Kolkata vs Bangalore Match Stats

Good length, around off, punched off the back foot by Kohli for a single at deep cover.

Around the stumps, length, around off, Devdutt tucks it across, along the ground, to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Tossed up, fuller and on off, Kohli sits on his knee and slogs it along the ground to deep mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! A timely wicket for KKR as the Impact Player of RCB, goes without much of an impact. Narine dishes a fuller-length delivery, on the stumps, Devdutt Padikkal charges down the track to clear the deep mid-wicket fence, but cannot quite get his bat properly under the ball and goes through the shot. Hits it flat in the air, off the toe end of the bat and finds Ramandeep Singh at deep mid-wicket, who doesn't have to move an inch to snaffle the catch.

Full on middle and leg, clipped to mid-wicket.

Floated fuller on middle, Rajat Patidar leans ahead and turns it away to deep mid-wicket for a single. The RCB skipper is off the mark.

Swing and a miss! Hits the deck hard, does Harshit, at 143.5 kph, Rajat Patidar misses to cut it square as the ball passes above his angled bat.

Back of a length, skidding through quickly off the surface, outside off, Rajat Patidar goes fishing at it and gets beaten on the outside edge.

Angling on the pads, on a length, Rajat Patidar clips it along the ground to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Fuller and on middle and leg, Rajat Patidar flicks it to widish long on to the right for a single.

FOUR! FIFTY FOR VIRAT KOHLI! His 56th fifty in the IPL for VK, along with 8 centuries! On a good length, just outside off, Virat Kohli places it through the cover gap, a bit uppishly for a boundary. Playing his 400th T20 game, Kohli has mounted another masterclass in this chase.

Back of a length, around off, Virat Kohli weighs on the back foot and taps it out to the cover region and steals a quick single to end the over.

Looped up, on middle on a length, Kohli nudges it to deep square leg for a single.

SIX! The skipper moves into his double figures with that mammoth hit! Right into the wheelhouse, on middle, Rajat Patidar slogs it powerfully behind long on for a huge six. A 91-meter hit into the stands.

Length-delivery, on the pads, worked across to deep square leg for a single.

On that in-between length, on the leg stump, Virat Kohli nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Short and on middle, Rajat Patidar swivels and pulls it along the ground to deep square leg. Another single.

Sliding on the leg stump, on a length, Virat Kohli waits for it on the back foot and tucks it to deep mid-wicket for an easy single. RCB need 37 off 36, just a tinge above run-a-ball.

Fuller and slower, outside off, Kohli tries to drag it to the leg side, but mistimes off the inside half of the bat, down to long on for a single. Grunts in frustration as he doesn't connect it well.

FOUR! Just over the fielder and finds the fence! On the hard length, at off, Rajat Patidar stays leg side of the ball, and chips it over the leaping Ajinkya Rahane at cover for a boundary.

FOUR! Helped away! A bit wayward from Harshit, on the pads, full in length, Rajat Patidar uses the pace of the ball and tickles it uppishly and to the right of short fine leg for a boundary. 28 needed off 33 now.

On top of middle on a length, Rajat Patidar gets inside the line and tucks it across to deep backward square leg. Runs the first one hard and scampers back for the second as Vaibhav Arora cuts it off to his right in the deep.

FOUR! Finds the gap again! Hard length outside off, Rajat Patidar stands tall and cuts it to the right of the sliding backward point fielder. Rinku Singh slides but the ball evades him and races away to the fence. Harshit Rana is not pleased by the effort by the looks on his face.

FOUR! Probably the shot of the inning! Patidar moves into his 30s! On that in-between length from Harshit, around off, Rajat Patidar cuts it a bit uppishly over backward point for a boundary. Royal Challengers Bengaluru need just 18 runs to win in 30 balls remaining.

On a length, on off, Kohli knocks it in front of mid off for a single.

FOUR! Up and away! Pace taken off, on a back of a length, at the hips, Patidar is slightly early into the shot and picks it up to the right of deep backward square leg for a boundary.

OUT! TAKEN! Rajat Patidar holes out in a bid to get the game done quickly! This is the leg-cutter from Arora, on a length, at the stumps, Rajat Patidar swings across the line. Gets it off the inner half of the bat and hits it straight down the throat of deep mid-wicket where Rinku Singh takes a safe catch around his waist. Rajat goes for a quickfire 34 off 16 balls with RCB 13 runs away from a win on the opening night.

FOUR! Cracked away! Arora bangs it into the deck, over middle, Liam Livingstone swivels and hammers the pull to the right of deep square leg for a one-bounce boundary.

Off-pace delivery and this stays a bit low, on the fuller side, Liam Livingstone has a heave across the line. Gets an under edge that dribbles behind to the keeper.

On a back of a length, on off, Liam stays on the back foot and cuts it to deep point for a single. 8 more needed for RCB.

SIX! All the way! Spencer Johnson begins from over the wicket and bowls a bumper, around off, Liam Livingstone walks across his stumps and swings for the pull. Gets more of a top edge as the ball gets big on him. It sails well over deep fine leg for a six.

FOUR! And that's that! Royal Challengers Bengaluru are up and running in the 2025 IPL! Angling across the right-hander, on the fuller side, Liam Livingstone stays deep in the crease and swats it to the right of mid on for a boundary to seal the deal.