KXIP spinner Axar Patel celebrates a RCB wicket with skipper Glenn Maxwell and 'keeper Wriddhiman Saha in Bangalore yesterday. Pic/PTI

Bangalore: You can dole out the money and line up the batting stars but its no guarantee of runs, not even against modest bowling attacks. That was the story at the Chinnaswamy Stadium last night when the famed batting line-ups of both Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore came a cropper.