Du Plessis, bowlers seal see-saw win for Royal Challengers Bengaluru

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RCB lost six wickets for only 25 runs in the chase after a strong start, but Karthik and Swapnil counterpunched to complete the win

Mohammed Siraj struck in the powerplay to dismiss Wriddhiman Saha  •  BCCI

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 152 for 6 (Du Plessis 64, Kohli 42, Little 4-45) beat Gujarat Titans 147 (Shahrukh 37, Tewatia 35, Dayal 2-21, Vyshak 2-23) by four wickets

Four overs of craziness aside, Royal Challengers Bengaluru played the near-perfect game at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium to roll Gujarat Titans over for the second time in a week.

Riding on the back of their seam-bowling success and a blistering opening stand between Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli, RCB dominated for the first 26 overs of the game. But a middle-order collapse – where GT picked up six wickets for only 25 runs – briefly put them on the back foot. However, Dinesh Karthik (21*) and Swapnil Singh (15*) counterpunched to complete a four-wicket win.

RCB’s victory by 38 balls also takes them from tenth to seventh on the points table. They are on eighth points, as are ninth-placed GT, with both sides holding slim chances to make the playoffs.

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Sreshth Shah is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @sreshthx