23rd Match

22:48 IST, 17:18 GMT: A thumping win for Royal Challengers Bengaluru who go to the top of the table. They hardly put a foot wrong. Won the toss, opted to field, didn't allow the LSG batters to gain any sort of momentum and bundled them out for 146..

George Linde to Romario Shepherd, FOUR, short of length just outside off, Shepherd waits on the back foot to scythe it wide of backward point. The ball bullets away to the fence and RCB win by 5 wickets

George Linde [1.0-0-5-0] is back into the attack

Avesh Khan to Romario Shepherd, 1 run, pitched up ball, driven hard and along the ground to long-off

Avesh Khan to Romario Shepherd, SIX, pace off and on a length, Shepherd spots it and swings mightily to clobber it over long-on

Avesh Khan to Tim David, 1 run, very full outside off, driven hard to the left of the bowler. A single to long-off

Avesh Khan to Romario Shepherd, 1 run, steered to third man

Avesh Khan to Romario Shepherd, no run, Shepherd pushes it to the right of backward point and there's a slight mix-up between the batters. Samad runs in and fails to collect the ball cleanly

Avesh Khan to Romario Shepherd, no run, pushed towards cover

Avesh Khan [3.0-0-14-2] is back into the attack

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Tim David, FOUR, cut hard through point as the line is wide of off. Linde slides to his left in the deep but makes a mess of it. LSG have been sloppy

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Tim David, 2 runs, that sums up LSG's day! Digvesh Rathi shortens his length. David rocks back to muscle it over midwicket and gets more height than distance as it comes off the bottom part of the bat. Samad runs to his left from deep midwicket and takes a good catch but while trying to flick it towards the converging fielder (Markram), he ends up lobbing it over the latter's head. Oh dear!

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Tim David, SIX, 89.8kph, Rathi overpitches outside off, David leans across and slices the loft over wide long-off

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Tim David, no run, 90.7kph, full and drifting in towards leg, David flicks and misses. Something seems to have distracted David there

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Tim David, no run, full on drifting towards the pads, David pushes it to midwicket

The two batters have a small chat

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Romario Shepherd, 1 run, googly with a slip in place, Shepherd stays back to push it through cover

Prince Yadav to Tim David, no run, 137kph, low full toss, push-driven to cover

Prince Yadav to Romario Shepherd, 1 run, leg-lined short of length delivery, tucked to deep square leg

Will RCB continue to bat aggressively?

Romario Shepherd, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Prince Yadav to Jitesh Sharma, out Caught by Mukul Choudhary!! There's an appeal for caught behind, up goes the finger and Jitesh is walking. Seam-up delivery, decent bounce from a good length. Jitesh shapes to hoick it across the line after shuffling across and gets an audible outside edge. Easy grab for the keeper. Jitesh Sharma c Mukul Choudhary b Prince Yadav 23(9) [4s-2 6s-2]

Prince Yadav to Jitesh Sharma, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Prince Yadav to Tim David, 1 run, fuller than a length, hardly any feet movement from Tim David who drives and inside-edges to mid-on

Tim David, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Prince Yadav to Rajat Patidar, out Caught by Digvesh Singh Rathi!! In the air and taken! The length isn't as full as the previous one. Rajat Patidar wants to loft another one downtown. Loses his shape in the process and hits it a long way up in the air. Rathi moves to his right from the mid-off region to take a safe catch. Patidar persishes in an attempt to finish the chase quickly. Rajat Patidar c Digvesh Singh Rathi b Prince Yadav 27(13) [4s-1 6s-3]

Prince Yadav to Rajat Patidar, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Prince Yadav to Rajat Patidar, SIX, 134.6kph, full on off, solid base, good swing of the bat and boom. Thumped over long-off. RCB are in a hurry

- 23 runs is the most conceded by Digvesh Rathi in an over in IPL

Prince Yadav [2.0-0-24-1] is back into the attack

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Jitesh Sharma, FOUR, Jitesh is toying with Rathi. 98.4kph, quicker one just outside off and that's enough for the wicketkeeper to put it away. Waits for it on the back foot to scythe it through point. 23 runs off the over

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Jitesh Sharma, SIX, 92.7kph, full and just outside off, Jitesh Sharma presses forward and swings hard to loft it inside-out over wide long-off. The man at long-off is a mere spectator

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Jitesh Sharma, FOUR, 94.6kph, Rathi pulls his length back. Jitesh Sharma sees that coming. Walks across, gets low and sweeps hard over square leg

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Jitesh Sharma, SIX, that's an incredible shot from Jitesh Sharma. 94.8kph, fullish ball, Jitesh clears his front leg, bends his back leg and swings hard to hammer it inside-out over deep extra cover

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Jitesh Sharma, 2 runs, 96.8kph, fraction short, punched to the right of deep cover off the back foot

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Rajat Patidar, 1 run, 94.6kph, flat ball just outside off, Patidar eases it to long-on off the back foot

Digvesh Singh Rathi [2.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack

Avesh Khan to Rajat Patidar, 1 run, in-slanting back of a length delivery, Patidar knocks it through wide mid-on and keeps the strike

Avesh Khan to Rajat Patidar, FOUR, streaky four! Avesh has a wry smile. Extra bounce on a short of length, Patidar slashes and the ball flies fine of the short third man fielder off a thick outside edge

Avesh Khan to Jitesh Sharma, 1 run, 131.2kph, back of a length outside off, Jitesh slashes uppishly for a single to sweeper cover

Avesh Khan to Jitesh Sharma, no run, 132.8kph, short of length delivery, tapped into the off-side

Avesh Khan runs in and doesn't deliver. Big roar from the crowd

Avesh Khan to Jitesh Sharma, no run, 134.6kph, back of a length, Jitesh Sharma pats it to point

A slip in place as Jitesh Sharma comes in at five

Jitesh Sharma, right handed bat, comes to the crease

- First time Virat Kohli dismissed for 49 in IPL

Avesh Khan to Virat Kohli, out Caught by Nicholas Pooran!! Second wicket for Avesh Khan. 133.1kph, fullish ball, Kohli tries to take the aerial route as he brings his bottom hand into play. Hits the inner part of the bat and hence the ball goes a lot straighter. Straight down long-on's throat. Kohli misses his fifty by one run. Replay shows that he may have checked his shot. Virat Kohli c Nicholas Pooran b Avesh Khan 49(34) [4s-6 6s-1]

Avesh Khan to Virat Kohli, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Avesh Khan [2.0-0-8-1] is back into the attack

George Linde to Virat Kohli, 1 run, Kohli rocks back and wristily whips it towards the non-striker and Patidar has little time to react. The skipper hops but it hits his legs. The batters can only take a single