It was Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) fifth match in Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket away from home and the team managed to get a 100 percent winning result in it. RCB defeated Punjab Kings by 7 wickets at Mullanpur on Sunday.

At home, RCB has lost three matches in a row. The last time the team lost to Punjab by 5 wickets in a rain-affected match was just 48 hours ago in Bengaluru.

After Virat Kohli's unbeaten 73 runs in the 'reverse fixer', RCB climbed to the third position. Gujarat Titans, Delhi Capitals, RCB, Punjab and Lucknow Super Giants have the same 10 points. The teams are ranked first through fifth, respectively, based on net run rate.

If Punjab had won this match, there would have been a chance to reach the top spot. But the team that came into bat after losing the toss was able to score only 157 runs after losing 7 wickets at home. Player of the match Kohli hit 7 fours and 1 six off 54 balls as RCB completed the target with 7 balls to spare. Kohli scored his 67th fifty in IPL history. 

After Phil Salt was dismissed for 1 run, Kohli and Devdut Padikal shared 103 runs for the second wicket. Padikal, who came as an 'impact player', hit 5 fours and 4 sixes in 35 balls. Skipper Rajat Patidar was dismissed for 12 runs off 13 balls. Jitesh Sharma played 8 balls and hit 1 six and scored 11 unbeaten runs. Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar and Yuzvender Chahal took 1 wicket each from Punjab. 

Earlier, Priyansh Arya and Prabhasimran Singh got off to a good start by adding 42 runs in 4 overs, but Punjab could not take advantage of it. Debrehate spinner Krunal Pandya dismissed both and brought RCB back into the game. Arya scored 22 from 15 balls with 3 fours and 1 six and Prabhasimran scored 33 runs from 17 balls with 5 fours and 1 six. 

Captain Shreyas Iyer was dismissed in 6 runs. It was unfortunate for Punjab that Nehal Badhera was run out for 6 runs. Josh English scored 29 runs off 17 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. Marcus Stoinis is out for 1 run. Sashank Singh played 33 balls with 31 with 1 four and Marco Janssen played 20 balls with 2 sixes and remained unbeaten on 25 runs. Krunal scored 25 in 4 overs and Suyyash Sharma spent 26 runs in 4 overs 2-2 and Romario Safford took 1 wicket. 

Rohit returns to form

Mumbai -  In the aggressive innings of Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav, Mumbai Indians won a comfortable 9-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings in the second match on Sunday. After Rohit and Suryakumar shared 114 runs in 9 overs for the second wicket, Mumbai completed the target of 177 runs in 15.4 overs at the Wangkhade Stadium. 

Ryan Rickelton and Rohit added 63 runs in 6.4 overs to give Mumbai a stormy start. Rickelton hit 3 fours and 1 six off 19 balls and was dismissed for 24 runs. Rohit 76 and Suryakumar scored 68 runs and remained unbeaten. Rohit scored his first half-century in this season's IPL. Player of the match Rohit hit 4 fours and 6 sixes in 45 balls and Suryakumar hit 6 fours and 5 sixes in 30 balls. 

Chennai lost the toss and scored 176 runs after losing 5 wickets after Shivam Dubey and Ravindra Jadeja's half-centuries. Jadeja remained unbeaten on 53 runs off 35 balls. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. Dubey played 32 balls and scored 50 runs by hitting 2 fours and 4 sixes. Openers Saik Rashid 19 and Rachin Ravindra were dismissed for 5 runs.