Left-arm pacer Arshdeep back into the attack. He starts with a short ball which Kohli pulls powerfully to beat the fielder at deep square leg for a four.
Kohli steers the second ball away from short thirdman for a single before Patidar again takes toll of a short ball to heave it over midwicket for a six, to take RCB past the 100-run mark in the ninth over.
Patidar pushes the pacer to deep point for a single and Kohli takes one off the next before the former punches the last ball through the covers for two runs, to get 16 from the over.
Patidar's arrival has turned the RCB innings on it's head. He has stroked 48 from 20 balls, putting on 63 from 26 balls for the third wicket.
Curran is back into the attack. The first ball is slightly wide as Kohli hangs back to guide the past short thirdman for a four and then takes one.
Patidar continues to deal in sixes. He pulls the short ball from Curran over fine leg for a six to race to his fifty in grand style, from 21 balls.
Captain Curran brings Punjab relief with the key wicket of Patidar. The right-hander tries to run the full wide delivery to thirdman but gets the edge and is caught by wicketkeeper Bairstow.
Punjab will heave a sigh of relief to see the catch being taken! They have already dropped four catches so far!
Patidar played an entertaining knock of 55 from 23 balls, hitting six sixes and three fours. He got RCB back on track, adding 76 from 32 balls for the third wicket with Kohli.
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