Australian duo Shane Warne and Shane Watson inspired the Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over the Kings XI Punjab in Jaipur.
Captain/Coach Warne showed his value with the ball by picking up 3-19 as the Kings XI were held to 165-8 after choosing to bat first.
Yuvraj Singh top-scored with 57 before falling to the leg spinner, who then watched his batsmen bring his side home.
Watson led the assault with an innings of 76 not out that included five fours and the same number of sixes, much to the delight of the crowd at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
After Darren Lehmann had contributed 17 Ravindra Jadeja came out to provide the all-rounder with excellent support.
The 19-year-old contributed 36 in an unbroken partnership of 69 that saw the hosts to their target with 11 balls to spare.
A firm four through mid-wicket from Watson finished the game and gave the Royals their first win of the competition, while the Kings XI have now lost both their matches.
Warne had earlier shown he had lost none of his skills with the ball in his four overs, while Siddharth Trivedi provided excellent support with 2-25.
He quickly slowed down the momentum of the Kings XI innings by picking up the key wicket of Kumar Sangakkara (20) with just his third ball.
The leg spinner followed that up by having fellow Australian James Hopes trapped lbw for 16, leaving the Punjab innings faltering on 72-4.
It needed a captain's knock from Yuvraj to get up to a challenging total on a good pitch, the left-hander top-scoring with a 34-ball half century that had owed to two large slices of luck.
Darren Lehmann dropped a steepling catch at cover when he had made just 15 and then again 14 runs later the normally reliable Mohammad Kaif was unable to cling on at backward point.
Yuvraj made the most of the let-offs to smash six fours and three sixes before Warne returned to claim his third scalp.
Piyush Chawla provided some late fireworks with 24 off just 11 balls but the Kings XI's final total proved not to be enough, the Royals rushing home with plenty of time to spare.
Captain/Coach Warne showed his value with the ball by picking up 3-19 as the Kings XI were held to 165-8 after choosing to bat first.
Yuvraj Singh top-scored with 57 before falling to the leg spinner, who then watched his batsmen bring his side home.
Watson led the assault with an innings of 76 not out that included five fours and the same number of sixes, much to the delight of the crowd at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
After Darren Lehmann had contributed 17 Ravindra Jadeja came out to provide the all-rounder with excellent support.
The 19-year-old contributed 36 in an unbroken partnership of 69 that saw the hosts to their target with 11 balls to spare.
A firm four through mid-wicket from Watson finished the game and gave the Royals their first win of the competition, while the Kings XI have now lost both their matches.
Warne had earlier shown he had lost none of his skills with the ball in his four overs, while Siddharth Trivedi provided excellent support with 2-25.
He quickly slowed down the momentum of the Kings XI innings by picking up the key wicket of Kumar Sangakkara (20) with just his third ball.
The leg spinner followed that up by having fellow Australian James Hopes trapped lbw for 16, leaving the Punjab innings faltering on 72-4.
It needed a captain's knock from Yuvraj to get up to a challenging total on a good pitch, the left-hander top-scoring with a 34-ball half century that had owed to two large slices of luck.
Darren Lehmann dropped a steepling catch at cover when he had made just 15 and then again 14 runs later the normally reliable Mohammad Kaif was unable to cling on at backward point.
Yuvraj made the most of the let-offs to smash six fours and three sixes before Warne returned to claim his third scalp.
Piyush Chawla provided some late fireworks with 24 off just 11 balls but the Kings XI's final total proved not to be enough, the Royals rushing home with plenty of time to spare.
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