IPL 2018, RCB vs RR: 5 reasons why RCB lost

#3 Virat Kohli's decision to bowl first

Rated as a batting track by pitch experts, Virat’s decision to bowl first raised a few eyeballs, which was proven to be a wrong decision in the end. Virat Kohli would have backed his big hitters to chase the target owing to their last match performance headed by AB de Villiers.

But they were made to chase 218 by the Rajasthan Royals thanks to sparkling innings from Sanju Samson which was never chased before in the IPL, proved to be too much for them despite a decent batting effort from Virat Kohli and a cameo from Mandeep Singh late in the innings.