Bengaluru, April 2 -- A brilliant fightback by middle-order batters Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma and Tim David helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) brave a top-order collapse and reach 169/8 against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the home ground of M Chinnaswammy Stadium on Wednesday.

RCB was reduced to 42/4 courtesy of a spell from Mohammed Siraj, who took 3/19 in four overs in what were home conditions for him not so long ago. Livingstone tonked a useful fifty, having precious partnerships with Jitesh Sharma and Tim David.

After GT won the toss and opted to bowl first, they got off to a fine start as a mishit from Virat Kohli landed into the hands of Prasidh Krishna at deep backward square leg, giving Arshad Khan his wicket for seven i...