Uthappa gets the first boundary for Royals as he hits a wide delivery from Sundar through the covers for a four.

The right-hander then sweeps the next ball behind square for another four as he makes his intent clear.

Uthappa repeats the sweep two balls later but this time uppishly for the third four of the over and brings out the sweep again off the last ball, as he hits Sundar with the spin over square for the fourth four of the over, which goes for 16 runs.

Left-arm pacer Isuru Udana comes into the attack.

Stokes also tries to be positive as he jumps down the track but gets a thick outside edge which goes to the right of short thirdman for a four.

The left-hander makes room and plays the cut shot but can't beat point as he attempts a quick run but is sent back. He then defends the slower ball as Uthappa calls him back for a quick run.

Udana then bowls a leg side wide to Uthappa, who charges down the track, but the pacer ends up bowling another wide.

Uthappa continues to be aggressive as he lofts Udana over mid-on for a four. The left-armer makes the mistake of pitching the last ball full again and Uthappa this time lofts it all the way over long-on for a six, to get 17 from the over.

Royals race to 38 for no loss in four overs with Uthappa stroking 28 from 13 balls. They have managed to seize the initiative with 33 coming from the last two overs.