It was played on 17th May 2011 at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala. Adam Gilchrist and Virat Kohli were the captains of KXIP and RCB. KXIP had won the toss and opted to bat first. They had made a score of 232 with the loss of 2 wickets in 20 overs. RCB had made a score of 121 runs with the loss of 10 wickets in 17 overs. KXIP had won the match with 111 runs. Adam Gilchrist had made the maximum score of Kings XI Punjab, who had scored 106 runs and was awarded as the player of the match. The maximum number of wickets was taken by Piyush Chawla of KXIP, which were 4.