Bangalore batsman AB De Villiers (R) plays a shot while Hyderabad wicketkeeper Sreevats Goswami (L) looks on during the T20 2018 cricket match at The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium./AFP

AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali struck breezy half-centuries as Bangalore held their nerves under pressure to take out a 14-run win over table-toppers Hyderabad in a must-win match and stay afloat in T20 on Thursday.

Asked to bat, Bangalore posted a mammoth 218 for six before surviving a scare from Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson (81 off 42) and Manish Pandey (62 off 38) to restrict the visitors to 204 for three.