Jofra Archer dismissed Mandeep Singh for a first-ball duck in the first over after RR elected to field

Jofra Archer vs Chris Gayle Part 1 - The batsman sways away from a sharp bouncer early in his innings

KL Rahul hit some delightful strokes but struggled to find fluency in his innings of 46

Chris Gayle had his share of luck as he was dropped a couple of times

Chris Gayle and KL Rahul put on a 120-run stand for the second wicket to lay the foundation of KXIP's innings

Jofra Archer v Chris Gayle Part 2 - Despite Ben Stokes's fine effort in the deep, the batsman managed to hit the bowler over the boundary

Jofra Archer v Chris Gayle Part 3 - the bowler cleaned up the batsman on 99 with a yorker. The batsman furiously threw his bat away but congratulated the bowler on his way back to the dugout

Nicholas Pooran had a brief but breezy stay, scoring a 9-ball 22

Chris Gayle stroked his 30th IPL fifty as well as his 1000th T20 six - becoming the first batsman in the world to achieve the latter feat

Ben Stokes helped Rajasthan Royals to a strong start with a quickfire fifty

Sanju Samson ensured Royals didn't slow down with some sparkling shots in the middle overs

Steve Smith and Jos Buttler ensured Rajasthan Royals were over the line with 15 balls to spare to stay alive in the competition