Harshal Patel comes in as the impact substitute, with Salil Arora making way for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their massive chase of 256.
Venkatesh Iyer and Virat Kohli walk out to open the innings, with Iyer taking strike against the new ball from Pat Cummins.
Iyer gets moving straight away, skipping down the track and carving the length ball away for a couple to get RCB going. He follows it up with a quick single to keep the scoreboard ticking.
Kohli then gets off the mark calmly with a single, before Iyer shifts gears -- smashing a crisp boundary through the infield. He finishes the over in style, launching a powerful six to cap off an aggressive start.
A flying beginning for RCB -- 14 runs off the first over, and they look in a hurry in this steep chase.
Sunrisers Hyderabad know exactly what’s at stake — they need to keep Royal Challengers Bengaluru under 165 to leapfrog both RCB and Gujarat Titans in the standings.
Eshan Malinga shared the new ball from the other end, working in tandem with skipper Pat Cummins’s plans to apply early pressure.
Virat Kohli started with a controlled flick behind point for a single, while Venkatesh Iyer looked to attack but was denied by sharp fielding at point. The next phase was all discipline from SRH -- four dot balls in a row built real pressure on the batters.
But just when it looked tight, Iyer broke free at the end, finding the boundary to close out the over.
A tidy over from SRH -- just 5 runs off it as RCB move to 19 without loss after 2 overs, but the required intent is already visible.