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In a bizarre incident during the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings at the Brabourne Stadium, the play had to be stopped for a brief while due to a cat.
Interestingly, the animal had not even entered the playing area but was sitting on the sightscreen which could have caused a problem for the batters to sight the ball and the umpire had to tell the staff to move it away. The incident happened in the first over of the RCB run chase after PBKS had posted 209/9 in their 20 overs.
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While it looked like Virat Kohli will make a big score on Friday given the start that he got, having hit a couple of boundaries and a six during his 14-ball stay at the wicket, he was eventually dismissed for 20 by Kagiso Rabada bringing an end to a 33-run opening stand.
Bangalore though have a long task ahead of them if they want to chase this target down. However, with the kind of batters to come and the depth that they have, Bangalore wouldn't have ruled themselves yet, especially given the fact that it is a brilliant surface to bat on with maximum reward for well-timed strokes.