RCB vs GT Highlights, IPL 2023: Gill's 104* knocks out Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kohli's 101* goes in vain

Toss has been scheduled for 7:45 PM IST, and match will start at 8:00 PM IST.

The covers are off and the players are back to the field to warm-up.

MI defeated SRH by eight wickets in today's first fixture and are now fourth in the standings, sending RCB to fifth. RCB need a win to overtake MI due to a better net run rate. MI have 16 points in 14 games and RCB have 14 in 13 fixtures.

The clouds are clearing and even if there is a little bit of drizzle, the match will be delayed but it should take place!

Toss, which was scheduled for 7:00 PM IST, has been delayed due to rain.

The drizzle has almost stopped and the match could happen after all!

Toss is scheduled for 7:00 PM IST and hopefully the rain stops and the pitch is prepared by then!

Du Plessis and Maxwell share 567 partnership runs this season, and it includes four century stands.

It is raining in Bengaluru as RCB's playoff hopes are slowly vanishing!

Hasaranga missed some games due to an injury but is available vs GT. Bad news for Bracewell?

Hazlewood won't feature vs GT after a recurrence of his heel injury!

RCB are currently fourth in the standings with 14 points in 13 games, packed with seven wins and six defeats. Meanwhile, GT are on top of the table with 18 points in 13 games, including nine wins and four losses. GT have already qualified.

Kohli has been in fiery form this season and has also bagged a century. He averages 56.26 and has struck 137.86 in T20 cricket since his return from a break after the Asia Cup.

Five-over IPL matches can begin as late as 11-11:30 PM IST, so we could still see some cricket if rain plays spoilsport.

Both sides have faced each other twice in IPL history and have won a match each.

Ahead of the match, RCB's Director of Cricket Operations Hesson hailed Bracewell.

"He's very much a genuine all-rounder. That's the flexibility Michael Bracewell provides the squad. We know he can bat anywhere from No.3 to 7 depending on what's required. He spent a lot of his early career at the top of the order, so we know he's got that capability. At the moment he's playing the finishing role for New Zealand internationally. So he's got that ability. So depending on the opposition, depending on whether we think if it'll swing or spin it gives us that flexibility. From our bowling point of view, he also can bowl in the PowerPlay. To have an off-spinner who is very confident in the PowerPlay, he's obviously taken wickets for us there as well. It gives us not only depth of batting but also depth of power towards the backend as well", he said.

If the RCB vs GT match gets washed out, then both teams will receive a point each and Faf du Plessis and Co. will finish the league phase with 15 points instead of 16. A point will mean that RCB will need to depend on other results for playoff qualification. They will require KKR to beat LSG within 17 overs or need SRH to defeat MI.

According to Accuweather, the weather will be mostly cloudy in Bengaluru. There could also be a thunderstorm or two and the temperature is expected to be around 23 degrees Celsius.

RCB: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Michael Bracewell, Anuj Rawat(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Dinesh Karthik, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Himanshu Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Kedar Jadhav, Siddarth Kaul, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav

GT: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Dasun Shanaka, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Yash Dayal, Srikar Bharat, Vijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Shivam Mavi, Matthew Wade, Alzarri Joseph, Abhinav Manohar, Odean Smith, Jayant Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan, Urvil Patel

Hello and good afternoon everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of today's second IPL 2023 match as RCB take on GT in Bengaluru. Stay tuned folks!