SRH vs RCB, IPL 2018: SRH beat RCB by five runs to consolidate top spot

OVER 8.2: OUT! Chahal strikes to remove Manish Pandey. SRH 48/3

End of Powerplay! SRH reach 38/2 in six overs

OVER 5.5:OUT! Siraj gets the big fish, dismisses Dhawan for 13. SRH 38/2

OVER 2.3: OUT! Southee strikes to clean up Hales for 5. SRH 15/1

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

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Alex Hales, Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma

TOSS: Royal Challengers Bangalore win toss, elect to field against Sunrisers Hyderabad

The Virat Kohli-led RCB, though, are struggling for survival as they need to win every game and also hope that other results go in their favour to remain in contention for the play-offs. They are placed sixth in table with just 3 wins from 9 games.

The hosts have already taken long strides towards a play-off spot but still there are issues that must be bothering them ahead of the business end of the tournament. Opener Shikhar Dhawan's low strike rate must be a concern for them along with a shak

Courtesy their splendid bowling attack, SRH emerged as good defenders initially but by defeating Delhi Daredevils with a seven-wicket margin, they proved that they can pull off tight chases as well.

A consistent Sunrisers Hyderabad unit would look to consolidate its position at the top of the points table while Royal Challengers Bangalore will fight for survival when they clash in the Indian Premier League.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore