Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rising Pune Supergiant, IPL 2016, Bangalore
Stokes, the sublime acrobat
Ajinkya Rahane and Rahul Tripathi laid a solid platform with a 63-run opening stand after Rising Pune Supergiant were put in to bat•BCCI
MS Dhoni hit a six that went out of the stadium but finished with 28 off 25 balls•BCCI
Virat Kohli was put down at slip in the second over of the chase •BCCI
But Pune were able to gain the upper hand as Kohli was caught by Rahane on the cover boundary for 28•BCCI
... pulled off a supreme effort at the long-on boundary to prevent a six•BCCI
Then Samuel Badree went past Rahane's defence with a googly•BCCI
Pune lost ground in the middle overs, slumping from 127 for 2 to 130 for 7 •BCCI
Three balls later, Shardul Thakur found Mandeep Singh's outside edge and a more willing catcher behind the stumps•BCCI
And de Villiers was stumped for 29 off 30 balls•BCCI
From 91 for 3, RCB creaked to 132 for 9 and were beaten by 27 runs•BCCI
But Manoj Tiwary slammed a timely 27 off 11 balls to lift the score to 161•BCCI
AB de Villiers sounded a warning when he struck his first ball for four •BCCI
Stokes then flattened Shane Watson's middle stump and... •BCCI