Kings XI Punjab will look to put behind the controversial ‘short-run’ decision in their IPL opener and start afresh when they take on Virat Kohli’s buoyant Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai on Thursday.
In their opening game against Delhi Capitals, the square-leg umpire erroneously called KXIP’s Chris Jordan for a short-run off the third ball of the 19th over, effectively costing his team the closely fought game.
KXIP went on to lodge an appeal to the match referee over the incident but on Thursday, KL Rahul and Co will need to stay focussed against an AB de Villiers-powered RCB.
In contrast, RCB opened their campaign on a winning note defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs. Devdutt Padikkal started his IPL career on a classy note, hitting a sublime half-century and will once again be in focus, while AB de Villers will also look to continue in the same vein…