Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck in his first over, having Chris Gayle bowled via the thigh pad for 1 BCCI
Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers then combined for a blistering 157-run partnership, which left Sunrisers Hyderabad gasping BCCI
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Kohli hit 75 off 51, including seven fours and three sixes BCCI
De Villiers did even better, smoking 82 off 42, including seven fours and six sixes BCCI
Bhuvneshwar removed Kohli in the 16th over with an accurate yorker, but by then Royal Challengers Bangalore had motored to 163 BCCI
When IPL debutant Mustafizur Rahman dismissed de Villiers and Shane Watson off consecutive deliveries in the 18th over, it looked like Sunrisers might manage some damage control BCCI
Sarfaraz Khan, 18, had other ideas. He scooped and reverse-scooped his way to 35 off 10 balls to propel Royal Challengers to 227 for 4 BCCI
Parvez Rasool struck early in the defence to bowl Shikhar Dhawan for 8 BCCI
David Warner, however, muscled a half-century off 21 balls to give his side hope BCCI
But that evaporated when he holed out to Adam Milne for 58 in the ninth over BCCI
Sunrisers then lost four wickets - including two to legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal - in four overs BCCI
Ashish Reddy showed some fight with 32 off 18 balls BCCI
Watson finished with two wickets as Royal Challengers romped to a 45-run win BCCI
