. Two balls later, he splattered Yuvraj's timber as the Punjab southpaw failed to come forward and was exposed. A ball earlier, he had pulled Yadav for a four and was expecting the same from him the next ball.
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5313 Runs scored by Virat Kohli in Twenty20 matches on Indian soil. This puts him at the second place ahead of Gautam Gambhir. Now only Suresh Raina – with 5438 runs – is ahead of Virat.
203 Number of balls all Kings XI Punjab bowlers (other than Mujeeb ur Rahman) playing in this match have bowled to Virat Kohli in the IPL. Of them Kohli has scored 264 runs without ever getting dismissed once! Virat, however, fell to Mujeeb off the fifth ball he faced from him.
11 Number of consecutive losses after which AB de Villiers ended on the winning side in the IPL.
7 Number of teams Aaron Finch has represented in the IPL – most for any player.Three other players have appeared for six different teams. (RR / DD / PW / SRH / MI / GL / KXIP)
5 Number of consecutive losses after which Royal Challengers Bangalore won a match at Bengaluru.
3/23 Umesh Yadav’s figures in the match – best for any pacer in IPL2018.