After 15.4 overs, RCB are 99/5 – Dube is gone!
OUT! RCB have lost half their side with less than 100 on the board. Shivam Dube is the latest to depart. The left-hander tries to work the ball on the leg side but gets a leading edge to mid-off. Jason Holder gets his third wicket! He has been sensational for SRH in a crunch game.

After 15 overs, RCB are 93/4 (ABD 45, Dube 6)
Another four for ABD, this time with a superbly-placed sweep. Rashid Khan finishes with fine figures of 0/22 in his four overs.

After 14 overs, RCB are 85/4 (ABD 38, Dube 5)
T Natarajan returns to the attack and AB de Villiers gets a much-needed boundary. The star right-hander has won games single-handedly for RCB this season. His team needs another special effort from him tonight.

After 13 overs, RCB are 76/4 (ABD 31, Dube 3)
A welcome boundary for RCB and ABD as Holder misfields at the boundary. Nadeem finishes with figures of 1/30 in his four overs.

After 12 overs, RCB are 68/4 (ABD 25, Dube 1)
Rashid Khan bowls three consecutive dot balls to Shivam Dube as SRH enjoy another good over. RCB have 48 balls remaining. How much can ABD get?

After 10.4 overs, RCB are 62/4 – Moeen is gone!
OUT! What just happened?! Moeen Ali is out off a free-hit! He drives it straight to cover and gets run-out as Rashid Khan gets the direct hit! RCB DID NOT need that! It’s all SRH at the moment. Moeen departs for a first-ball duck as Shivam Dube walks out to bat.

After 10.2 overs, RCB are 56/3 – Finch is gone!
OUT! Aaron Finch was starting to look dangerous but Shahbaz Nadeem has got his wicket. Finch departs for 32 off 30. Moeen Ali is the new batter.

After 10 overs, RCB are 54/2 (Finch 32, ABD 14)
Shot! The first six of the night and it comes from Aaron Finch’s bat. Rashid Khan tosses it up and the right-hander whacks it over mid-wicket for a maximum. Nine runs come from that over.

After 9 overs, RCB are 45/2 (Finch 25, ABD 12)
RCB aren’t taking any risks at the moment but they will need to pick the odd boundary. Just six singles from that Nadeem over. Time for a strategic timeout.

After 8 overs, RCB are 39/2 (Finch 22, ABD 9)
And now Rashid Khan comes on to bowl and does his thing – just two singles come from his first over. Will be fascinating to see how Finch and ABD tackle the Afghan star tonight.

After 7 overs, RCB are 37/2 (Finch 21, ABD 8)
Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem joins the attack and does well to concede just five singles in his first over. The RCB batsmen aren’t taking any risk at the moment. They can’t afford to lose another wicket.

After 6 overs, RCB are 32/2 (Finch 19, ABD 5)
RCB are 32/2 at the end of the powerplay. What a start this has been for SRH Finch and ABD are at the crease. RCB need their overseas stars to come up with something special.

After 5 overs, RCB are 23/2 (Finch 13, ABD 2)
A welcome boundary for RCB! Sandeep pitches it slightly short and Finch punches it past cover for four. Sandeep has figures of 0/14 from his three overs so far.

After 4 overs, RCB are 15/2 (Finch 7, ABD 0)
A swing and a miss for AB de Villiers! He HAS TO fire for RCB. But what a start this has been by Jason Holder. He has shown why he’s considered one of the finest all-rounders in the world with consistent performances for SRH this season.

After 3.3 overs, RCB are 15/2 – Padikkal is gone!
OUT! Jason Holder has his second wicket! This is a terrible start for RCB. The in-form Devdutt Padikkal has pulled on straight to mid-wicket. SRH are on fire!

After 3 overs, RCB are 10/1 (Padikkal 1, Finch 2)
Three overs and still no boundary for RCB. This is a brilliant start with the ball by SRH. Another fine over by Sandeep. He’s just relentless with his accuracy.

After 1.2 overs, RCB are 7/1 – Kohli is gone!
OUT! Oh dear, Virat Kohli edges one to the ‘keeper and Jason Holder strikes for SRH with his second ball. A soft dismissal but a MASSIVE moment in the match. The move to open hasn’t worked for Kohli. Aaron Finch is the new man at the crease.

After 1 over, RCB are 5/0 (Kohli 4, Padikkal 1)
A solid start yet again by Sandeep Sharma. The right-arm swing bowler has been mighty impressive for SRH this season. Kohli and Padikkal content playing with a straight bat.

Virat Kohli is opening the batting for the first time this season and facing the first ball against a bowler who has dismissed him 7 times in the IPL. Talk about intent!

7.30 pm: We’re ready for the start of this cracking knockout game in Abu Dhabi! Big news is that Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal are opening the batting for RCB. Sandeep Sharma has the new ball for SRH. Let’s play!

7.16 pm: Virat Kohli and Co enter the knockouts despite four defeats in a row. It’s a different ball-game now, though. Relive RCB’s road to the playoffs here.

7.14 pm: After a shocking collapse against KXIP, David Warner and Co have been on a sensational run. Relive Sunrisers Hyderabad’s road to the playoffs here.

7.08 pm: Playing XIs
RCB: Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (w), Moeen Ali, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
SRH: David Warner (c), Shreevats Goswami (w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan.

7.07 pm: Big blow for SRH as the in-form Wriddiman Saha misses tonight’s game. Just the one change for Sunrisers Hyderabad. FOUR changes for RCB: Adam Zampa, Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali and Navdeep Saini come in for Josh Philippe, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana and Shahbaz Ahmed.

7.02 pm: TOSS – David Warner has won the toss and SRH will BOWL first in Abu Dhabi.

6.55 pm: We’re minutes away from the toss now. Interestingly, the last eight matches in Abu Dhabi have seen the team batting second win each time.

6.49 pm: Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore have done well to reach the playoffs. But in order to win their first IPL title, they will need to dig deep and turn things around. Read more about it here:
IPL 2020: Kohli’s RCB have sneaked into the playoffs but face uphill task in quest for elusive title

6.44 pm: The two teams have faced each other 16 times, with SRH leading the head-to-head 9-7. In their two league stage clashes this season, both teams won one game each.

6.30 pm: Hello all and welcome the first official knockout match of Indian Premier League 2020.

(We had a couple of knockout games in the group stage but this is the real deal now). After beating Sunrisers Hyderabad in their tournament-opener, Virat Kohli had called it a “comeback and a half”. Royal Challengers Bangalore need that and some tonight after four defeats in a row. For SRH, more of the same will do. What a run they are on, winning three in a row against teams in the top four to reach the post-season yet again.

Read the match preview here.