RR vs RCB: Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore to keep playoff hopes alive

Follow live: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers BangaloreLive cricket scorecardRajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 30 runs to keep their playoff hopes aliveOver 19.2: OUT! Mohammed Siraj holes out on 14 as Jaydev Unadkat wraps up the Bangalore innings on 134. RCB have been bowled out on 134.RCB now need 35 runs from six deliveriesOver 19: Two runs from Jofra Archer's final over. Score 130/9Over 17.6: OUT! Rajasthan Royals are just one wicket away from knocking out RCB from the playoff race. Jaydev Unadkat gets his first wicket of the match as Tim Southee holes out on 14. Score 128/9Over 17: Tim Southee ends the over with a four off a full toss. Eight runs in it. Score 121/8Jofra Archer is backOver 15.2: OUT! Clean bowled! Ben Laughlin strikes twice in two deliveries. RCB are hurtling towards a defeat now. Umesh records a first-ball duck. Score 108/8Over 15.1: OUT! A slower delivery from Ben Laughlin as Sarfaraz Khan edges one to the right of 'keeper Klaasen dives to complete a brilliant catch. He scored 7. Score 108/7Over 15: Jaydev Unadkat returns. Sarfaraz Khan gets a four off his second delivery. Other than that, a tidy over from Unadkat. Just six runs in it. Score 108/6Over 14: A tidy over from Ish Sodhi as he finishes his quota of four over. Four runs in it. Score 102/6Time-outOver 12.4: OUT! That's a big big wicket for Rajasthan Royals! Shreyas Gopal has once again struck and this time he has AB de Villiers stumped on 53. Have RR sealed the match now? Score 98/6Over 11.6: OUT! Colin de Grandhomme lines himself up for a drive but instead gets an edge to caught by Ajinkya Rahane in the slip. He scored 2. Score 96/5Over 11.2: FIFTY for AB de Villiers. Brings up the milsetone with a four to deep midwicket. This is his sixth half-century of the season. Score 93/4Over 10.3: OUT! Shreyas Gopal is on a roll! He has brought Rajasthan Royals back in the contest with his third wicket in his second over. This time, it is Mandeep Singh who has been stumped on 3. Score 85/4Over 10: Those two strikes have pegged RCB back after the acceleration provided by De Villiers and Patel. Seven runs from Sodhi's second over. Score 84/3Over 8.6: OUT! Shreyas Gopal strikes again as takes a brilliant catch off his own bowling to remove him on 1. Score 77/3Over 8.3: OUT! Parthiv Patel doesn't wait for the decision as he starts walking back. Shreyas Gopal has him stumped on 33 as RCB lose their second wicket. Score 75/2Over 8: Not an ideal start from Sodhi. De Villiers reverse-swept his first delivery past the short third man for a four. And off the next, benefited from some poor fielding from Jofra Archer in the deep to score a consecutive four. 11 runs from the over. Score 74/1Spin from both ends. Ish Sodhi comes in to bowl his first overOver 7: Shreyas Gopal into the attack. Eight runs in the over including a triple to de Villiers. Score 63/1Time-outRCB lost their captain cheaply but they have done well to score 55 in the Powerplay oversOver 6: Another good over for the visitors. Two fours in it - both to Parthiv Patel. 10 runs from it. Score 55/1Left-arm medium pace Jaydev Unadkat into the attack nowOver 5: De Villiers is in exquisite form - charges forward and sends it rolling pas the bowler for his fourth boundary. Parthiv Patel then ends up slicing the final delivery to third man region but his lucky as it lands safely and rolls past the boundary. 10 runs from the over. Score 45/1Ben Laughlin into the attack nowOver 4: AB de Villiers wastes no time as he gets going with three fours off Jofra Archer. He moves to 15 off 7. Score 35/1 Over 3: AB de Villiers is the new man in. Five runs and a wicket in the over. Score 21/1 Over 2.5: OUT! RCB have been given a big blow by K Gowtham as he cleans up their captain Virat Kohli on 4. Kohli was anyway was looking out of sorts - edging and being beaten frequently. Score 20/1Over 2: Parthiv Patel looks in the mood today. Archer drops his first delivery short and Parthiv ramps it over the third man boundary for a six. He then ends the over as he had started - a perfectly timed ramp over the 'keeper's head for the second maximum of the over. 14 runs from the over. Score 16/0Jofra Archer will share the new ball Over 1:Good start from the spinner. Just two runs from his first over. Score 2/0Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel are in the middle to kickstart RCB chase. K Gowtham has the new ball.Rahul Tripathi scores an unbeaten 80 off 58 as Rajasthan Royals post a decent 164/5 against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in JaipurOver 20: Rajasthan Royals finish on a high as K Gowtham smokes two consecutive sixes off Tim Southee. He was run-out off the final delivery on 14 off 5. Score 164/5Over 18.6: OUT! Heinrich Klaasen had clattered a six and a four off Mohammed Siraj. And he continued his quest to find boundaries as he aimed to hit one over long-off. He got the elevation but not the distance to hole out to Moeen Ali. He scored 32 off 21. 13 runs and a wicket in the over. Score 149/4Over 18: Rajasthan Royals are failing to score big in the death overs. Tim Southee has given just seven runs in the over. Score 136/3Over 17: Yuzvendra Chahal is back to bowl in the death overs. And does well to keep the RR pair quiet. Allows just five singles in his fourth over. Score 128/3Over 16: The home team is accelerating now. Heinrich Klaasen also gets going with back-to-back boundaries off Mohammed Siraj. 11 runs from it. Score 124/3Five overs to go now. RR have so far scored 113/3. Their scoring rate isn't impressive but they have wickets in hand.Over 15: Rahul Tripathi charges forward and sends the ball soaring over the sightscreen for his third six of the innings. Nine runs from Moeen Ali's second over. Score 113/3Moeen Ali is backSecond Time-out of the inningsOver 14: End of an excellent over from Umesh Yadav. Two wickets and three runs in the over. Score 104/3Over 13.2: OUT! Two in two for Umesh Yadav! A soft dismissal as Sanju Samson gets caught at mid-wicket for a first-ball duck. Score 101/3Over 13.1: OUT! Umesh returns and breaks the stand with his very first delivery. An off-cutter from Umesh and Ajinkya Rahane is hit on the pad. The umpire took ages before raising his finger. Rahane reviewed. Impact was outside off but the ball was hitting the stump and the on-field umpire's decision stays. He scored 33 off 31. Score 101/2Over 13: A productive over for the hosts this. Rahul Tripathi continues to find boundaries - this time via an outside edge to third man. 9 runs from it. Score 101/1Spin returns in Yuzvendra ChahalOver 12: FIFTY for Rahul Tripathi - reaches the milestone with a couple. And followed that with a straight six over Colin de Grandhomme's head. 12 runs from the over. Score 92/1 Over 11: Mohammed Siraj returns. Six runs from his second over. Score 80/1At the halfway stage, Rajasthan Royals are 74/1Over 10: That was a looong over from Colin de Grandhomme. He began with a wide and bowled and bowled two more in the over as he struggled with his line. He leaked a total of 11 runs from the over. Score 74/1Colin de Grandhomme to bowl his first over nowOver 9: Umesh Yadav does well before Rahul Tripathi lifts his fifth delivery over the covers to score his fourth boundary. 9 runs from it. Score 63/1Umesh Yadav, the only wicket-taker so far, is backOver 8: A good start from the youngster. Just four singles in it. Meanwhile, Tripathi and Rahane have completed 50-run partnership. Score 54/1Mohammed Siraj into the attack nowOver 7: Tim Southee continues after the short-break. Bowls a decent over, allowing just five singles in it. Score 50/1Time-outEnd of Powerplay overs. Rajasthan Royals have scored a decent 45/1. Their experiment to open with Jofra Archer failed as he was out for a duck.Over 6: Legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal into the attack now. Another 10-run over for RR including two consecutive fours from the bat of Rahul Tripathi. Score 45/1Over 5: Tim Southee into the attack now. Ajinkya Rahane greets him with a four off the first delivery. Another good over for the hosts. 10 runs from it. Score 35/1Over 4: Finally, Rajasthan get going. A couple of boundaries off the bat of Ajinkya Rahane settles some nerves. Rahul Tripathi gets going too. Three boundaries in the over. Score 25/1.Over 3: Rahul Tripathi hits the first maximum of Rajasthan's innings. 10 runs from the first over of Moeen Ali. Score 12/1Over 2: OUT! A successful over for the RCB. Umesh Yadav gets rid of Jofra Archer for a duck, it's his fourth score of 0 this IPL. A wicket maiden from Umesh. Score 2/1.Over 1:Tight start from Royals. Yuzvendra Chahal sticks to the basics and just a couple of runs conceded. It's 2/0 for the Royals.PLAYING XIRajasthan Royals: Rahul Tripathi, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Sanju Samson, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Stuart Binny, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Ish Sodhi, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben LaughlinRoyal Challengers Bangalore: Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Moeen Ali, Colin de Grandhomme, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra ChahalTOSS: Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and have opted to batWeakened by the departure of Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes, Rajasthan Royals will have their task cut out when they lock horns with a resurgent Royal Challengers Bangalore, in the Indian Premier League on Saturday. The game at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium is crucial for both RR and RCB, placed fifth and sixth in the table respectively.Follow all the live IPL Score updates from the 53rd Match of IPL 2018 between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore on Times of India.