One team might be sitting at the top of the table and the other occupying the exact opposite end of the spectrum, but the gulf between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings was miniscule at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on a rocking Saturday night. Not just miniscule, almost non-existent.

In the end, the margin was a mere two runs as Yash Dayal held his nerve and defended 15 runs in the final over, bowling the hosts to a popular victory. A cracking opening stand between Jacob Bethell and Virat Kohli was backed up by a savage 14-ball 53 not out — the joint second-fastest IPL fifty — by Romario Shepherd, muscling RCB to 213 for five with 54 coming off the last two overs. But CSK weren’t going down without a fight.