Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 13th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

That's a wrap to today's IPL coverage. A proper T20 pot-boiler, might not have had gone down to the wire but there were enough momentum shifts in the match which defines the shortest format of the game. RR have lost their first game of the season, RCB now have two wins on the bounce and more signs that this season could be the most open campaign in many years. The juggernaut rolls on tomorrow, with Mumbai facing Kolkata at the MCA Stadium in Pune. The five-time champions desperately need to open their account, and while they'll fancy KKR due to their supreme head-to-head record, they can't take anything for granted. Do join us for that encounter. Until then, this is Hari Sadanandan signing off on behalf of Vineet Anantharaman, Akshay Maanay and Mukesh. Cheers!

Most consecutive wins for RCB vs an opponent:
8 vs DC (2011-15)
5 vs PWI (2011-13)
5 vs DC (2016-18)
5 vs RR (2020-22) *

Dinesh Karthik | Player of the Match: I think I made a conscious effort this year to do justice to myself because the last year, I felt I could have done better. The way I trained was much better this time around. Credit to the person who trained with me. I'm making a conscious effort to tell myself that I'm not done yet. When I went in, we needed 12 rpo and had to keep going. I train for these situations. To stay calm and know whom you can take down. I've tried to play as much white-ball cricket as possible, and prepare as many scenarios as possible. Lot of people have spent time with me in this journey, leading upto the tournament and it's the work that goes unnoticed mostly. I think T20 cricket, it's mostly premeditating but you also need to be clear about where to target.

Faf du Plessis: To pull it out of nowhere, you need some great characters and DK is as great a character as you can get. His composure under pressure is amazing. He is really calm and such a great asset to us. We bowled really well, upto the 18th over and then Jos got some good shots. Got a score which we thought was a bit above-par with the conditions and the surface spinning a bit. We started quite well though, but then Yuzi (Chahal) bowled really well to get them back in. But for me, the great thing about today once again was our ability to come back to win games out of nowhere. People think that since he (Shahbaz) is a small skinny guy, he can't hit it long but he can smash it a long way. We didn't bowl him today because of the wet ball and left-hander being around but he'll definitely play a long part in this season. Virat is up there (in terms of fitness), I'll tell that for his fans.

Harshal Patel: Very good. Like I always say, winning the game for the team and crossing the line is the reason why I play the game and this was one of those occasions. I had my plans when we came into the game to bowl the hard length and not a lot of slower balls as it is a very good wicket here but it turned out to be completely different, it is all about assessing and adapting to the conditions. At the top of my mark I am pretty sure what I want to bowl and my field placements is where I want the batter to hit me. There are certain things you can do and certain things you can't do (when the batter moves around and premeditates).

Harsha Bhogle: So so much to admire about Dinesh Karthik. This has been sensational. Never say never with DK.

Sanju Samson: I can't point out one moment where we lost the game. I thought it was a great effort to put up that total on such a slow wicket after losing the toss. Jos and Hetmyer batted brilliantly at the death. Taking the match to the last over with the dew coming in was a great effort as well. (On whether he asked the umpires to change the ball because of dew) No I didn't, I was confident about my bowlers. DK is someone with a lot of experience. We just need to take our time to set the field. Lot of positives to take out of this loss, and we can learn a lot of things as well.

23:27 Local Time, 17:57 GMT, 23:27 IST: Purely from the tactical side of things, the last 30-odd minutes would be right up there among the worst phases of cricket in a T20 game. The move to hold Chahal back so much takes the cake, and that blunder was compounded by some listless bowling from the others who were simply not bowling to their fields, leaking boundaries at the rate of knots. Take no credit away from DK and co. though. Because RCB seemed done at one stage, undoing their openers' work with a mini-collapse and just when it seemed like RR were cruising to another win, DK came to the party. His assault off Ashwin turned the game upside down, and RCB never looked back thereafter. Shahbaz played the ideal foil in a game-changing partnership, with Harshal then doing the finishing bits. RR definitely had a defendable total, but were undone by some elementary mistakes and the genius of one of IPL's under-rated finishers.

Jaiswal to Harshal Patel, SIX, a thumping hit from Harshal and RCB hand RR their first loss of the season! Flat, half-tracker, he sits back and pulls comfortably into the stands at deep mid-wicket

Yashasvi Jaiswal, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack

Sai Saran Kandimalla: "I don't think India at this moment have a better prospect than DK as a finisher for upcoming T20 world cup. It's one thing to hit sixes at will but picking gaps for fun is a rare skill and DK is the master of it."

Prasidh to Karthik, no run, beaten! In-angler that straightens just a bit, Karthik tries to run it down to third man but doesn't connect

Prasidh to Karthik, FOUR, DK is in no mood to take this to the final over! And poor bowling is helping him as well. Slower ball on leg stump, shortish and he pulls merrily over square leg. Just a hit away now

Prasidh to Karthik, FOUR, there's that one boundary that RCB need to put a seal on the game! Nobody deep on the leg-side, Karthik knows the drill, walks across to counter the wide line and although the sweep isn't well connected, has enough to find the gap at mid-wicket. Must say the tactics and bowling from RR has been bizarre over the last 30 minutes

Prasidh to Karthik, wide, looks to keep it wide of Karthik's reach but the line is a bit too wide outside off stump. Wided

Prasidh to Harshal Patel, 1 run, in-angler around off, Harshal dabs it towards backward point and gets Karthik back on strike. Smart batting

Prasidh to Karthik, 1 run, slower, fuller and wider, driven to deep point

Prasidh to Harshal Patel, 1 run, tries the yorker, feeds a low full toss that's jabbed down to long-on

Prasidh Krishna [3.0-0-28-0] is back into the attack

Equation | 15 runs | 12 balls. Pretty straightforward and RR's only way out is to get a wicket or two this over, particularly that of Karthik.

Ankit: "DK is doing what ABD used to do for RCB. A picture perfect replacement."

Boult to Harshal Patel, 1 run, very full and straight, jammed out to the left of mid-wicket

Harshal Patel, right handed bat, comes to the crease