Highlights, IPL 2018, RCB vs SRH at Chinnaswamy: Royal Challengers Bangalore win by 14 runs

So this is how the standings are after RCB's win. They move to 5th place in the table and making the race for playoffs tighter. 

Royal Challengers keep their hopes alive with a 14-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Ball 6: Only a single off the final ball and that will do it for them. The red flags are out and Siraj jumps in the air to soak in the celebrations. RCB are in the race. They climb to the fifth position on the table and still have a very healthy and positive run rate. Things getting interesting on the table. In the end RCB's gigantic total was a little to much for the Sunrisers.

Ball 1: OUT! Siraj to bowl the final over. Williamson moves across his stumps to play it fine gets the toe end of the bat. De Grandhomme holds on to a pressure catch at the fine leg fence. Top innings of 81 off 42 balls comes to a sad end as KW walks back to the dug out.

FIFTY! Was wide outside off stump and Pandey was waiting for it. Pumps it down the ground but couldn't get the power behind it. Should have been one or perhaps a couple but CdG makes an absolute meal off it. Kohli isn't happy and he runs in to replace the big kiwi at long on. Nevertheless fine fifty for Manish Pandey.

FIFTY! This has been a glorious innings from Kane Willaimson. Brings up his 8th IPL half-century this season. 11th overall. Tremendous knock. Needs to carry on and play the big innings.

OUT! BLINDER! That is an absolute screamer from who else but Abraham Benjamin de Villiers! Hales had been riding his luck so far in the innings, he ran out of it against ABD's brilliance in the deep. Ran close to the boundary and leapt across and extended his arm out and pull moff a stunner. Any goalkeeper in the world. De Gea, Buffon, Neuer would have been proud of that.

Hales c de Villiers b Moeen Ali 37(24)

OUT! Chahal strikes and it is the massive wicket of Shikhar Dhawan. The southpaw looked to come down the pitch and seeing that Yuzi gave the ball a little more air. Dhawan was beaten in flight as he could only return it back to the bowler for a simple catch. Soft dismissal.

Dhawan c and b Chahal 18(15)

DROPPED! Ahh that would have been another wonderful catch had the RCB skipper managed to hang on it. Hales struck it hard down the ground, Kohli was off in a flash from mid on, put in the dive but just seems he did a little more there. The ball hits him on the wrists.

NOT OUT! Tremendous work from Southee in the deep. Hales is on his way. He shakes his head in disbelief. Hales was looking to flick it away once again. The soft signal from the onfield umpire is out, those slow motion replays have come to Hales' rescue. He is stopped in his tracks and he will continue to play. No conclusive evidence for the TV umpire to overturn the soft signal. Virat Kohli has a word with the onfield umpire after the TV umpire's decision flashed on the big screen.

OUT! JEEZ! What a stupendous catch that! Williamson put down a high skier off the previous ball and CdG nailed the pull backed by brute force. Rashid in the deep comes couple of paces in and sticks his hand out with the ball soaring over his head. The momentum of the ball takes him back and he tumbles but more importantly, he clings on. One of the catches off the season.

C de Grandhomme c Rashid Khan b S Kaul 40(17)

OUT! Gone! Mandeep Singh departs as he holes out to long off. Shikhar takes another catch and pats his thigh in celebration. RCB five down. Siddarth Kaul picks his first wicket.

OUT! Another one from RK! Such an impact player this 19-year old from Afghanistan.  Moeen was attempting the reverse sweep, but just managed to glove it and Sreevats Goswami does well to pouch it on the second attempt after the ball bobbed up off the wicket-keeper gloves' webbing.

OUT! Shikhar Dhawan this time takes a terrific catch in the deep, right at the edge off the backwardf square leg boundary. Rashid gets the big fish! Was the wrong'un. AB moves across his stumps bends on his knee and tries to hit it over the boudnary. Held in the deep.

SIX! Monstrous hit! That ball has been hit out of the stadium. Fans are simply loving this. Unreal shot from ABD. Moves across his stumps once again, takes the low full toss and clobbers it over backward square leg. 105m.

FIFTY! Moeen Ali brings up his half-century with top shot through covers. Low full toss from Thampi drilled to cover boundary.

OUT! Rashid Khan has castled the King! After outdoing AB de Villiers with a googly in their previous fixture. Rashid has the prized wicket of Virat Kohli and once again with the wrong'un. Kohli didn't read it as when went for a wild slog sweep, missed it completely. Off goes the Afghan in celebration. Strikes in his first over. What a move by Kane!

Kohli b Rashid Khan 12(11)

OUT! The ball is clearly stopping on the surface. The slowness off the surface didn't warrant a pull from Parthiv. Gets the top edge and the ball goes high in the air. Siddarth Kaul in the deep does well to take the skier. Sandeep provides an early breakthrough.

Parthiv Patel c S Kaul b Sandeep Sharma 1(4)

DROPPED! Parthiv plays the cover drive uppishly off the first ball and a short cover fielder was placed particularly for that reason. Deepak Hooda did dive to get his hands to the low catch but isn't able to hold on.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Shikhar Dhawan, Alex Hales, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan, Shreevats Goswami(w), Rashid Khan, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli(c), Parthiv Patel(w), Moeen Ali, AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

Toss update: Kane Williamson wins the battle off the coin toss and he has decided to field first at the Chinnaswamy.

Okay, so RCB needs to win tonight to stay in race but even if they lose, they will not be out mathematically. However, they will have to win big against Rajasthan Royals and hope that Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab lose their remaining games with a certain margin as the NRR will decide the fate of the teams in such a scenario. Virat Kohli and Co would not like to hang their fate on such loose threads.