Daniel Vettori and David Hussey were the captains of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab. KXIP had won the toss in this match and opted to bowl first. RCB had made 158 runs with the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs; on the contrary, KXIP had chased the score and had made 160 runs with the loss of 6 wickets in 19.5 overs. The maximum score was made by Chris Gayle of RCB, who had scored 71 runs. The maximum number of wickets was taken by Azhar Mahmood of KXIP, who had taken 3 wickets at a bowling economy of 5.00. He was awarded as the player of the match. Nitin Saini of KXIP had made a score of 50 runs in 36 balls.