Du Plessis, bowlers seal see-saw win for Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Four overs of craziness aside, Royal Challengers Bengaluru played the near-perfect game at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium to roll Gujarat Titans over for the second time in a week.

Riding on the back of their seam-bowling success and a blistering opening stand between Faf du Plesis and Virat Kohli, RCB dominated for the first 6 overs of the game. But a middle-order collapse – where GT picked up six wickets for only 25 runs – briefly put them on the back foot. However, Dinesh Karthik (21*) and Swapnil Singh (15*) counter-punched to complete a four-wicket win.

RCB’s victory by 38 balls also takes them from tenth to seventh on the points table. They are on eighth points, as are ninth-placed GT, with both sides holding slim chances to make the playoffs.

Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 152 for 6 in 13.4 overs  (Faf Du Plessis 64, Virat Kohli 42, Dinesh Karthik 21*; Josh Little 4-45, Noor Ahamad 2-23) beat  Gujarat Titans 147 in19.3 overs (Shahrukh Khan 37, David Miller 30, Rahul Tewatia 35; Mohamed Siraj 2-29, Yash Dayal 2-21,  Cameron Green 1-28, Vijayakumar Vyshak 2-23, Karn Sharma 1-42) by four wickets

(Cricinfo)