IPL 2018: 5 most dramatic turnarounds in history

Albie Morkel's 7-ball 28 turned the game on its head
Albie Morkel's seven-ball 28 turned the game on its head

#3 Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Mohali, 2013)

Miller single-handedly won it for KXIP
Miller single-handedly won it for KXIP

Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 190/3 in the first innings, led by Chris Gayle (61) and Cheteshwar Pujara (51), and boosted by a quickfire 38 from AB de Villiers.

Kings XI Punjab were in serious trouble in their run chase, reeling at 68/4 at the halfway mark having already lost Shaun Marsh and David Hussey.

The equation steepened by the end of the 13th over- reading 96 off 42 balls- but David Miller, accompanied by Rajagopal Sathish, now had his eye in and a license to break free.

Miller unleashed a sequence of brutal hitting as he tore apart an RCB attack struggling to come to terms with what had hit them.

The next four overs, two of which were bowled by Vinay Kumar and one each by RP Singh and Ravi Rampaul, went for a total of 77 runs as the South-African southpaw moved from 27 off 17 to 95 off 37 balls.

The game had turned on its head with KXIP requiring 19 from the last three overs. Kohli had run out of ideas and went to Gayle in the hope of a miracle.

This prompted Sathish to join the party as he struck two fours and a six before giving Miller the strike with three to win. Gayle looped one up in the arc and Miller cracked his seventh six to bring up a sensational 38-ball hundred- one of the best in IPL history- and personally, a career-defining innings.

From a situation where KXIP were going nowhere in their run-chase, they ended up winning with two overs to spare!

Kings XI Punjab (194/4 in 18 overs) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (190/3 in 20 overs) by 6 wickets

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