Middle-order batting failure

After the RCB opener and skipper Virat Kohli departed early for 4 runs, another opener Parthiv Patel and no.3 batsman AB de Villiers put a 55-run partnership for the second wicket.

But once that partnership was broken, RCB faced a batting collapse. Apart from the lower-order batsmen Tim Southee (14 runs) and Mohammed Siraj (14 runs), none of the other batsmen reached the double-digit score. As a result, RCB was bundled out for just 134 runs in 19.2 overs while they were once 75/1 in 8.2 overs.

It was the poor batting performances by the RCB middle-order batsmen which secured their defeat.