00:00Goodrat made a ballistic start batting first.
00:07Sai Sudarshan and Shubman Gill had bad intentions as they ripped into the RCB bowling.
00:13The pair took 57 of the power play and only needed 59 balls to raise the first 100.
00:24Royal Challengers finally caught a break removing Gill at 128 for 1.
00:29There's the first one. Sudarshan would go all the way to his third IPL turn.
00:34He gets it. It's an outstanding 100 from someone who plays with such class.
00:41But fell on an even 100 at 160 for 2. Titans were on course for a massive total.
00:50Taking wickets was one way for RCB to limit the Titans charge.
00:54But they bowled much tighter towards the end keeping the Titans to 50 runs of the final 5 overs.
00:59As RCB did well to keep the Titans down to 205 for 3.
01:04Royal Challengers couldn't match the Titans massive opening stand.
01:07But their second wicket partnership would do most of the heavy lifting.
01:10It's too short and for a man in this kind of form.
01:13Firat Kohli and Devdut Padikal raised their first 100 of 54 balls.
01:18As they both got 50s for the third time this season.
01:22Again Devdut Padikal to a half century.
01:27But Padikal had his thumbs distilled on 55.
01:30And Kohli went in the same fashion at 154 for 3.
01:34RCB was still the hot favorites well ahead of the Titans at the same stage.
01:39But 33 runs from victory, Gujarat bowled themselves back in the contest with a pair of wickets.
01:46Prunal Pandeya turned the equation back in RCB's favor after smashing 14 in the 18th over.
01:52And he sealed victory for RCB in the penultimate over to win by 5 wickets.
01:57Terence Clark, TV6 Sport.
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