Andre Russell had walked in during the 14th over. At the time of the 18th, he was still 11 runs off 13 with only one hit to the fence, and still, he was able to effectively challenge the bowlers.
Yash Dayal was under pressure to keep the ball out of his hitting arc, which forced him to miss out on a few opportunities. He sprayed one too wide outside off and another too wide outside leg, which also beat the keeper and went for four runs. To compound the issue, he had overstepped.
Dayal was merely attempting to do the right thing, but it is challenging in this format. The 17th over, which consisted of nine balls, resulted in Shreyas hitting the long-on boundary twice and contributing 22 runs. RCB had confidence in him to close the innings, but that over yielded 16 runs. He once again demonstrated the correct approach by going wide with a yorker, but the ball missed the mark and was hit. Despite slowing down, Muscle Russell managed to find a solution. He recovered to deliver two yorkers and a bouncer, limiting the damage to just three runs. However, the last ball was pitched in a way that allowed Ramandeep to hit it for four runs. KKR ended the inning at 222 for 6.