Kings XI Punjab overcame a spate of late run outs to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by four wickets on the next-to-last ball on Wednesday, exacting revenge for an earlier loss to the same opponent in the Indian Premier League.

Azhar Mahmood claimed the prize wicket of Chris Gayle for 71 in finishing with 3-20 to help restrict Bangalore to 5-158 at Chinnaswamy Stadium. Punjab then totalled 6-163 in 19.5 overs.

Indian batsmen Nitin Saini (50) and Mandeep Singh (43) ensured Punjab’s chase was on track before captain David Hussey (45) took the team to the brink of victory.

But the run outs of Mahmood, Hussey and Abhishek Nayar in the space of seven deliveries made it a close game after only seven had been needed from the last two overs.