Khaleel Ahmed to du Plessis, FOUR, back of a length outside off, width on offer for Faf and he slaps it away through cover
1.1
Khaleel Ahmed to du Plessis, no run
Khaleel Ahmed, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
0.6
Ishant to Kohli, SIX, Kohli climbs into this one! Short of length delivery swinging back in at the body, sits up above the waist and he nails the pull over midwicket
0.5
Ishant to Kohli, 2 runs, to deep mid-wicket
0.4
Ishant to Kohli, no run,
0.3
Ishant to du Plessis, 1 run, good length outside off, another inswinger, and Faf guides it to deep backward point
0.2
Ishant to Kohli, 1 run, back of a length on off, sharp inswinger, Kohli presses forward, the ball climbs on him and he manages to steer it wide of short third. Again it struck him on the splice
0.1
Ishant to Kohli, no run
250 or more IPL appearances 263 - MS Dhoni 256 - Rohit Sharma 255 - Dinesh Karthik 250 - Virat Kohli Kohli is the first player with 250 IPL appearances for a single franchise.
Kohli and du Plessis are at the crease. Kohli is on strike. Ishant will open the attack
Players are taking the field and the crowd roars as Kohli and Faf walk out.
Here are the Impact substitutes for both the teams:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis(c), Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson
Faf: Little bit less grass than earlier games. Hopefully it's a good wicket. We look forward to every game now - we're playing some good cricket. Have to start again. We have got more of that confidence in the dressing room. Same team for us.