In the 24th match of IPL 2009, KXIP and RCB had played against each other at Kingsmead, Durban, on 1st May. Anil Kumble and Yuvraj Singh were the captains of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab. RCB had won the toss in this match and opted to bat first. RCB had made 145 runs in 20 overs with the loss of 9 wickets. KXIP had made 137 runs with the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs, and Royal Challengers Bangalore had won the match by 8 runs. The maximum numbers of wickets were taken by Yusuf Abdulla of KXIP, which was 4. From Royal challengers bangalore, Roelof Van Der Merwe had made 35 runs and took 2 wickets. Anil Kumble and Praveen Kumar of RCB took 2 wickets each. The highest scorer of the match was Yuvraj Singh of KXIP, who had made 50 runs, and he was awarded as the player of the match as he also took 3 wickets.