Rachin Ravindra and Rahul Tripathi are the openers for CSK, who will need a quickfire start in the Powerplay.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who makes his debut for RCB, starts off with the ball. Left-hander Ravindra is beaten as he pushes away from the body before he clips the next off his pads for a single.
Tripathi takes one to get off the mark and Ravindra punches the fifth ball to deep point for just a single.
Tripathi flashes hard at the last ball as he gets a thick outside edge which flies over the slip fielder for a four.
Josh Hazlewood from the other end. He strikes with the second ball of the over as Tripathi (5) miscues the pull shot courtesy of some extra bounce, spooning a simple catch to Salt at square leg.
Three balls later, the RCB pacer dealt CSK another huge blow, dismissing their captain Ruturaj Gaikwad for a three-ball duck.
Two wickets while conceding just a single as Hazlewood leaves CSK reeling on 8/2 in two overs.
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