Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 29, IPL 2018

Quinton de Kock and Brendon McCullum were slow to begin with after being put into bat but the duo put on 67 runs in 8.1 overs for the opening wicket

KKR struck back to reduce RCB from 68 for no loss to 75 for 3, led by birthday boy Andre Russell's double blow in his first over

In the absence of AB de Villiers, yet again, it was Virat Kohli leading the charge of RCB's innings. The skipper stroked a fine unbeaten 68 to help the hosts to 175

Sunil Narine continued his good form and luck to help KKR off to a strong start. He put on a quickfire 59-run stand for the opening wicket with Chris Lynn.

Robin Uthappa showed glimpses of class in his 40-run innings

Chris Lynn stroked an uncharacteristic but crucial half century to lead KKR's chase

Dinesh Karthik provided the late firework with his brief blitz to help KKR to a 6-wicket win