IPL 2019 RR vs RCB in pictures: Buttler, Gopal star as Rajasthan beat Royal Challengers by 7 wickets- as it happened

Rajasthan Royals skipper Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and elected to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

.@rajasthanroyals Captain Ajinkya Rahane wins the toss and elects to bowl first against the @RCBTweets.#RRvRCB pic.twitter.com/APTvmZXu7o

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 2, 2019

Sanju Samson misses out for the hosts due to an injury and has been replaced by Stuart Binny. They have dropped Jaydev Unadkat and brought in Varun Aaron. RCB have made three changes as they brought in Akshdeep Nath, Navdeep Saini and Marcus Stoinis, replacing Shivam Dube, Prayas Ray Barman and Colin de Grandhomme.

Virat Kohli came down to open the innings with Parthiv Patel. Rajasthan Royals opened with spin. Kohli and Patel gave RCB their best start as they reached 48 without loss in the powerplay. (Image: AFP)

Shreyas Gopal then removed Virat Kohli (23) to give Rajasthan the big breakthrough. Gopal then got another big wicket of AB de Villiers (13) - it was another googly that was sent back to the bowler by ABD. 

Shreyas Gopal finished his first spell with the wicket of Shimron Hetmyer. It was another googly and the edge was smartly taken by Jos Buttler behind the wicket. (Image: AFP)

Parthiv Patel kept fighting at the other end. He completed his half-century in the 14th over. Marcus Stoinis hit a SIX in the same over bring up RCB's hundred. (Image: AFP)   

After Parthiv Patel was out for 67, Marcus Stoinis (31*) and Moeen Ali (18*) took Royal Challengers Bangalore to 158/4 in their 20 overs. (Image: AFP)

Jos Buttler and Ajinkya Rahane gave Rajasthan a great start. They took RR to 55 in the powerplay. The partnership was broken by Yuzvendra Chahal who trapped Rahane (22) in front of the wicket with Royals at 60/1 in 7.4 overs. (Image: AFP)

Jos Buttler was joined by Steve Smith after Rahane's wicket. Buttler completed his half-century, fourth-straight fifty at SMS Stadium in Jaipur, off 38 balls. Rajasthan reached 101/1 in 12 overs. (Image: PTI)

Chahal once again provided the key breakthrough for RCB as he dismissed the dangerous Buttler (59) in the 13th over of the innings, with Royals still requiring 55 more runs to win. (Image: AFP)

Steve Smith and Rahul Tripathi ensured that Rajasthan does not suffer from any more hiccups. The duo put up a partnership of 50 runs, taking the team closer to the victory. Smith was dismissed in the penultimate over by Mohammad Siraj, with the team still requiring 5 more runs for the win. (Image: PTI)

Tripathi and Ben Stokes ensured the victory for Rajasthan in the final over as they won the match by seven wickets. Tripathi and Stokes remained unbeaten on 34 and 1 respectively.