India, April 19 -- When Nehal Wadhera walked out to bat at No.5 for Punjab Kings, the match had just started to get interesting. Royal Challengers Bengaluru were clawing their way back a dream over by Josh Hazlewood, who dismissed PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer and Josh Inglis in quick succession. With 42 needed off 36 balls with six wickets in hand, the equation was still heavily in favour of PBKS, but funny things happen in cricket, especially in rain-curtailed games. That Hazlewood over - the 8th one in PBKS' 96-run chase in the 14-over-a-side rain-curtailed game - was just a reminder.

However, in the very next over, Wadhera decided to kill the tension. The PBKS left-hander hit RCB leg-spinner Suyash Sharma for a four and a six to end the ...