IPL 2018, SRH vs RCB: 5 talking points

#2 RCB have only themselves to blame

De Villiers failed to deliver yet again in a run-chase for RCB

After a fine display by the bowling unit, the RCB openers Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel started off aggressively in the powerplay, with the skipper, in particular, looking in impressive touch.

Patel raced to 20 off 12 balls before falling to Shakib Al Hasan but Kohli carried forward the good start at the other end dismissing the left-arm spinner in his next over for a couple of boundaries and a six.

Having scored 55 in the powerplay overs, RCB looked well on their way to a comfortable victory and luck also seemed to be on their side with Siddarth Kaul and Williamson dropping a couple of gilt-edged chances.

However, the RCB batsmen failed to capitalize on the chances as the likes of Manan Vohra and AB de Villiers tried to play a shot too many only to end up gifting their wicket to the opposition.

Kohli can consider himself unlucky with Yusuf Pathan taking a blinder to get rid of the RCB skipper but it was painful to see that Colin de Grandhomme and Mandeep Singh couldn't finish off the job for the side despite a solid partnership.