In Pictures: IPL 2021 in UAE - Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Punjab Kings by 6 runs in Sharjah

Virat Kohli, captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore, and KL Rahul, captain of Punjab Kings pose ahead of the Vivo Indian Premier League match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah today. Bangalore won the toss and decided to bat first.

Big hit! Devdutt Padikkal, who plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket, plays a shot and quickly began piling on the runs for Bangalore.

Key wicket! Punjab's Moises Henriques, the all-rounder born in Portugal but who plays for Australia, celebrates the wicket of Kohli. The captain scored 25 runs from 24 balls before he was clean bowled.

Good shot... Australian Glenn Maxwell of Bangalore hit an impressive 57 runs from 33 balls which included three 4's and four 6's.

Got him! Henriques, of Punjab, celebrates the wicket of Bangalore's Padikkal who scored a handy 40 from 38 deliveries. Henriques took 3 wickets for 12 runs.

Golden duck! George Garton of Bangalore is clean bowled by Mohammed Shami on his very first ball. Shami took 3 wickets for 39 runs as Bangalore posted 164-7 from 20 overs.

KL Rahul of Punjab plays a shot.

Shahbaz Ahamad of Bangalore celebrates after takes a wicket of KL Rahul who got 39 runs.

Mayank Agarwal of Punjab plays a shot. He scored 57 runs from 42 balls.

Yuzvendra Chahal of Bangalore celebrates after takes a wicket of Nicholas Pooran of Punjab. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the match by 6 runs.