Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2018: De Villiers falls

Royal Challengers Bangalore will be hoping the return of talisman AB de Villiers can help them get better of MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings when the two meet in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 match in Pune. Return of De Villiers will be somewhat offset by the absence Quinton de Kock who will be not be available for the Virat Kohli-led side.

Having already lost five out of nine games Bangalore don’t have much wriggle room when it comes to making the playoffs and they will be up against a side that has a good record against their guests. On the other hand the men in yellow could almost seal their passage to the top four with a win. CSK won the toss and chose to field. Get live cricket score of Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2018 game, here. (STREAMING) (SCORECARD)

*Hello and welcome to live coverage of the IPL game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings.
*Chennai are coming off a loss to KKR and will be keen to bounce back from that defeat. RCB, on the other hand, need to win practically all their remaining games.
*Toss update - Chennai Super Kings win toss, choose to field.
*Chennai Super Kings starting XI - Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c), Dhruv Shorey, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, David Willey, Harbhajan Singh, Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur.
Royal Challengers Bangalore starting XI - Parthiv Patel, Brendon McCullum, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Murugan Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.
*Both teams make three changes. Good news for RCB fans is that AB De Villiers is back. For CSK, seems more like a case of rotation.
*And we are underway at Pune!
*Seven runs from the first over off David Willey. Lungi Ngidi to begin the bowling attack from the other end.
*McCullum lifts one up and Shardul Thakur takes the catch. RCB 9/1 in 1.2 overs.
*A couple of boundaries by Parthiv Patel off Ngidi, one over mid-on and another over mid-wicket. RCB 17/1 in 2 overs.
*Parthiv is looking in fine fettle today; ends the third over with a six over long-on. RCB 26/1 in three overs.
*A superb over from Ngidi, concedes just three runs off it. RCB 29/1 in four overs.
*Eight runs off Shardul Thakur’s opening over. RCB 37/1 in 5 overs.
*Another good over for Parthiv Patel as he adds a six and a four off Ngidi. Can he convert his bright start to a big score?
*OUT! Virat Kohli bowled by Jadeja’s first ball of the innings. The RCB captain departs for 8.
*Just four runs off Jadeja’s opening over. RCB 51/2 in 7 overs.
*De Villiers STUMPED! The South African big-hitter tries to reverse-sweep a Harbhajan delivery, misses it and Dhoni does the rest. RCB 56/3.

In the first meeting of CSK and RCB in IPL 2018 the men in yellow came out on top by five wickets in a high-scoring encounter in Bengaluru. Chennai Super Kings have a favourable record against Royal Challengers Bangalore winning 13 out of the 21 games, losing seven with one no result.