Date – May 1, 2009
Result – Bangalore Royal Challengers won by 8 runs

Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings
Bangalore Royal Challengers won the toss and elected to bat first. They lost Ryder were early in the innings but the scoring rate was good. The wickets fell at regular interval but each batsmen did contributed to the team score. Yuvraj Singh took a hattrick and it looked that Bangalore Royal Challengers would not be able to score even 100 in this match. But Kohli and Merve made sure that the team posts a decent score and at the end of innings they scored 145/9 in 20 overs.

Kings XI Punjab Innings
Kings XI Punjab got to a flying start with Yuvraj Singh and Goel scoring the runs freely. They both scored 70 runs in 9.5 overs at which Yuvraj got out. Kings XI Punjab looked in total control of the match right through the innings. But Bangalore Royal Challengers came good when it mattered the most.They bowled three tight overs and KIngs XI Punjab needed 13 off the last over which was bowled by Kumar. Kings XI Punjab just could not manage 13 runs in the last over and lost the match by 8 runs

Fall of wickets
Bangalore Royal Challengers
J Ryder (2-1, 0.5), R Bishnoi (27-2, 4.4), S Goswami (38-3, 6.1), R Uthappa (80-4, 11.5), J Kallis (80-5, 12), M Boucher (84-6, 13.1), R Merwe (128-7, 17.5), V Kohli (133-8, 18.1), *A Kumble (136-9, 19.1)

Kings XI Punjab
Yuvraj Singh (70-1, 9.5), K Goel (73-2, 11), K Sangakarra (84-3, 12.4), S Katich (84-4, 12.5), M Jayawardene (116-4, 17.1), K Sangakarra (129-5, 18.2), I Pathan (137-6, 19.4), R Powar (137-7, 19.5)

Man of the Match – Yuvraj Singh