RCB vs KKR Highlights IPL 2019: Andre Russell Hands Royal Challengers Bangalore 5th Consecutive Defeat

That's it! Shubman Gill hits the winning runs but it is Andre Russell who has helped knight Riders chase down 206 runs. unbeaten 48 off 13 balls for Russell and that is a match-winning knock. As good as any century! KKR now move to second on the IPL 2019 points table. 

What a batting by Andre Russell. He smashes Tim Southee for four sixes and a four in this over. 29 runs in this over. KKR need one run from last over.

Expensive over this for RCB. 23 runs come from this over. It is down to two overs now and Knight Riders need 30 runs to win.  Andre Russell holds the key.

OUT! RCB chipping away with wickets here! The asking rate is climbing up for Knight Riders. Dinesh Karthik is the latest to be dismissed, he is caught bear the boundary. D Karthik c Chahal b Navdeep Saini 19(15) 

OUT! Nitish Rana departs. He is caught near the sweeper cover. The left-hander was looking to go big against Yuzvendra Chahal, but perishes in the process. Nitish Rana c (sub)Klaasen b Chahal 37(23)

Good over this for Knight Riders, Pawan Negi concedes 14 runs from this over. KKR now needs 72 more runs to win from 30 balls. Nitish Rana and Dinesh Karthik are in the middle.

Runs have dried up somewhat for Knight Riders. The equation now needs 86 more runs to win off 36 balls. The required run-rate is slightly over 14 runs per over.

OUT! Another wicket for Pawan Negi. He is turning it on for RCB. Chris Lynn misses the line and is bowled. Negi is jubilant and so is Virat Kohli. Chris Lynn b Negi 43(31)

OUT! Pawan Negi strikes! Robin Uthappa holes out to the long-off fielder. He was looking to chip it for single, ends up over hitting it and straight in the hands of a fielder. Uthappa c Southee b Negi 33(25)

Knight Riders are scoring at a run-rate of over ten runs per over.  Chris Lynn and Robin Uthappa have thus far added 64 runs for the second wicket. KKR well on course so far. 

End of Powerplay overs. Knight Riders have made a good start despite losing Sunil Narine. KKR now needs 147 more runs to win from 84 balls, that's a required rate of 10.50.

Robin Uthappa is the new batsman. Kolkata Knight Riders need a big partnership here. Meanwhile, fifty up for KKR. Chris Lynn holds  key in this chase for KKR as he has started on a positive note.

OUT! Sunil Narine departs! Navdeep Saini gets the wicket. Narine was looking to smash it over fine leg fielder, but he finds Pawan Negi there. Narine c Negi b Navdeep Saini 10(8)

What a start for Knight Riders. Tim Southee concedes 17 runs in the opening over. Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn are the KKR openers. It is a good start in this tall chase for KKR.

What a finish for RCB this! 18 runs from the last over. It is a good total but Knight Riders have the ability to chase this down on this pitch. Will be interesting to see how second innings pans out.

OUT! BIG wicket this for Knight Riders. AB de Villiers holes out at long-off. End of a fine knock by ABD. He was looking to clear the long-off but finds the fielder there. AB de Villiers c Shubman Gill b Narine 63(32)

OUT! BIG wicket this for Knight Riders. Virat Kohli hits it back to the bowler and Kuldeep Yadav takes a fine catch. This could hurt RCB who were going along nicely. V Kohli c and b Kuldeep Yadav 84(49)

The partnership between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers is now worth 108 runs off 55 balls. Meanwhile, Kohli is nearing towards his century. He smashed Lockie Ferguson for a six and a four and he ends up conceding 19 runs from this over.

That's 30th IPL half-century up for AB de Villiers. 50 off 28 balls for the right-hander. Another productive over for RCB, Prasidh Krishna gives away 11 runs in this over. 

Another big over for RCB. Nitish Rana concedes 18 runs! Poor captaincy this by Dinesh Karthik to give Nitish Rana an over here.  Five overs remaining can RCB go past 200-run mark here?