Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals, 29th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

The Chinnaswamy stadium will be the stage for round two of 'Royal Rumble' when Royal Challengers Bangalore face off against Rajasthan Royals in Match 29 of Indian Premier League 2015. A victory for RCB will seem them displace KKR from the third position on the points table while RR's win will see CSK move down to second.

The Virat Kohli-led side, ended a three-game losing streak with a comfortable nine-wicket win against RR in Ahmedabad and followed it up with a crushing 10-wicket victory against Delhi Daredevils in another away encounter. The away wins will have given them a lot of confidence and RCB will be eager to register their first victory at home this season.

Meanwhile, the Shane Watson-led Rajasthan suffered back-to-back losses and one game was washed out following their five wins on the trot. Royals will be eager to regain the momentum and move back to the top of the table.

A top-edge off Watson gave de Villiers four runs in the ninth over, which yielded seven runs. Mandeep also got a thick outside-edge off Binny in the next over, which got him another boundary. Seven runs came off the 10th over, which included a leg-bye. RCB were 83/2 at the halfway stage.

Rajasthan Royals skipper won the toss and decided to bowl first. Both teams made a change each. Tim Southee replaces Chris Morris for Rajasthan while RCB brought in Yuzvendra Chahal for Iqbal Abdulla.

Teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Dinesh Karthik(w), Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, David Wiese, Harshal Patel, Mitchell Starc, Varun Aaron, Yuzvendra Chahal

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Shane Watson(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Steven Smith, Karun Nair, Deepak Hooda, Sanju Samson(w), Stuart Binny, James Faulkner, Tim Southee, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pravin Tambe

We at Cricbuzz think:

Vishaal - 194Bhanu - 186Pradeep - 190Krishna - 180Akshay - 210Sriram - 188Gokul - 160

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How much do you think RCB will finish with?

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He missed out on a full toss off the first delivery bowled by Tim Southee as he hit the boundary at the bowler's end. But, Chris Gayle made up for it by whacking a four and a six off the next two deliveries. The six was Gayle's 500th in T20 cricket and he looked set for more. However, the 'Gaylestorm' was cut short in the same over as he handed a simple catch to Deepak Hooda at mid-wicket after not quite getting hold of a pull, which brought AB de Villiers to the crease.

In the following over, Virat Kohli got off the mark with a single off Dhawal Kulkarni while de Villiers scored his first runs by punching one square of the wicket for a four. Four byes came off the final ball of Kulkarni's over as RCB moved to 19/1.

Kohli was drawn in to the drive in the third over by Tim Southee and that led to the downfall of the RCB skipper. Kohli (1) got an outside edge and Sanju Samson held a fine catch, diving across to his right. Mandeep Singh then got off the ark with a four off Southee while de Villiers managed a couple of boundaries off Kulkarni to take RCB to 33/2 after 4 overs.

@Im_sudhansu reckons RCB final score will be 170.

Waiting eagerly for first double ton in t20 #abdv says ‏@tahirah212