Virat Kohli asked Kolkata Knight Riders to bat and had to wait till the 11th over to get a breakthrough with Robin Uthappa's wicket BCCI
AB de Villiers surprised everyone when he dropped Gautam Gambhir at deep midwicket on 31 BCCI
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Gambhir went on to make 58 off 46 balls before falling to Yuzvendra Chahal in the 14th over BCCI
Royal Challengers Bangalore then slowed things down and picked two wickets in the 17th over to leave Knight Riders on 131 for 4 BCCI
Andre Russell struck six fours and two sixes for his 17-ball 41 that helped Knight Riders finish on 177 for 6 BCCI
Royal Challengers were 29 for 1 after they lost captain Kohli for 13 in the fifth over BCCI
Yusuf Pathan was introduced early and he shook Royal Challengers by picking Mandeep Singh and Dinesh Karthik in the eighth over to leave them on 56 for 3 BCCI
De Villiers hit debutant spinner KC Cariappa for 15 runs in the 11th over but was outfoxed on the last ball after making 28 from 13 BCCI
Chris Gayle waited for the middle overs to explode and struck boundaries regularly even as wickets fell around him BCCI
Gayle was run out for a 56-ball 96, with seven sixes and seven fours, and ensured Royal Challengers hung on for a three-wicket win with one over to spare, even though only three batsmen made double-digit scores BCCI
