The Royal Challengers Bangalore play the Kings XI Punjab on Friday in the 31st match of the Indian Premier League. The contest begins at 14:30 GMT. Watch the live stream below.
Punjab sits atop the IPL standings with a 6-1 record, 12 points and a higher Net Run Rate than second place Chennai. They bounced back from a 5-wicket loss to Mumbai with a 44-run win on Wednesday against the Super Kings.
Punjab's Glenn Maxwell earned the Man of the Match award for his performance, which included scoring a game-high 90 runs and taking one wicket.
"I felt like he was playing book cricket and every time he opened a page, it was four or six," teammate Virender Sehwag said of Maxwell, via CricBuzz.com. "It has been great to watch him bat."
David Miller and skipper George Bailey added 47 and 40 runs, respectively, and Mitchell Johnson took a team-high two wickets.
Bangalore, meanwhile, is in sixth place with a 3-4 record. Their last match ended in a 19-run loss to Mumbai on Tuesday. Chris Gayle led his team with 38 runs, and skipper Virat Kohli chipped in with 35 runs.
Watch the live stream HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.
Teams:
Bangalore: Chris Gayle, Parthiv Patel (w), Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Yuvraj Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Mitchell Starc, Ashok Dinda, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Aaron, Vijay Zol, Ravi Rampaul, Muttiah Muralitharan, Yogesh Takawale, Abu Morkel, Albie Morkel, Shadab Jakati, Sandeep Warrier, Tanmay Mishra, Sachin Rana.
Punjab: Virender Sehwag, Mandeep Singh, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, George Bailey (c), Wriddhiman Saha (w), Mitchell Johnson, Rishi Dhawan, Sandeep Sharma, Akshar Patel, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Parvinder Awana, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shaun Marsh, Thisara Perera, Anureet Singh, Manan Vohra, Beuran Hendricks, Karanveer Singh, Murali Kartik, Shivam Sharma, Shardul Thakur.
*Teams and stats via CricBuzz.
