Dhawal Kulkarni of the Rajasthan Royals celebrates the wicket of Chris Gayle of the Royal Challengers Bangalore during the eliminator match of the Pepsi IPL 2015.

Steven Smith captain of the Rajasthan Royals and Virat Kohli captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the toss during the eliminator match of the Pepsi IPL 2015.

AB de Villiers smashed a classy 66 off 38 balls to stabilize the RCB innings and help them post a good total.

Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle put up a 41-run opening stand before both were dismissed by Dhawal Kulkarni.

AB de Villiers (66) and Mandeep Singh (54*) shared a 113-run stand for the third wicket that defined the RCB innings.

RCB celebrate the wicket of Shane Watson. He was dismissed on 10 by Sreenath Aravind.

Ajinkya Rahane top-scored for RR with a fighting 42 as his team succumbed against the deadly RCB attack.

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Virat Kohli congratulates David Wiese for getting RR captain Steven Smith's wicket.

Sreenath Aravind removed the dangerous James Faulkner to push RR into further trouble.

A dejected Rajasthan Royals dug out during the eliminator match of the Pepsi IPL 2015.