Interestingly, Pant was also seen undergoing a fitness test before the game at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Kagiso Rabada picked three wickets while Ravichandran Ashwin and Marcus Stoinis clinched two wickets each in the match as Rajasthan Royals were all out on 138 runs.
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Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya scored 25* and 28 runs respectively while Krunal Pandya played a quick knock of 20 runs from just four balls.
IPL 2020, DC vs KKR: Sachin Tendulkar congratulated Delhi Capitals' pacer Harshal Patel for his performance against Kolkata Knight Riders with a Tweet.
Kohli, who is the leading run-scorer of the IPL, has a chance to make history against the Royals. Kohli is 82 runs from completing 9,000 runs in T20s.
Priyam played an unbeaten knock of 51 runs off just 26 balls as SRH set a respectable target of 165 runs for the MS Dhoni-led side.
IPL 2020, KXIP vs RCB: Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has been fined Rs 12 lakh after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their Indian Premier League match against Kings XI Punjab here. RCB were thrashed by 97 runs in the match on Thursday night.
IPL 2020, RH vs RCB: This was RCB’s first win in an opening match since 2016 when riding on a 157-run partnership between Kohli and de Villiers they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 45 runs.
Stoinis bowled a dot ball before taking two wickets off the last two deliveries, taking the match into the Super Over. Agarwal was dismissed after scoring 89 runs off 60 balls.
