RPS vs KXIP

Rising Pune Supergiants entered IPL in 2016 to replace one of the two banned teams CSK and RR in the competition, for a period of two years. While RPS made it to the finals of the IPL once in only 2 seasons they have played, KXIP have made it to the final only for a single time even after playing all 12 editions so far. Who could forget MS Dhoni’s RPS vs KXIP last over when former India skipper scored 22 runs off the last 5 deliveries of the last over of Axar Patel including two 6s off the last two deliveries to win the match for RPS.

RPS vs KXIP Head to Head

The competition was evenly poised between the two sides during the two editions. These two sides faced each other for 4 times across 2 editions and shared the bragging rights with 2 wins each. Both teams played one game each at their respective homes and two games at the neutral venues. They have won their home games and one game each at the neutral venues.

In RPS vs KXIP 2016, Kings XI Punjab won the very first game between the two sides. Rising Pune Supergiants won the next game to bring the scores level 1-1. In KXIP vs RPS 2017, KXIP won the first game of the season, and the Supergiants won the 2nd game of the season to tie the score.

RPS vs KXIP 2017 meetings

The first game between two sides in 2017 was played at Holkar Stadium, Indore. The Kings from Punjab won the toss and asked the Supergiants to bat first. The decision proved to be a fruitful one as KXIP accounted for both openers Ajinkya Rahane and Mayank Agarwal inside first 7 overs. The bowlers kept things tight, and they soon picked Steve Smith and MS Dhoni as well. Ben Stokes (50 off 32 balls) and Manoj Tiwary (40 off 23 deliveries) added 61 runs for the 5th wicket to arrest the innings from collapsing. Dan Christian played a cameo of 17 runs off 8 deliveries to push RPS total to 163/6 in 20 overs. Sandeep Sharma was the pick of the bowlers with 2 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs. Chasing the target, KXIP kept building small partnerships and also kept losing wickets at the regular intervals as well. After the handy contributions from Hashim Amla (28 runs) and Axar Patel (24 runs), it was the partnership between Glenn Maxwell (44 runs off 20 deliveries) and David Miller (30 runs off 27 deliveries) of 79 runs to chase the target in 19 overs. Glenn Maxwell was adjudged man of the match.

RPS vs DD 2017 meetings

The reverse leg was played at MCA, Pune where the home side RPS won the toss opted to bowl first. The decision proved to be a masterstroke as Jaydev Unadkat accounted for Martin Guptill’s wicket on the first delivery of the innings. The Kings could not arrest the fall of wickets as they kept losing wickets on the regular interval. Axar Patel ended up the top-scorer for the Kings, and they bundled out at a score of 73 runs inside 16 overs. Shardul Thakur was the pick of the bowlers as he finished with the figures of 3 wickets for 19 runs. Jaydev Unadkat, Adam Zampa, and Jaydev Unadkat ended up with 2 wickets each. Chasing the small target, RPS were off to a steady start and the openers Ajinkya Rahane and Rahul Tripathi added 41 runs for the first wicket. After Rahul Tripathi got out at a score of 28 runs, Steven Smith joined Rahane in the middle and completed the chase within 12 overs at a loss of only a single wicket. While Rahane returned unbeaten at a score of 34, Steve Smith remained not out for 15 runs. Only Axar Patel could trouble RPS batsman and clinched the only wicket for 13 runs in 2 overs. Jaydev Unadkat was adjudged man of the match for his clinical bowling display.

Top Batsmen for Kings XI Punjab

Murali Vijay was the best batsman for KXIP against the Supergiants with 122 runs. Glenn Maxwell was at the 2nd position with 76 runs against the Pune-based franchise. Punjab-born batsman Manan Vohra acquired the 3rd position in the list with 65 runs, and he was followed by Hashim Amla with 58 runs against his name at the 4th position.

Top Bowlers for Kings XI Punjab

Sandeep Sharma was the best bowler for Kings XI Punjab against the Supergiants. The pacers had clinched 5 wickets against RPS. He is followed by Mohit Sharma next in the list. The Haryana pacer had accounted for 4 wickets for KXIP against the giants from Pune. While Axar Patel picked up 3 wickets against RPS, Gukeerat Singh Mann registered 2 wickets for KXIP against them. .