Trent Boult and Ravichandran Ashwin kept a tight leash on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, but the other bowlers leaked runs and left their batsmen with a slightly challenging target of 173 runs to punch a ticket to Chennai for Qualifier 2 against the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

A large number of 85,506 fans at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium on Wednesday were cheering for RCB and, in particular, Virat Kohli (33, 24 balls, 3x4, 1x6, strike rate 137.5).