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IPL 2018: deVilliers 50 gets RCB first win, Punjab lose by 4 wickets

While playing first home game, Royal Challengers Banglore won the match after bowling well in first half of today's match against Kings XI Punjab at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru

Virat Kohli, IPL 2018
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RCB captain Virat Kohli hugs his teammate AB de Villiers IPL 2018 match. File photo: PTI

BS Web Team New Delhi
Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first match of IPL 2018 against Kings XI Punjab by 4 wickets, which went to the last over and Virat Kohli led-RCB held their nerve to seal the game. Chasing a below-par score of 156 runs in 20 overs, Brendon McCullum and Quinton de Kock came to open for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Axar Patel got the prized wicket of Brendon McCullum on the second ball of the first over of RCB’s inning. RCB captain Virat Kohli and Quinton de Kock steadied the RCB innings before KXIP’s Mujeeb Ur Rehman produced an excellent delivery to get