IPL 2015 - RCB vs CSK, 20th Match

With a 29-ball 39-run enterprising knock, Dwayne Smith provided CSK with a brisk start, but he could not build on the good start and perished to Harshal Patel in the ninth over.

Opting to bowl first after a delayed start, Royal Challengers Bangalore struck early with legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal scalping Brendon McCullum in the second over.

Suresh Raina looked in solid touch in the middle and scored 62 off just 32 balls to lay a solid foundation for CSK to go all out in the slog overs.

However, RCB pulled things back led by Chahal who got rid of Raina and then scalped the big wicket of MS Dhoni for 13. Chahal finished with 4-0-40-3.

Some tidy bowling by the CSK bowlers was backed up by brilliant catching. After the du Plessis blinder, Dwayne Bravo took a tough catch at long-on to remove Dinesh Karthik.

In defence of 181, RCB got off to a brisk start before Nehra picked up two wickets in one over. Faf du Plessis took a brilliant one-handed catch at mid-off to send back Manvinder Bisla for 17 in the fourth over, and in the same over, Nehra cleaned up Rilee Rossouw for 14.

Faf du Plessis' late flourish of 33 off 18 balls helped CSK post 181 for 8 in their 20 overs.

Skipper Virat Kohli kept his team in the hunt with a 42-ball 51-run knock , but became Ashish Nehra's third victim of the night in the 17th over.

Faf du Plessis taking a one-handed stunner to remove Bisla.

A smart piece of work behind the stumps lead to the run-out of AB de Villiers on 14 that further dented RCB's run-chase.

Ashish Nehra came back to bowl his final over and the sealed the game for CSK by scalping Virat Kohli in the 17th over and then took the wicket of Harshal Patel in the same over to finish with impressive figures of 4-0-10-4.