In his first-ever IPL captaincy assignment, Rajat Patidar won the toss after a grand opening ceremony at the bonanza event.
KKR went with the expected opening pair of Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narine, who started strong with a four in the first over as de Kock cut a ball through the off-side.
RCB got a second chance when Suyash Sharma dropped an easy catch, but Hazlewood quickly redeemed the mistake by dismissing de Kock on the next ball.
After a boundary from de Kock off the second ball, he drove a length delivery through point for another four.
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However, the highlight of the first over was overshadowed by a bizarre scoreboard glitch that displayed Virat Kohli bowling instead of Hazlewood, sending the Twitterverse into a frenzy.