Vijay Mallya sacks Royal Challengers CEO Charu Sharma

Vijay Mallya, upset over the dismal performance of Royal Challengers Bangalore team, cracked the whip and reportedly removed CEO Charu Sharma. Brijesh Patel has been appointed as the new CEO of Royal Challengers. According to reports, coach Venkatesh Prasad is also likely to get a boot soon. Dravid's Royal Challengers have disappointed everyone with their below par performance.

People have termed the team as a Test Squad and Dravid's captaincy has come under scanner. Mallya is expected to drop some players and replace them with a new set of players in order to revive the fortune of the team in the IPL.

Brijesh Patel (Profile)

The former India Test player and secretary of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), which runs the game in the franchise's home city.

Kings XI Punjab canter to fifth win

Kings XI Punjab won their fifth consecutive game outplaying the Bangalore Royal Challengers with both bat and ball. Put in to bat on a seaming wicket, the Bangalore Royal Challengers offered meek resistance with their Captain Rahul Dravid playing a lone hand with a gritty 66 run knock.

The importance of Dravid's knock in his teams total of 126 is exemplified when one looks at the sorry scorecard of the Challengers which had five batsmen out for ducks and only two other batsmen crossing over to double figures.

Both the seamers in the Kings XI Punjab played their part, with Sreesanth picking up the opener Jaffer and then Cameroon White, while Irfan picked up the important wicket of the Indian under-19 captain Virat Kohli. Piyush Chawla then accounted for the likes of Misbah Ul Haq, Praveen Kumar and Zaheer Khan to restrict the Bangalore Royal Challengers to a paltry 126. Their fifth consecutive victory moves the Kings XI Punjab into the second position in the league table.



Orange Cap Standings



With Yuvraj Singh not troubling the scorers much today, the Orange Cap standing remained the same. Delhi Daredevils Captain and opening batsmen Virender Sehwag held on to the prestigious "Orange Cap" as the highest cumulative runscorer in the League with a total of 247 runs. Rohit Sharma of the Deccan Chargers was second with a cumulative total to 235 runs. Sehwag’s compatriot and opening bat Gautam Gambhir also retained his third position with a cumulative total of 225 runs.