RCB 25-0 (3 ovs) vs Gujarat | Scorecard

The power-packed duo of Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli walk out to open the batting for RCB.

Mumbai's experienced seamer Dhawal Kulkarni will bowl the first over.

Gayle gets off the mark with a quick single from the first ball before Kohli gets one with an unconvincing shot on the leg side which falls just short of the fielder at midwicket.

Gayle picks another single before Kohli gets an edge for the first boundary of the match and then keeps strike with one from the last ball.

The young Basil Thampi to bowl the second over. Kohli defends the first two balls before he is beaten and hit on the pads as the pacer appeals. He tries a bouncer which Kohli looks to pull but gets a top edge which goes for a four and he gets one from the last ball.

Kohli keen to break the shackles while also impose himself on the bowlers right from the start. He walks across his crease and flicks Dhawal through the leg side twice in a row for successive fours. He drives the next ball straight down the ground to make it a hat-trick of boundaries to take RCB to 25 for no loss in three overs.