15.4: Suyash Sharma to Rashid Khan, Flighted delivery, full and around the off stump. Rashid Khan sinks to a knee and reaches out in front. He rolls his wrists over the ball to control the sweep. Plays it all along the ground through square leg. Tim David tidies up in the deep by moving to his right. A couple of more runs.
15.3: Suyash Sharma to Rahul Tewatia, Short and sliding in at the hips. Tewatia pivots on the back foot and pulls it through backward square leg for a single.
15.2: Suyash Sharma to Rahul Tewatia, Shorter and flatter, outside off. Tewatia cuts it hard and through the vacant backward point region. It is cut off by the deep fielder by getting around to his right. Two runs taken.
15.1: Suyash Sharma to Rahul Tewatia, FOUR! Lovely shot! Tossed up by Suyash, it is the googly, a bit too full, outside off. Tewatia picks the wrong'un and goes with the turn. He stays leg side of the ball and lofts it inside out over cover. There is no protection in the deep and the ball reaches the fence. 7 more needed for GT.
14.6: Romario Shepherd to Rashid Khan, A bouncer to end the over, on middle. Rashid Khan ducks underneath the delivery and lets it travel to the keeper.
14.5: Romario Shepherd to Rashid Khan, Good-length delivery, on middle, Rashid Khan bunts it back to Shepherd.
14.4: Romario Shepherd to Rahul Tewatia, Romario Shepherd switches to around the wicket and delivers on a length, angling in, on middle. Rahul Tewatia tucks it to square leg for a single.
14.3: Romario Shepherd to Rashid Khan, Much fuller, around the off pole with pace. Rashid Khan lunges and drives it to mid off for a quick single.
14.2: Romario Shepherd to Rahul Tewatia, Back of a length, just outside off. Rahul Tewatia opens the face of the bat and steers it to deep third for a comfortable single.
14.1: Romario Shepherd to Rahul Tewatia, On a hard length, just outside off, Rahul Tewatia dabs it to cover.
14.1: Romario Shepherd to Rahul Tewatia, Wide given for height. RCB are a bit bemused by that call. Rajat Patidar has taken the review. Dug in short by Romario Shepherd, over off, Rahul Tewatia lets it through to the keeper. The Ball Tracking confirms that the ball went past Tewatia at 1.79 metres, with his head measured at 1.75 metres. So, the wide call stands.
13.6: Suyash Sharma to Rashid Khan, Half a shout for LBW! Suyash sticks to the wrong'un and drags the length back a bit, on middle. Rashid Khan leans forward to defend and just about squeezes an inside edge onto the front pad.
13.5: Suyash Sharma to Jason Holder, OUT! CAUGHT! Jason Holder holes out. Suyash serves the googly, on a length, on middle. Holder gets on the front foot and uses his long reach to play the slog sweep. The ball spins back in to catch the inner half of the bat. Jason fails to get the distance on the shot and picks out the deep mid-wicket fielder. Devdutt Padikkal takes a safe catch close to his chest, a couple of metres away from the boundary cushions. GT are 6 down now for 141, still needing 15 more runs.
13.4: Suyash Sharma to Rahul Tewatia, Around off, full in length. Rahul drops it beside the strip on the off side and gets to the other end.
13.4: Suyash Sharma to Rahul Tewatia, Wide! Sprayed well down leg, Tewatia walks inside the line to shovel it past short fine leg but misses. Jitesh Sharma moves to his right and gets a hand on it. He seems to have hurt his fingers in the process but shakes off the pain.
13.3: Suyash Sharma to Jason Holder, Quicker through the air, full and in line with the off stump. Jason looks to cover the line with a straight bat. It goes off the outside edge to short third and the batters take a quick single.
13.2: Suyash Sharma to Jason Holder, Out comes the wrong'un, full and on middle. Holder picks it from the hand and lunges for the block.
13.1: Suyash Sharma to Rahul Tewatia, From around the wicket, short and flat, on middle. Tewatia watchfully tucks it to deep mid-wicket for a run.
19.2: Arshad Khan to Josh Hazlewood, OUT! JOSH HAZLEWOOD IS RUN OUT! A wild, wild ending to the first innings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have been bowled out for 155 with 4 balls to spare. Arshad Khan bowls it on a good length, on off and middle and the ball cuts back in. Josh Hazlewood backs away and has a push at it but the ball zips past the outside edge. There is half an appeal for caught behind, which is turned down and Josh wanders out of his crease as well. Jos Buttler cleverly underarms the throw onto the stumps as Josh turns back to make his ground. However, the ball deflects away and Hazlewood wants a second bite at the run and even though Bhuvneshwar Kumar tries to send him back, he continues on his merry way. Shubman Gill at short cover picks up the ball and underarms another direct hit at the non-striker's end. The third umpire has a look and Josh is just safe in terms of the first direct hit, but he's well short on the second one.
19.1: Arshad Khan to Venkatesh Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! That's well held onto by Sai Sudharsan. Arshad Khan pitches the ball a bit fuller and on middle and leg. Venkatesh Iyer stays back and heaves it across the line. Iyer ends up not quite timing it and drags it flat towards deep mid-wicket. Sai comes charging in and dives forward to snaffle it with both hands. He does well to hold onto the ball even as his elbows thud into the turf on the landing. RCB are now 155/9.
18.6: Mohammed Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer, Short-pitched delivery on off and middle, Iyer leans back and awkwardly angles it away past short third for a single.
18.5: Mohammed Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! Shot! Too full and on off, not quite yorker length. Venkatesh Iyer goes deep in the crease, stays still and drills it back past the bowler into the long off fence for another boundary.
18.4: Mohammed Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer, Banged in well short and wide outside off, Venkatesh Iyer reaches up for it and hits it to the right of deep point for a couple of runs. That also brings up the 150 for RCB.
18.3: Mohammed Siraj to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hard length, on a tighter line around off. Kumar nudges it down towards cover-point and pinches a run.
18.2: Mohammed Siraj to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, FOUR! Smacked away. Short of a length, wider outside the off stump. Bhuvneshwar Kumar backs away a bit as well and swats it up and over the cover region for a boundary.
18.1: Mohammed Siraj to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Good-length delivery, slanting back into the right-hander at nearly 140 clicks. Bhuvneshwar Kumar hangs back and solidly defends it off.
17.6: Arshad Khan to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, The in-between length now, Arshad keeps the line around off. Bhuvi presses back and pushes it into the off side for a single. 160 on the cards for RCB?
17.5: Arshad Khan to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fuller in length, straighter too, eased away towards short extra cover.
17.4: Arshad Khan to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, FOUR! That's a good-looking stroke, and RCB get a boundary after almost 4 overs. Back of a length, wide outside off, Kumar goes deep in the crease and latches onto the width, slapping it down through the gap at covers for a boundary.
17.3: Arshad Khan to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, BEATEN! Pitched up on a fuller length, at 144.6, and angled just across off. Bhuvneshwar Kumar looks to hit on the up but gets beaten past the outside edge.
17.2: Arshad Khan to Venkatesh Iyer, Good length, angled into the pads, tucked down behind square leg for a single by Iyer.
17.1: Arshad Khan to Venkatesh Iyer, Ouch! That's gone straight into the left elbow of Venkatesh Iyer and he seems to be really stung here. Back of a length, hammered into the pitch around off. The ball jags back in with some extra bounce. Iyer tries to swing it off the front foot but misses and cops a blow on the left elbow.
17.1: Arshad Khan to Venkatesh Iyer, WIDE! Too high. Banged in halfway down the pitch, angled in over middle and leg. Venkatesh Iyer simply ducks under it.
15.5: Suyash Sharma to Rashid Khan, FOUR! Rashid Khan hits the winning runs. Gujarat Titans come up trumps against the defending champions. They win by 4 wickets with 25 balls to spare. Suyash Sharma gives the ball a bit of air, on a nagging and outside off. Rashid backs away and shimmies down the track as well. He reaches out and thumps it over cover for a boundary to seal the win.