RCB opted to bowl. Brendon McCullum was dropped for Moeen Ali while Manan Vohra was drafted in for Murugan Ashwin. SRH were unchanged.

Moeen Ali opened the bowling on his IPL debut.

Alex Hales fell early, bowled by a cross-seam delivery by Tim Southee.

Mohammed Siraj ended Shikhar Dhawan's painstaking innings at the top. The left-handed opener could just hit one boundary during his 19-ball stay at the crease.

Kane Williamson, stable at one end, saw Manish Pandey fall to Yuzvendra Chahal. Virat Kohli brilliantly placed himself at short cover for the catch.

Kane Williamson and Shakib Al Hasan stabilised SRH after the early blows, batting sedately and picking their moments to go after the loose balls.

Kane Williamson brought up a classy half-century off 35 balls, as Shakib Al Hasan wisely rotated strike to keep SRH ticking.

Umesh Yadav picked Kane Williamson on 56 - a wicket that brought many more for RCB.

Yusuf Pathan, too, fell at the wrong time. He was bowled by Mohammed Siraj in the 19th over.

Siraj capped off a fiery over with the wicket of Wriddhiman Saha. SRH were eventually wrapped up for 146, with three wickets, which included two run outs, coming in the last over of the innings.

Manan Vohra, back into the side, opened with Parthiv Patel. The latter fell for a 13-ball 20, after getting RCB off to a quick start in a par chase.

Imperious Virat Kohli warmed up with a few delicious boundaries, settling the nerves after Parthiv Patel's wicket.

A massive moment in the game arrived when Kane Williamson dropped Virat Kohli at slip on 33.

Yusuf Pathan came to his captain's rescue, pulling of a one-handed stunner to dismiss Virat Kohli.

Rashid Khan's googly accounted for AB de Villiers in just the next over and RCB stared at another similar script.

Colin de Grandhomme was key in the chase from thereon, and unfurled two sixes in Rashid Khan's last over before surviving a stumping appeal.

With 19 needed off 12 balls, Colin de Grandhomme and Mandeep Singh failed to hit a boundary in the last two overs, thanks to some brilliant death bowling from Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Siddarth Kaul.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar wrapped another defence in style, bowling Colin de Grandhomme off the last ball of the innings. As a result, SRH hit the magical 16-point mark on the points table.

RCB, in addition to winning their remaining four games, will now need some luck to go their way, if they're to make the play-offs.