In the 31st match of IPL 2010, KXIP and RCB had played against each other at IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, on 2nd April. Kumar Sangakkara and Anil Kumble were the captains of Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore. KXIP had won the toss in this match and opted to bat first. They had made a score of 181 with the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. RCB were able to chase the score and had made 184 runs with the loss of 4 wickets in 19.1 overs. They had won the match with 6 wickets and 5 balls remaining. The highest scorer of the match was Kevin Pietersen of RCB, who had made 66 runs and was awarded as the player of the match. The best bowling economy that is 6.50 was Bipul Sharma of KXIP, who had taken 1 wicket in 4 overs by giving 26 runs.