Punjab vs Bangalore Match Stats

Full and on off, Phil Salt drives it firmly towards cover.

An absolute beauty! On a nagging length, angling in and then nipping away, Phil Salt is opened up in his defence and the ball goes past the outside edge.

FOUR Smashed! Width offered on off, on a good length, Salt frees his arms and thrashes it past cover for a boundary.

Slight hesitation but no harm done! Lands it on a back of a length, outside off, Phil Salt chops it down off an inside edge and it sneaks past the stumps. The batters think about a single but decide against it.

On a back of a length, on off, Phil Salt waits on it and steers it with an open bat face to the left of backward point for a brace.

FOUR! Threads it through! This is on a short of a length, on off, Phil Salt waits back and opens the bat face to glide it between backward point and short third for a boundary.

FOUR! Mayank Agarwal finally gets off the mark with a nice shot! Kyle Jamieson lands this on a good length, on middle, angling in. Mayank shimmies down the track to cut the swing and pats it down the ground. He times it well as the ball races past mid on for a boundary.

Uppish but safe! Fuller one and on the pads, Mayank Agarwal whips it away just on the bounce to deep square leg for a single.

Streaky! Good length and around off, shapes away, Phil Salt throws his bat at it but gets an outside edge wide of third man. Arshdeep Singh dives to his right to make a good stop. Two runs taken.

FOUR! 50 up for RCB now! Kyle Jamieson goes a bit too full this time, on off. Phil Salt pounces on that one and crunches it through covers for a boundary.

FOUR! Easy pickings! Bangs this one short and on middle, sits up nicely for the batter. Phil Salt gets on top of it and heaves it over mid-wicket for another boundary.

SIX! BANG! 21 runs off this over! Pitched up and outside off. Phil Salt extends his arms to get underneath it and carves it over the deep extra cover fence for a biggie. Royal Challengers Bengaluru are 61/1 at the end of the Powerplay!

Floated, short and on middle, Mayank Agarwal sits down on a knee and pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

SIX! BOOM! There is no stopping Salt now! Harpreet Brar drops it short again and on middle and leg. Phil Salt clears his front leg away and absolutely smashes it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie. The question is how far he has hit that - 94 METERS!

Flighted, full and on off, Phil Salt drives it through covers for a run.

Tossed up, full and on off, Mayank Agarwal pushes it towards short covers where the fielder dives to his left but parries it to long off. They cross.

Slows it up, short and on off, Phil Salt backs away and punches it through covers for one. He moves to 48 now!

Looped up, full and around off, Mayank Agarwal drills it through cover-point for one more. 11 runs off the over, 32 from the last two! Royal Challengers Bengaluru need 30 more runs to make it to the final.

Tossed up, full and on leg, Mayank Agarwal clips it through mid-wicket for a single.

Tossed up nicely, full and on leg, Phil Salt drills it to long on for a run.

SIX! That is a lovely stroke! Flighted, full and around middle. Mayank Agarwal backs away a bit, reaches out for it, and tonks it over the bowler's head for a biggie.

FOUR! RCB are in a hurry now! Looped up, full and on off, Mayank Agarwal leans on and creams it through extra covers. Nehal Wadhera runs to his right and tries to stop it with his right boot, but it just trickles onto the fence for a boundary. Just 18 runs needed now!

OUT! TAKEN! Musheer Khan gets a wicket! Something to smile about for PBKS! This is fired in full and down the leg side. Mayank Agarwal is out of his crease and looks to flick but misses as the ball passes very close to his bat. It deflects off the keeper's glove and loops up as Shreyas Iyer from first slip moves forward and takes the catch. There is a shout for dismissal. The two umpires get together and send it upstairs. UltraEdge shows a clear spike when the ball passes the toe-end of the bat, and the replay shows that the ball has not pitched after hitting the bat. The catch is also clean, and Agarwal has to walk back here.

Flatter, full and on leg, Rajat Patidar works it through square leg for one.

Short and on middle, Rajat Patidar nudges it through mid-wicket for a run.

FIFTY FOR SALT! His fourth of the season, and the fastest ever for him in the IPL, as he gets to this in just 23 balls. Flighted, full and around off, Phil Salt pushes it through covers for a single.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Rajat Patidar knocks it down the pitch.

Floated, full and on off, Rajat Patidar eases it to long off for another run.

FOUR! Put away! Quicker, short and outside off, Phil Salt gets the chance to free his arms and cuts it away nicely through point for a boundary. RCB are just 10 runs away from the final now!

Slower through the air, full and on off, Phil Salt taps it to covers.

Tossed up, full and on off, Rajat Patidar knocks it towards long off for a single.

Goes short and around off, Phil Salt punches it through covers for a run.

FOUR! Fine shot! Flighted, full and on middle and off. Rajat Patidar goes inside out and smacks it away wide of long off for a boundary.

Quicker, full and on middle, Rajat Patidar drills it to long off for one.

Loops it up, full and on leg, Phil Salt tucks it through mid-wicket for one more. 100 up for RCB and they just need 2 more runs to win.

SIX! SMOKED! Rajat Patidar finishes things off in style! Musheer Khan gives this one some more flight, full and on leg. Patidar opens up his body and bludgeons it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie. RCB WIN BY 8 WICKETS AND MARCH INTO THE FINAL!