RR vs RCB Ball by Ball Commentary

FOUR! RCB WIN BY 9 WICKETS WITH 15 BALLS TO SPARE! That has been a pretty one-sided win for them. On a good length and outside off, Devdutt Padikkal stands tall and cuts it. He finds the gap through point for a boundary to seal the match.

In the air... but falls just ahead of Yashasvi Jaiswal. Back of a length and outside off, with pace taken off. Virat Kohli looks to cut it but gets a bit of top edge that goes to deep cover. Jaiswal runs in forward and puts in a dive to catch it, but the ball just lands ahead of him, and the batters run for a single.

Short of a length and around off, Kohli pulls it out to deep mid-wicket and picks up two runs there.

Back of a length and around middle, Virat Kohli presses back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. RCB need just 6 runs now.

Short and around middle, Devdutt Padikkal makes room and slices it to deep backward point for a single.

That's nasty from Jofra Archer! A bouncer and angling into the body at almost 141 clicks. Devdutt Padikkal tries to cut it at first but then decides to duck it but gets a bit late there. The ball is too quick for him to handle, and he falls down in the process.

FOUR! THRASHED! Fuller and on the pads, Devdutt Padikkal lunges and flicks it aerially over the mid-wicket fielder for a boundary.

A full toss and outside off, Devdutt Padikkal misses it and the ball goes to the keeper.

A bumper and wide outside off, goes above the head of the batter. Called a wide but Jofra Archer has also overstepped here and it is now a No Ball. A free hit is coming up.

A yorker and on the pads, Devdutt Padikkal leans on and flicks it to deep square leg for a couple of runs.

DROPPED AGAIN! Short of a length and outside off, Devdutt Padikkal hops up and cuts it off late to guide it towards third man. Maheesh Theekshana runs in forward and puts in a dive to catch it but spills out in the end and the batters take a single. RCB need 15 now.

Back of a length and outside off, Devdutt Padikkal looks to pull it but misses this time.

On a good length and outside off, Devdutt Padikkal lofts it inside out over cover but mistimes it. The ball lands in front of incoming deep cover fielder and they take two runs.

SIX! CRACKING SHOT! A bouncer from Tushar and on the right shoulder of the batter, around leg. Devdutt Padikkal swivels, and helps on its way to deep fine leg for a biggie.

Nagging length and outside off, Devdutt Padikkal pats it down to backward point.

FOUR! DRILLED! Full and outside off, just a nothing ball, Devdutt Padikkal stants tall and drives it on the up through covers for a boundary.

FOUR! Into the gap! Dragged back and around middle, Virat Kohli quickly moves on the back foot and smashes it to the deep square leg fence for a boundary.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Virat Kohli taps it to the off side.

Short and on leg, Virat Kohli flicks it towards deep square leg for a brace.

SIX! KOHLI GETS TO HIS FIFTY WITH A BANG! This is his 100TH half-century in T20s, and once again he shows why he is one of the best. Tossed up, full and on middle, Virat Kohli skips down the track and smokes it over the long on fence for a biggie.

Floated, full and on leg, Devdutt Padikkal stays back and clips it through square leg for a run.

Short and on middle, Virat Kohli heaves it on the bounce to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Shortish and on off, Virat Kohli forces it to long off for one more.

Slows it up, full and on off, Virat Kohli knocks it back to the bowler.

Flatter, full and on leg, Devdutt Padikkal glances it to short fine for a quick one.

Floated, full and on off, Virat Kohli pushes it through covers for a run.

FOUR! VK is shifting gears now! Maheesh Theekshana drags his length back, on middle. Virat Kohli rocks back and smacks it over mid-wicket for a boundary.

Short and on leg, Devdutt Padikkal nudges it through square leg for a single.

SIX! Just over! Flighted, full and on middle. Virat Kohli gets underneath the ball and tonks it towards the long on fence. The fielder thinks he is in the game but only to watch it sail over his head for a biggie. RCB need 50 runs in 42 balls now.

Short again, on middle and off, Devdutt Padikkal steers it to short third for a run.

Goes short and outside off, Devdutt Padikkal cuts it straight to point.

Tossed up, full and on off, Devdutt Padikkal pushes it to short covers.

Floated, full and on off, Virat Kohli lofts it wide of long off for a single.

Short and around off, Virat Kohli stabs it to short covers.

FOUR! Put away! Quicker one, full but down the leg side again, Devdutt Padikkal just helps it on its way to the fine leg fence for an easy boundary.

Drags his length back, on off, Virat Kohli punches it through covers for one.

Fires one full but down the leg side, Devdutt Padikkal leaves it alone. Sanju Samson fails to collect it cleanly, moving to his right. A bye is taken and it is called a wide.

Flighted, full and on middle, Virat Kohli turns it to square leg for another run.

Short again and on midde, Devdutt Padikkal pulls it to deep square leg for a run.

Floated, short and on off, turns away, Devdutt Padikkal pats it to the left of the bowler.

Short and on middle, Virat Kohli nudges it through mid-wicket for a single.

Pitches it up, on off, Virat Kohli drills it to mid off and scampers across for one. Riyan Parag has a shy at the batter's end where Padikkal was struggling.

Good stop! Hits the length hard, on off, Virat Kohli punches it wide of short covers. Dhruv Jurel dives to his left to make a fine stop.

Hard length and on middle, Devdutt Padikkal steers it to third man for a run.

On a length and on middle, Devdutt Padikkal knocks it towards mid on.

Fuller again but angling down the leg side, Devdutt Padikkal fails to flick it away. Wided again.

Close! Short of a length and on off, angling in, Devdutt Padikkal looks to guide it away but chops it down just over the stumps.

Back of a length and on off, Virat Kohli runs it down to third man for a run.

Goes fuller but down the leg side, Virat Kohli leaves it alone. Wided.

Slightly shorter and on the pads, worked away off the back foot and behind square leg for a single.

Flatter one at the stumps, tucked away to the leg side for another dot.

On a nagging length and at the stumps, straightening down the line and staying low, Kohli presses back to keep it out.

Flighted up on the pads, Padikkal looks to turn it to the leg side but gets a leading edge through the vacant short extra cover region and picks up a single. 100 up for RCB!

FOUR! Padikkal gets into the act now. Flighted ball, full and around off, Padikkal leans on and plays a wristy drive past the short cover fielder and also beats the chasing fielder at long off to his right for a boundary.

On a dragged length, drifted into the pads, Kohli presses back and nudges it away through the on side for one.

Length ball around off, Kohli shows the full face of the bat and punches it through mid off for another single.

On the shorter side and at the body, pulled away down to deep backward square leg for a run.

OUT! CAUGHT! The Impact sub does get the breakthrough for RR, but is it too late already? Kumar Kartikeya with another shortish delivery, this time the line is pretty straight, and it is a bit quicker as well. Phil Salt tries to get inside the line and pull but ends up mistiming it aerially towards deep mid-wicket. Yashasvi Jaiswal takes a simple catch inside the ropes, and Salt has to depart after a fiery 65 (33), and RCB are 92/1 in 8.4 overs!

SIX! Phil Salt is just hitting flat sixes now. Short ball around off, sitting up for the batter, Salt swivels on his toes and swats it flat over cow corner for another biggie.

Flighted ball, relatively full and outside off, Kohli fetches the sweep and hits it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

TWO WIDES! Flatter one, darted well across the off stump for a wide and missed by the keeper as well. The batters sneak in an extra single.

Quicker one, on a good length and on leg, Salt hits it away across to wide deep mid-wicket for a single.

Nagging length, floated up a bit and at the batter, Salt fails to get it away.

SIX! As flat a six you'll see! Dragged down around middle, Phil Salt rocks back and smashes it away wide of deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

Floated up, full and outside off, Kohli leans on and strokes it down to long off for one more.

Full again and around off, driven away down to long off for a single by Salt.

FOUR! Lovely shot to bring up the FIFTY from Phil Salt, his 2nd of this season and 8th overall in the IPL. Tossed up, quite full and just around off, Salt stays back and just powers it along the turf and wide enough of long off for a boundary.

Begins with a flatter one, attacking the stumps, Salt punches it back to the bowler.

Tidy start from the RR Impact sub, just 5 off it. Floated, full and on middle, Kohli drives it back to the bowler.

On the pads, Kohli leans on and just nudges it away through the gap at square leg and picks up a couple of easy runs.

Flatter one at the stumps, swatted away through mid-wicket for a run by Salt.

Oh, how has that missed the stumps? Tosses this one right up on the off stump, Phil Salt sits down for the slog sweep but is beaten in flight, and the ball just bounces inches over the off stump.

Very full, in fact, a full toss on off, Kohli only manages to hit it down to long off for another single.

Quick and full on middle, Salt shows the full face of the bat and punches it down to long off for one.

Drags the length back and bowls it short, Salt comes forward and pulls it to deep square leg for a single to end the Powerplay. RCB flying at 65/0!

FOUR! Easy pickings! A juicy full toss, floated down leg, Phil Salt picks it up and flicks it past short fine leg for a boundary. 14 off the over with a ball to go.

Floated up on a length and at the stumps, Kohli advances and pushes it away to long on for a run.

DROPPED AGAIN! Full and straight this time from Sandeep, Phil Salt steps out again and backs away before hammering it to the right of the cover fielder. Yashasvi Jaiswal there dives low to his right and spills it. The batters try to scamper through for a single and the direct hit is just missed as well as the bowler's end. RCB living on the edge and getting away with it.

SIX! Down the track and outta here! Length again, on middle and leg, Phil Salt steps out and stays leg side of the ball before smashing it over wide long off for a biggie.

Good-length delivery on off, Kohli punches it down to long on and picks up a single.

WIDE! Full and trying to angle it into the pads but spills it down the leg side for a wide.

Short and around middle, Kohli pushes it to long on for a single. 50 up for RCB!

A low full toss, and quicker, into the pads, Salt flicks it to wide long on for a single.

Nagging length and touch outside off, Salt cuts it but straight to cover point.

SIX! WHACKED! Maheesh bowls it shorter again and around off, Phil Salt has enough time to go back and muscles it over wide long on for a biggie.

FOUR! PUNISHED! Sprays it on the pads and shorter in length, Phil Salt swings it across and gets it past the backward square leg fielder for a boundary.

Drops it short and over middle, Kohli goes back and knocks it down to long on for a single.

Nagging length and around off, Salt drives it to cover for no run.

DROPPED AGAIN! A pretty tough chance again but Sandeep Sharma drops it! Full and around middle, Phil Salt looks to drill it down the ground but gets a top edge that goes back to the bowler. Sandeep extend his right arm but the ball doesn't stick to it and goes towards mid off.

Hard length and around middle, with pace taken off, Salt manages to nudge it to mid on.

On a good length and around middle, Kohli flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! GORGEOUS! Slightly fuller and outside off, Virat Kohli gets width to free his arms and he drives it on the up. The ball goes in the gap through covers and Jaiswal chases it but fails to stop it over going to the boundary.

DROPPED! Sandeep bowls it fuller and around middle, Virat Kohli uses his feet and looks to take him on. He lofts it down the ground but mistimes it highly. The ball goes high in the air over the bowler's head, and Riyan Parag chases it down from mid on and looks to catch it but spills it out in the end. Sandeep could have had Kohli for the 8th time, but instead, the batters got two runs. How costly will it prove for RR?

On a good length and around off, Kohli comes forward and drives it towards mid off for a quick single. 12 off the over.

Nagging length and around off, Virat stands tall and pulls it but straight to square leg.

Archer corrects his length and goes fuller, well outside off, Salt reaches out and slices it to deep cover for a single.

SIX! THRASHED! Back of a length and around off, Phil Salt shuffles across again and pulls it. He connects it well now and gets it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie.

DROPPED AND FOUR! Archer bowls it into the pitch, on a length and around off, Phil Salt moves across a bit and pulls it. He hits it flat towards deep mid-wicket. Shimron Hetmyer runs in to his left from deep square leg and gets his left hand on it on the dive but the ball goes through his hands for a boundary.

A low full toss, outside off, Phil Salt moves across and tries to access the shorter leg side. He only manages to mishit it off the cue end of the bat to mid on.

FOUR! PURE TIMING! Sprays it on the pads again and on a fuller length, Virat Kohli comes forward and picks it up. He flicks it over the mid-wicket fielder for a boundary.

Full and around middle, seaming in with an angle, Phil Salt looks to drive it down the ground but gets a thick inside edge that goes between his legs to square leg. They get a single.

Tushar drags his length back as he sees the batter charging him down and keeps it outside off. Virat Kohli looks to punch it to the off side but gets a thick inside edge onto the pads. They run for a quick single as the ball rolls away towards cover.

Goes fuller but on the pads again, Virat Kohli takes a few steps forward and misses his flick shot. The ball clips his front pad on its way to the keeper.

On a length and around middle, Salt flicks it to deep square leg for a single.

Hard length and outside off, Kohli rides the bounce and punches it through covers for a single to get off the mark.

A massive appeal for LBW but is turned down by the umpire and RR aren't go upstairs either! Slighytly fuller and around off, seaming in with pace on, Phil Salt moves across a bit and looks to flick it but misses and gets hit on the front pad.

Back of a length and around middle, swings back in, Phil Salt looks to pull it but misses and gets hit on the thigh pad.

SIX! Not very convincing but Phil Salt won't mind it all! A bounce from Archer and around off, Phil Salt shuffles across and looks to take it on. It gets big on him and he gets a bit of top edge that files over the keeper behind the wicket wide of deep fine leg for a biggie.

On a good length and around off, swings back in, Salt manages to drop it down to mid-wicket.

This is some bowling! Archer bowls it slightly short and angling into the body of the batter, around leg, seaming in, Phil Salt throws his hand at it as the ball nips back in sharply. He misses and the ball hits him on the box.

FOUR! Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Phil Salt are underway straightaway in a streaky fashion! Jofra bowls it on a hard length and around middle, nips back in, Phil Salt looks to defend it but gets a big inside edge. The ball goes and beats the diving keeper to his left for a boundary.