Skipper Faf Du Plessis and Virat Kohli scored fine half centuries as Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated the Mumbai Indians by eight wickets at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.
After being asked to bat first, Mohammed Siraj drew first blood by dismissing Ishan Kishan, caught at deep third man by Harshal Patel for 10.
Left arm pacer Reece Topley then got into the act by cleaning up Cameron Green (5), bowled with a full and straight delivery.
Rohit Sharma (1) and Suryakumar Yadav (15) fell soon after as MI slumped to 48/4.
Tilak Verma along with Nehal Wadhera brought the innings back on track with a valuable 50 run stand for the fifth wicket before the latter perished to perished to Karn Sharma for 21.
Karn then claimed his second wicket of the match by cleaning up Tim David (4) bowled, while attempting a slog sweep.
However some lusty hitting by Verma (84)* and Arshad Khan (15)* towards the end propelled Mumbai to a competitive total of 171/7 in their 20 overs.
Chasing 172, openers Du Plessis along with Kohli got Bangalore off to a blistering start. The duo added 148 runs for the opening wicket before the former was dismissed by Arshad Khan for a fantastic 73.
Dinesh Karthik fell to Green for a duck, but Kohli brought up the victory in style by smashing Arshad for a six over long on as RCB overhauled the target of 172 with 22 balls to spare.