Rain was threatening to spoil the day again for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders, both of whom had a match washed out earlier BCCI
David Wiese dismissed Gautam Gambhir in the fourth over, after he had put on 33 with Robin Uthappa for the opening stand BCCI
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Despite the fall of Uthappa, Andre Russell blasted three sixes and five fours for his 17-ball 45 before being run out by Dinesh Karthik, leaving Knight Riders on 96 for 3 BCCI
Yusuf Pathan and Ryan ten Doeschate struck two sixes and a four between them to take Knight Riders to 111 for 4 in 10 overs BCCI
Chris Gayle hit three sixes for his 9-ball 21 before holing out to Russell at long-on in the fourth over BCCI
Piyush Chawla sent the crowd at the M Chinnaswamy into deafening silence when he dismissed AB de Villiers for 2 with Royal Challengers needing 62 from 32 BCCI
Virat Kohli was next to fall, mis-timing a Russell delivery to Suryakumar Yadav at long-on, leaving the hosts 81 for 3 in the seventh over BCCI
Mandeep Singh, though, remained ice-cool, blasting three sixes and four fours in his 45 from just 18 balls to hand Royal Challengers a seven-wicket win BCCI