RCB no longer have their destiny in their own hands as far as a top-two finish is concerned. They'll have to hope for either of GT or PBKS to lose before it's their turn to face LSG in the final league match of the season. As for SRH, they play their final match on Sunday against KKR. They've won two in a row now and will hope to sign off in style. That's all from us here. Until next time, it's a goodbye from Sagar Chawla on behalf of Siva, Nikhil Jadhav and Abhinav Guha.
Kishan | POTM: When you get to bat first and both openers are looking in good touch, it's your job to keep the momentum going. The moment I saw Abhishek and Head starting the game like that, I just knew it's a very good wicket and we have to go over 200 at least. Your approach changes when wickets are falling, but you try to keep the momentum going. For that you need to play some good shots. You get that confidence when you bat well in the practice sessions. I was just thinking of playing good shots. One side was very big and there were gaps. Not so happy with the performance overall. We could've done much better overall. I could've done much more for my team. It's a game of learning. These things happen. You just have to keep believing in yourself and keep working hard.
Cummins | SRH captain: Little bit too late this season but good allround effort with both bat and ball. Now that Nitish is back bowling, does feel like we've a genuine sixth bowler. Abhishek's always telling me that he's a good option and I should use him. So much power for someone who's not as tall as some others (talking about Kishan). We actually misread the wicket. Thought it might have been a 170 wicket, and then all the batters came back and said it's a really good wicket and to keep going. He's been great (Malinga). Wherever you bowl him, he's taken wickets. He's got plenty of tools - the fast yorker and the great dipping slower ball. Has been a find this season.
First loss for RCB outside Chinnaswamy stadium this season.
Jaydev Unadkat: Probably one of the best wickets to bat on, we were expecting it in Hyderabad but we didn’t get it there, we got it here, there was true bounce and pace on this surface. I think that’s the key, he is calm and the messaging was about being calm on the field. It didn’t happen in the first six overs but then it happened later on in the innings. (On Eshan Malinga's impact) That’s how the game goes, he did everything, direct-hit and a caught and bowled, he turned the game around for the team. It was a good track to bat on and we had to stick to bowling yorkers, it was more about execution rather than anything else. The spell of 4-5 overs in the middle overs probably did the trick for us.
Jitesh Sharma | RCB captain: I think 20-30 runs were extra, I don't have any answers (how RCB lost from that situation.) We were rusty and I think intensity wasn't there, but it's good to lose this game. I was upset because I got out, I wasn't in that zone to meet Tim David who was injured. I think losing is a game is good, the positive things are that we are batting well. After this loss I think it's good to get this setback, we will bounce back in a good way in the upcoming games.
23:35 Local Time, 18:05 GMT, 23:35 IST: That win margin is a deceptive one because this game was anything but one-sided. RCB were right on track in the chase till as far as the 14th over.
19.5
Harshal Patel to Yash Dayal, out Caught by Aniket Verma!! Yash Dayal c Aniket Verma b Harshal Patel 3(6)
Harshal Patel to Yash Dayal, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
19.4
Harshal Patel to Yash Dayal, no run
19.3
Harshal Patel to Yash Dayal, 2 runs, full delivery on off, slower one at 121kph, Dayal chips it down the ground and it just evades the reach of mid-off as he runs back
19.2
Harshal Patel to Yash Dayal, no run, slower bouncer angled in,
19.1
Harshal Patel to Yash Dayal, no run
Harshal Patel [3.0-0-37-0] is back into the attack