9.5 OUT! PLAYED ON! Massive, massive wicket for the Royal Challengers. Krunal outshines Marsh with his bag of tricks. It is a round arm delivery, fired on a lower trajectory from around the stump. It lands on a length and skids through the surface, hurrying Marsh into the shot. Mitchell tries to force it to the off side, but chops it back onto the stumps behind. RCB are joyous and Lucknow Super Giants go further down in the hole and are 71/3. 71/3

4 OUT! CAUGHT! Oh, that's something we don't see often. Rasikh Salam breaks the opening stand and RCB have their first wicket. Rasikh looks to go full and at the toes but ends up serving a low full toss on the pads. Aiden Markram looks to flick it over the leg side but closes the bat face early and skews the ball off the leading edge onto the other side. The ball lobs towards extra cover, where Devdutt Padikkal takes a simple catch and Markram is unhappy with the way he's got out here. 32/1

16.5 OUT! CAUGHT! Salt adds another phenomenal catch to his name and Pant's painful stay comes to an end. Full toss, dipping, around knee height, angling across from off stump. Pant bends low and goes hard across the line, whipping through aerially into the leg side. It flies off the bat but gets no distance, dipping quickly as Salt charges in and across to his left from deep mid-wicket. He flings himself forward, gets his hands in the perfect position and takes a terrific low catch inches off the ground. Lucknow Super Giants are 124/6. 124/6

6.1 OUT! CHOPPED ON! Living on a length, they say and Hazlewood doesn't break a sweat. Hoff slams the deck hard at 140.6 kph, and angles the ball across the batter. Nicholas Pooran shapes up to play the pull shot, across the line, but ends up getting a massive inside edge and the ball crashes into the stumps behind. Wicket number 2 for Hazlewood. Nicholas Pooran is absolutely livid with himself as he departs. Lucknow Super Giants are 35/2, virtually three down now. 35/2

15.5 OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! An important wicket for RCB given how Badoni was batting. Salam continues to take pace off from the ball and keeps banging in short, on off. Ayush Badoni climbs on the imaginary ladder, in an attempt to ramp it over the short third fielder, but he has to generate his own power to do so. But only manages a thick outside edge behind. Jitesh Sharma leaps to his right and takes a good catch. Badoni looks at the heavens in disappointment, but a fine knock in adversity from him. LSG are 118/5. 118/5

11.2 OUT! CAUGHT! Just like Pooran, Abdul Samad's meek run continues as well. Crafty bowling from Krunal Pandya and according to Pommie Mbangwa on air, it's Krunal's 100th IPL wicket. Pandya slows it up again and drifts the ball full, down leg. Samad looks to just clip it away but the ball sticks in the pitch, takes the leading edge and lobs to short extra cover. The RCB skipper Rajat Patidar takes the dolly and LSG are now 4 down for 83. 83/4

19.2 OUT! BOWLED! Salam gets his third and wins the duel against Mukul Choudhary. Clever variation, shifting both pace and trajectory. He goes full and brings it back into the pads. Mukul walks forward and looks to manufacture a wristy flick, but misjudges it completely. Swings across the line, misses, and the ball slips through the pads to crash into the leg stump. Lucknow Super Giants are 145/9 down. 145/9

18.3 OUT! STRAIGHT UP AND TAKEN​​! Tim David has made it look so easy. At 126.9 kph. Slower delivery, wide outside the off stump, on a back of a length. Linde throws his hands at it without any footwork. He slices it off the bottom edge over backward point. David, at deep third, runs over his left shoulder to his left and completes a magnificent running catch. Keeps his eyes on the ball and makes it look effortless. Lucknow Super Giants are 137/7 down now, losing their Impact Sub. 137/7

18.4 OUT! FLATTENS THE STICKS! Two in two for Bhuvi and he is on a hat trick. A pinpoint yorker, aimed at the sticks, right at the base of the off and middle poles. Mohammad Shami clears the front leg to hit it across, but his bat comes down after the ball passes him and he hears the death rattle behind him. Shami comes and Shami goes. 137/8

20 OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! A yorker and straight on the off stump. Avesh shuffles across, moving away to the off side to scoop it over short fine leg, but fails to connect. Misses to put the bat on the ball and sees his off stump go for a walk. Despite falling on his follow-through, Salam collects himself to celebrate his four-wicket haul. LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS ARE BOWLED OUT ON 146! 146/10

1.4 OUT! BOWLED'EM! Prince Yadav continues to impress this season and knocks Salt's off pole. Hits the deck hard, around off and it skids through the surface, nipping in a touch too. Salt is rushed on the back foot, trying to play the pull shot but misses it behind, and the off pole goes cartwheeling. RCB are 9/1, chasing a target of 147 runs. 9/1

10.1 OUT! TAKEN EASILY! Kohli departs two short of his half century. Nonetheless, a well-compiled knock. Full length around the fourth stump at 133.1 kph, shaping back in a touch. Kohli leans into it, looking to loft it straight over the bowler, but the bat turns in his hands and he miscues it off the inner half. In fact, Kohli didn't complete his follow-through after hitting the shot. The ball goes high towards long on, where Pooran settles under it and completes a safe catch. Avesh has two to his name. Royal Challengers Bengaluru are 86/3, chasing 147 runs. 86/3

7.2 OUT! CAUGHT! A well-directed short ball from Avesh Khan and the 57-run stand is broken. Avesh comes around the wicket and hammers the shorter length, angling the ball into the body of the batter. Devdutt Padikkal tries to rock back and pull but the ball gets big on him and he forces the pull shot aerially over square leg. The ball goes straight to the substitute fielder, Himmat Singh, at deep square leg, and he makes no mistake. 81 more needed off 76 balls. 66/2

12.2 OUT! STRAIGHT UP THE CHIMNEY AND TAKEN! An enterprising knock from Patidar comes to an end. Spears it full and on the stumps, does Prince. Rajat Patidar clears the front leg and looks to dump it behind deep mid-wicket, but only manages to get a thick top edge. The ball spoons high up in the night sky and swirls while descending. Digvesh Singh calls for his catch, moves to his right from cover and settles under it to take a fine catch. Royal Challengers Bengaluru are 121/4, needing only 26 runs from 46 balls. 121/4

12.4 OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Double strike by Prince as Jitesh bites the dust. Is there any twist left? Back of a length on a fourth stump line, jagging back in. Jitesh gets half forward and swings hard to go big down the ground, but only manages a faint outside edge. Mukul Choudhary gathers it safely in his gloves, goes up in an appeal instantly, joined by Prince Yadav, and the umpire raises the finger. RCB are 122/5, chasing 147. 122/5