Yash Dayal to Ravindra, 1 run, on a good length and angling into the left-hander, worked in front of square on the on-side, to the left of mid-on for a single

Plv Rajshekar: Surprised to see Dinesh Karthik being replaced as the Impact sub. His experience behind the stumps, especially at his home ground Chepauk would have been very helpful for RCB.

Yash Dayal to Ravindra, FOUR, to fine leg

Yash Dayal, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Siraj to Gaikwad, no run, on a good length and holding its line outside off - stayed very low and burst under Gaikwad's bat, bouncing through to the keepert

Siraj to Gaikwad, FOUR, to deep backward point

Siraj to Gaikwad, no run, on a good length and shaping away from outside off - Gaikwad covers the line, lifts his bat and lets it go

Siraj to Gaikwad, no run, back of a length and well wide of off, punched to the right of backward point where Mayank Dagar makes an acrobatic stop, saved a certain boundary

Siraj to Gaikwad, no run, short of a good length and angling adcross the right-hander, stays a fraction low and goes under Gaikwad's poke, bounced through to the keeper

Siraj to Gaikwad, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket

Gaikwad and Ravindra are at the crease. Gaikwad is on strike. Siraj will open the attack

We had an extended break with a few events lined up during the mid-innings break. But we're back now and we should have the chase coming up shortly. The last 5 overs dash has meant that we'll have a good run-chase. RCB have activated their impact substitute with Yash Dayal replacing Dinesh Karthik. Anuj Rawat has taken over the gloves.

RCB innings progression
Overs 1-4: 37/0 (RR: 9.25)
Overs 5-6: 5/3 (RR: 2.5)
Overs 7-10: 33/0 (RR: 8.25)
Overs 11-13: 8/2 (RR: 2.67)
Overs 14-20: 90/1 (RR: 12.86)

Highest partnerships for 6th wicket or below for RCB (IPL)
97* - Dinesh Karthik & Shahbaz Ahmed vs DC, Mumbai WS, 2022
95 - Dinesh Karthik & Anuj Rawat vs CSK, Chennai, 2024
91* - AB de Villiers & Iqbal Abdullah vs GL, Bengaluru, 2016
76* - Chris Gayle & Arun Karthik vs MI, Bengaluru, 2013

Highest partnerships for 6th wicket or below vs CSK (IPL)
95 - Dinesh Karthik & Anuj Rawat (RCB), Chennai, 2024
81 - Dinesh Karthik & Andre Russell (KKR), Mumbai WS, 2021
76 - Dinesh Karthik & Andre Russell (KKR), Chennai, 2018
70 - David Miller & Rashid Khan (GT), Pune, 2022

Best bowling returns on IPL debut for CSK
4/24 - Shadab Jakati vs DC, Johannesburg, 2009
4/29 - Mustafizur Rahman vs RCB, Chennai, 2024
3/36 - Rajvardhan Hangargekar vs GT, Ahmedabad, 2023

Dinesh Karthik: Feel a bit rusty. Right till the last over, I was finding my form. Wasn’t coming as smoothly but that’s understandable. I was trying hard, we were in a pressure situation and I was trying to stitch a partnership with a young guy who’s been around for a while. It is a very good pitch, and looks good for batting. We are slightly under par, so we need to field well and bowl out of our skin. We lost a few wickets in the middle, that hurt us. In the back end, if we connected with a few sixes then that could make the difference. Chasing 182-183 would be a lot more tricky than 173. We need to field well, but I know we are more than capable of that. The best part is I might not be there on the field, so even better for us (laughs off)

21:45 Local Time, 16:15 GMT, 21:45 IST: This might not be a match-winning score, but RCB have at least got the runs on the board. They started wwell with Faf du Plessis slapping the pacers all over Chepauk. But it was followed by a collapse once RCB's captain holed out to the deep, Rajat Patuidar followed soon and so did Glenn Maxwell, both falling for ducks. Virat Kohli and CVameron Green tried to salvage the situations, but they both fell in quick succession and RCB looked down and out at 78 for 5. Dinesh Karthik, playing at his home ground and Anuj Rawat, trusted to be RCB's extra-batter in this game, though broke ranks, took the ones and twos and then ruthlessly attacked CSK's pacers towards the end. Their 50-ball 95-run stand has given their team atotal to defend, but can they defend any score this season? Back for the chase shortly..

Tushar Deshpande to Karthik, out Anuj Rawat Run Out!! A run-out to end the innings, Anuj Rawat's spunky 25-ball 48 is ended by MS's sharp eyes and RCB finish with 173. Anuj Rawat run out (Dhoni) 48(25) [4s-4 6s-3]

Tushar Deshpande to Karthik, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!

Tushar Deshpande to Karthik, FOUR, to third man

Tushar Deshpande to Anuj Rawat, 2 wides

Tushar Deshpande to Anuj Rawat, no run, this is an excellent 20th over so far from Deshpande - slower cutter angled across the left-hander, Rawat pokes at that and misses