Iqbal Abdulla had Gujarat Lions in early trouble, dismissing Brendon McCullum and Aaron Finch in the second over BCCI
Shane Watson dismissed Suresh Raina with a short ball soon thereafter, reducing Lions to 9 for 3 in the fourth over BCCI
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Dinesh Karthik and Dwayne Smith then put on 85 off 61 for the fourth wicket to revive Lions' innings BCCI
Smith was particularly aggressive, hitting five fours and six sixes in his 41-ball 73 BCCI
But the wickets of Karthik, Smith and Ravindra Jadeja in the space of three overs left Lions tottering again, at 115 for 6 in the 17th over BCCI
Eklavya Dwivedi made a 9-ball 19 before Watson dismissed Dwivedi and Dwayne Bravo off consecutive balls in the 19th over to finish with four wickets; Lions stumbled to 158 all out BCCI
Virat Kohli chopped a delivery from Dhawal Kulkarni onto his stumps for a duck, his first in 51 T20 innings, in the second over BCCI
Two overs later, Kulkarni dismissed Chris Gayle and KL Rahul off consecutive balls BCCI
When Watson and Sachin Baby fell, Royal Challengers Bangalore were reeling at 29 for 5 in the sixth over BCCI
Stuart Binny briefly kept AB de Villiers company with a 15-ball 21, but was out to a rough lbw decision. Royal Challengers slumped to 68 for 6 BCCI
Just when things were looking dire, de Villiers played a sparkling knock under pressure, finishing with an unbeaten 79 off 47 BCCI
He was well supported by Iqbal Abdulla, who played a composed knock for 33 off 25 in a 91-run stand to take Royal Challengers to their first final since 2011 BCCI
