Kohli steers RCB to revenge win over Ponting's Punjab

Kohli made 73 not out off 54 balls as RCB ran down Kings' 6-157 with seven balls and seven wickets to spare.

Brushing off the first over loss of Phil Salt, Kohli and impact sub Devdutt Padikkal (61 off 35, including a rare all-run four) added 103 in 11.3 overs by which time the game was all-but won.

It was a quiet match for the five-strong Australian contingent but Josh Hazlewood and Tim David were the happy ones despite the former going for 39 off four overs and the latter not getting to the crease. Ironically on Friday Hazlewood took three wickets and David smacked 50 off 26 balls, but RCB lost.

This time Josh Inglis (29 off 17 balls), Marcus Stoinis (one and 0-13 off one over) and Xavier Bartlett (0-28 off three overs) were on the losing side, and without the salve of good personal performances in the latter cases.

The result drew RCB, who have won their five away matches and lost all three at home, level with Ricky Ponting's Kings on ten points, a tally five of the teams now have in a congested top of the table.