Royal Challengers Bangalore

Apart from the duo, Mohammed Siraj, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga and Harshal Patel took a wicket each to bowl out Bangalore for 108 in 19.5 overs. The win has also taken Bangalore to ten points and fifth place due to the net run rate, while Lucknow have slipped to third place but still have ten points.

But Rahul went down immediately as the ball went for four and was badly grimacing in pain after having injured his right leg. While attending to Rahul, the Lucknow support staff also called up a stretcher to take him off the field. But in what was a small solace, Rahul went off the field with some support on both sides and didn't need a stretcher. In his absence, left-arm-spin all-rounder Krunal Pandya has taken up leadership duties.

On a challenging black soil pitch, Bangalore began their innings well by not losing wickets in the Power-play. But as the innings progressed, they kept losing wickets as Naveen picked 3-30 while Bishnoi and Mishra had identical figures of 2-21 to tie down Bangalore.

When rain caused play to stop, with the centre square covered immediately, Bangalore had reached 93/4 in 15.2 overs on a black soil pitch, with captain Faf du Plessis and Dinesh Karthik unbeaten on 40 and 1 respectively. On the first ball of the innings, Krunal Pandya got some turn and bounce, showing signs of what would come in the game.

Willey, who plays international cricket for England, played four matches for RCB this season and scalped three wickets. Jadhav, who made his IPL debut in 2010, has so far played 93 games in the tournament and has 1196 runs against his name, while averaging 22.15 at a strike rate of 123.17, including four half-centuries.

After winning the toss, Faf du Plessis said Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood comes in for David Willey, who is now out of the competition due to injury and uncapped India wicketkeeper-batter Anuj Rawat replaces Shahbaz Ahmed in the playing eleven.

RCB are currently placed in sixth position of the points table with eight points from eight games and would be hoping to avenge their earlier defeat against the Lucknow Super Giants, which ended in a last-ball thriller, when the two sides lock-horns on Monday evening at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

Hazelwood sustained an Achilles injury during a Test match in Sydney in January and has since not featured in any format of the game. The Australian was initially selected for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in India but was headed back home midway through the series midway to continue his rehabilitation from an Achilles complaint.

KKR finished proceedings on 200 in 20 overs, led by Jason Roy's quickfire 56 and Nitish Rana's 48. In reply, RCB skipper Virat Kohli led from the front hitting 54 (37b, 6x4) but saw the other batting stars falter as Varun Chakravarthy (3/27), Andre Russell (2/29), and Suyash Sharma (2/30) shone with the ball. In the process, KKR arrested a four-game losing streak.

In defence, Suyash Sharma began the pullback for Kolkata Knight Riders by taking 2/29, before Chakaravarthy and Russell picked 3/27 and 2/29 respectively in restricting Bangalore to 179/8, despite captain Virat Kohli's 54 and Mahipal Lomror impressing in an 18-ball 34.