Bangalore, April 25 -- : Fiery celebrations of Virat Kohli and R Ashwin while they were sending off each other to the dugout was the highlight of the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab here on Wednesday; however, Ashwin tackled the situation by saying that they both reacted out of passion.

"I just played with passion, so does he (Virat). That's it," Ashwin said during the post-match press conference.

Ashwin gave Kohli a raging send-off and when Kohli got the opportunity, he did not shy away from celebrating in a similar manner and gave Punjab's skipper a similar send-off.

Bangalore, who were sent to bat first, scored 202 runs for four wickets in their 20 overs, thanks to AB de Villiers' 82-run inning off just ...