Live Cricket Score: Live IPL Score of Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - KKR beat RCB by four wickets

C Woakes to C Lynn, OUT! Woakes gets his man. He draws first blood! But this is an outstanding catch by de Villiers. He is a terrific fielder and he makes no mistake. Woakes bangs this short and it is a slower one. It is also outside off. Lynn makes room and tries to slap but mistimes it high up in the air. De Villiers from mid off runs after it to his left and takes a tumbling catch. So no Lynn Show today and an early wicket for Bangalore. Just what they wanted.

C Woakes to C Lynn, FOUR! Fortune favors Lynn here! He gets a full ball and he throws the kitchen sink at it. The ball though takes the inside edge and goes agonizingly close and past the leg stump and down to fine leg for a boundary.

C Woakes to C Lynn, Another length ball outside off, Lynn once again goes after it but does not connect. Easy Lynn boy, you should first get your self in.

C Woakes to C Lynn, A little bit of swing and bowled outside off. Lynn slashes hard but misses.

C Woakes to C Lynn, A chance but a very tough one! Woakes bowls a full ball on middle, Lynn drives it uppishly but low towards the bowler who goes down and tries to catch but is not able to. It goes towards mid off.

Chris Woakes to bowl from the other end.

Y Chahal to C Lynn, Down the leg side, Lynn fails to put it away as he flicks it to short fine leg for a run. 12 from the first over, good start.

Y Chahal to C Lynn, Shorter in length on middle, Lynn blocks it out.

Y Chahal to C Lynn, Tosses it up on off, Lynn does the smart thing by pushing it back to mid off.

Y Chahal to S Narine, He shows he is not only a basher but also has brains! Narine taps this one towards covers and runs a single.

Y Chahal to S Narine, SIX! Make that 10 from two balls! This is also in the slot for him. Loopy ball on middle, it is turning back in. Narine goes down on one knee and slog sweeps it over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. What a start for Kolkata.

Y Chahal to S Narine, FOUR! Narine goes out and hits a boundary off the first ball. OKAY! Chahal tosses this one up outside off, Narine crashes it past the bowler and into the fence for a boundary.

We are back for the chase! 177 is what Kolkata need. They need 10 more than what Punjab needed in the afternoon game. Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine will open the batting for Kolkata. Yuzvendra Chahal will open the bowling for Bangalore. Here we go...

Also after that, the boundaries started to dry up and Bangalore at once looked like they would finish with something around 160. But Mandeep Singh's entertaining knock, in the end, saw them get to a total which looks challenging. Kolkata have a lot of firepower in their batting line up and they will fancy themselves to chase this down. Who will come out victorious? We will have to wait to find out in the second half. Join us in a while.

Earlier, Bangalore were put into bat and they lost de Kock early. However, Kohli and McCullum did manage to steady the ship, the introduction of Narine saw him removing the Kiwi batsman. But then came out AB de Villiers and he was in the mood to punish today. He started dispatching the deliveries to all parts of the ground and when he was batting with Kohli, 200 looked achievable. However, a moment of brilliance from skipper Karthik as he introduced Rana for an over where he picked both de Villiers and Kohli off consecutive balls turned the tide a bit towards Kolkata.

A cameo in the end from Mandeep Singh has ensured Bangalore finish strongly. They have a good total on the board but the wicket is a beauty to bat on and one might feel it is not enough.

V Kumar to C Woakes, OUT! In the air... taken! So a very good comeback by Vinay Kumar after going for 16 off the first three. He finishes with a dot and two wickets off the last three. He bowls this one on off. Woakes tries to go big but only hits it up in the air towards extra cover. Russell turns behind, keeps his eyes on the ball and takes a very good catch. The ball was swirling and he still manages to hang on running backwards. BANGALORE END ON 176/7!

Washington Sundar walks in next to bat.

V Kumar to M Singh, OUT! Vinay Kumar has the last laugh but an excellent cameo by Mandeep Singh comes to an end. Kumar from around the wicket bowls it wide outside off. Mandeep slices it over covers but straight to Kuldeep Yadav in the deep who judges it well and takes it.

V Kumar to M Singh, A dot! Full and outside off, a good delivery. Mandeep gets it off the inner half back to the bowler who shows some aggression by having a shy at the striker's end.

V Kumar to M Singh, SIX! Make that 16! This is very average death bowling but a lot of credit has to be given to Mandeep also. Kumar bangs it short on middle. Singh rocks back and pulls it over the fence for a biggie. He changed the angle on this one by coming over the wicket but that did not work for him.

V Kumar to M Singh, FOUR! Another gift, they still have to be put away though. A full toss on middle, Mandeep goes down on one knee and sweeps it through square leg for another boundary. 10 from the first two.

V Kumar to M Singh, SIX! A maximum off the first ball! Pressure on the bowler. Right in the slot by Kumar. Fuller on middle, Mandeep clears his front leg, gives it the full whack of his bat and it goes sailing over the long on fence for a biggie.

Vinay Kumar to bowl the last over.

M Johnson to M Singh, In the air... but short! Still, just 6 off the penultimate over. A short ball on middle, Mandeep goes for the pull but gets a top edge which goes on the bounce to the fielder at fine leg. A run taken.

M Johnson to C Woakes, Played to the point region by the batsman. The batsmen have run through for a single.

M Johnson to C Woakes, Cut into half! That is the length he should be bowling. Whenever he has bowled full he has been smashed. He lands it on a length outside off, it comes in with the angle. Woakes tries to drive it on the up but is beaten on the inside.

M Johnson to C Woakes, FOUR! Crisp from Chris! Full and outside off, Woakes opens the face of the bat and drives it through cover-point for a boundary.

M Johnson to C Woakes, A dot to follow up the wicket. On a length around off, Woakes tries to guide it down to third man but gets beaten.

Chris Woakes comes out to bat.

M Johnson to S Khan, OUT! Sarfaraz holes out! His struggle in the middle comes to an end and Bangalore have lost their way completely. A full ball, an off pace one on middle. Khan tries to clear long on but does not get the desired elevation. It goes straight to Rinku Singh who takes it easily near the rope. Half the side back in the hut for Bangalore.

S Narine to S Khan, Tries to be funky with a reverse sweep but misses. The ball hits Sarfaraz high on the pads. It rolls towards square leg and the batsmen run a leg bye. Karthik was appealing but he was the only one doing so.

S Narine to M Singh, On off, driven through covers for a run.

S Narine to M Singh, FOUR! Second of the over! This is poor by Narine, Bangalore won't mind though. Down the leg side, Singh tickles it very fine and the ball races away. 150 up for Bangalore.

S Narine to S Khan, Sweeps it to mid-wicket to change strike.

S Narine to M Singh, The batsman rocks onto the back foot and punches the ball. The fielder goes for a direct hit at the non-striker's end but misses the stumps. One run added to the total.

S Narine to M Singh, FOUR! Poor start! A much-needed one for Bangalore and it has come off the first ball. A hit me ball, Narine does not bowl many but you have to make him pay when he does. Mandeep does exactly that. Short and on the pads, Singh pulls it through backward square leg for a boundary.

Sunil Narine comes back for his last over.

M Johnson to M Singh, Short and on middle, Singh pulls it down towards long on for a run. Just 5 from the 17th also. So the boundaries have suddenly dried up. A perfect example this of how wickets can stop the run-flow.

M Johnson to S Khan, The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the backfoot. One run added to the total.

M Johnson to S Khan, WOW! What an effort, what an effort. Top class this is from Kolkata! Johnson bangs it short. Sarfaraz pulls it in the gap between long on and deep mid-wicket. Rinku Singh runs to his right, slides, stretches his hand out and pulls the ball back in. He keeps it down to two, actually he saves two for his side.

M Johnson to S Khan, Short and outside off, Khan tries to cut but misses. Not easy when you are playing someone of the pace of Mitchell. You just can't whack him around. Two dots in a row.

M Johnson to S Khan, Slower ball on off, Khan square drives it but straight to point.

M Johnson to M Singh, He comes around the wicket and bowls it on a length around off, Mandeep guides it down to third man for a run.

So only one over for the man with the golden arm today as Mitchell Johnson is back on, replacing Rana.

The last of the strategic breaks in the first innings has been taken. Bangalore were going well but lost two wickets to a part-time bowler. Now they don't even look like they will get to the 170 mark. But anything can happen in cricket. Let's see how Bangalore will end.