RCB vs KIXP as it happened: KL Rahul stars with century as bowlers vanquish Virat Kohli's team by 97 runs

Riding on a blistering century skipper KL Rahul, Kings XI Punjab thrashed Royal Challengers Bangalore by 97 runs in an IPL encounter at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

KL Rahul's century powered Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) to a sumptuous 97-run win over RCB on Thursday. (Photo | PTI) 

Rahul played an unbeaten knock of 132 runs off just 69 balls and then bowlers bundled out RCB on just 109 runs. (Photo | PTI)

With this knock, he also achieved the highest individual score by an Indian player in the IPL. (Photo | PTI)

KXIP had a decent opening stand of 57-run for the first wicket between Rahul and Mayank Agarwal. (Photo | PTI)

Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal broke the opening partnership in the seventh over as he scalped Agarwal on 26. (Photo | PTI)

Ravi Bishnoi and Murugan Ashwin took three wickets each in the match. IN PIC: Ravi Bishnoi celebrates after dismissing RCB's Umesh Yadav. (Photo | PTI)

Chasing a massive target of 207 runs, RCB got off to a poor start as they gave away three wickets in quick succession. (Photo | PTI)

Sheldon Cottrell dismissed Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli in the first and third over of the innings respectively while Mohammed Shami dismissed Josh Philippe in the second over. (Photo | PTI)

The fall of wickets did not stop as Aaron Finch too was sent back to the pavilion in the eighth over. (Photo | PTI)

Shivam Dube and Washington Sundar then took the field but KXIP continued to dominate the game. Both formed a 26-run partnership before Glenn Maxwell bowled Dube for 12. (Photo | PTI)

It was an especially bad the day in office for Kohli, who apart from being dismissed for just one run, was guilty of dropping Rahul twice in the 17th and 18th over. (Photo | PTI)