Phil Salt’s explosive 33-ball 65 laid the foundation and Virat Kohli’s 100th T20 fifty provided the finishing touch as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) cruised to a dominant nine-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the IPL here on Sunday.

RCB’s decision to bowl first paid off on a surface that stayed low and offered variable bounce, even as rising India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal’s fluent 75 off 47 balls stood out in RR’s total of 173-4.