RR vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2019: Shreyas Gopal triple-strike jolts Royal Challengers Bangalore

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Overs 13.4: FIFTY for Parthiv Patel in 29 balls, one six and seven fours. RCB 97/3

Overs 13: RCB 92/3
12 RUNS! Parthiv Patel (48*) smashed Ben Stokes for a six and a four off consecutive balls in the over.

Overs 12: RCB 80/3
Stuart Binny started with a tidy over, gave away six runs in his first over of the season.

Overs 11: RCB 74/3
Not only Shreyas Gopal is taking wickets, he is bowling tidy overs of the home side. After bowling wicket-maiden, he came up with one run and a wicket in his third over.

Overs 10.1: OUT! Third wicket for Gopal, Shimron Hetmyer gone for 1. RCB 73/3
Shreyas Gopal is truly on fire, three big wickets so far.

Overs 10: RCB 73/2
Krishnappa Gowtham bowled another tidy over, just two singles in it, to complete his quota of overs. His figures: 4-0-19-0

Overs 9: RCB 71/2
WHAT AN OVER! Shreyas Gopal bowled a rare wicket-maiden to put a break on the RCB run charge.

Overs 8.3: OUT! Gopal strikes again, scalps de Villiers. RCB 71/2; Time for first strategic time-out
Another massive wicket for Royals. Shreyas Gopal on a roll, dismissed AB de Villiers for his second wicket. De Villiers scored 13 off 9 balls with the help of two boundaries.

Overs 8: RCB 71/1
16 RUNS! Big over for the visitors. Parthiv Patel (32*) started and ended the Varun Aaron over with a four, with AB de Villiers (13*) hitting a boundary of his own in the over.

Overs 7: RCB 55/1
Successful start by Shreyas Gopal, a big wicket and sevens runs came off it.

* 50 comes up for RCB in 6.4 overs

Buttler looks on as Kohli is dismissed by Gopal. (AFP Photo)

Overs 6.3: OUT! Gopal cleans up Kohli for 23. RCB 49/1
Massive breakthrough for Royals. Shreyas Gopal got better of RCB skipper Virat Kohli. Kohli scored a sedate 23 off 25 balls, which included three boundaries.

Overs 6: RCB 48/0
End of Powerplay overs. Another tidy over from K Gowtham, gave away just five singles in it.

Overs 5: RCB 43/0
14 RUNS! Big over for RCB. Parthiv Patel (19*) smacked Jofra Archer for three boundaries in the over, including back-to-back fours. The visitors are on the move early in the contest.

Overs 4: RCB 29/0
Virat Kohli (21*) and Parthiv Patel (6*) hit a four each off Dhawal Kulkarni in the over.

Overs 3: RCB 20/0
Good comeback from Krishnappa Gowtham, after conceding 10 in his first over, gave away just three runs in it.

Overs 2: RCB 17/0
Good recovery by Dhawal Kulkarni, conceded just seven runs despite a four by Virat Kohli (13*).

Over 1: RCB 10/1
Good start for RCB. Virat Kohli (8*) hit spinner K Gowtham for a boundary in the over as the visitors scored 10 runs in it.

Here we go...Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel start the RCB innings. Krishnappa Gowtham with the ball for Royals

Virat Kohli: "It's never nice to start without a win, but we are excited about this game. It's a long tournament, if you get on a roll, you can win plenty. We wanted to bat first, if the pitch gets scruffed up, we might have a good chance. Plus, we have that type of combination, defending makes more sense."

Ajinkya Rahane: "We have had three close games, should have closed it. But this is another opportunity and we are looking forward to it. We will bowl first, looks like a dry wicket, there might be some dew later on as well. Looking to keep them down to a small score."

TEAM NEWS
RR: Two changes - Stuart Binny replaces injured Sanju Samson and Varun Aaron for Jaydev Unadkat
RCB: Three changes - Akshdeep Nath replaces Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini is in for Prayas Barman and Marcus Stoinis makes his RCB debut replacing Colin de Grandhomme makes way

TOSS | Rajasthan Royals skipper Ajinkya Rahane wins the toss, opts to field against Royal Challengers Bangalore

Playing XIs

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Parthiv Patel (w), Moeen Ali, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Akshdeep Nath, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj

Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Jos Buttler (w), Rahul Tripathi, Steven Smith, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Varun Aaron

Pitch Report
"The Sawai Man Singh stadium spins less than any other surfaces, there are some dry areas interspersed with grass. As we move along, the grass content is heavier. It will allow the ball to slide on nicely, should be some pace and bounce - this pitch will aid the faster men and you can score some runs as well." - Ian Bishop

Head to Head: RR vs RCB
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