A much better surface for batting and reasonable chunks of luck is perhaps just the combination Royal Challengers Bengaluru needed in their bid to register their first win of IPL 2025 at their home base, the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Rajat Patidar lost a fourth straight toss at this venue but once RCB were put in by Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag, things panned out quite nicely. Parag himself put down Phil Salt (on one) at mid-off, in the second over of the game from Fazalhaq Farooqi, while Tushar Deshpande, who had a Thursday night to forget, dropped Devdutt Padikkal when the rangy left-hander was on 36.