Kings XI Punjab won their first encounter of the season breaking a six match losing streak against Ajinkya Rahane led Rajasthan Royals by 14 runs.
Rajasthan Royals could only score 170 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in their quota of 20 overs.
Sam Curran, Mujeeb and Rajpoot picked up 2 wickets each to keep picking wickets at regular intervals to keep Rajasthan Royals under pressure.
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Chris Gayle was adjudged the 'Man of the Match' for his innings of 79 runs off 47 balls.
"We all know that after six overs it is going to slow down and gives a bit for the bowlers. Credit to bowlers on how they bowled. I have been working on a lot of variations, so pretty pleased that it came out. Also, getting the ball to duck back into the right-hander was a big plus. No really argument to that (Mankading incident) and it's pretty instinctive. I actually didn't load and he left the crease. That's always been my take on it because it's my half of the crease. I was not even at the crease, he wasn't even looking at me and he just left the place. We ended on the right side of the coin, but I definitely think that those are game-changing moments. Lots of pluses. Shami's form, Ankit's ability to bowl and come back into the game. Mujeeb delivered the goods. Sam (Curran) had a bad day with the ball, but he came back well. Everybody ticked their boxes. We do have a few options amongst our midst, but if we can have good five overs, there is nothing like it, "said Ravi Ashwin after winning the first match of their 2019 campaign.