Virat Kohli's breezy 67 set up a 26-run victory for Royal Challengers Bangalore over Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League.
Chasing 182 for victory, Pune made 155 for five thanks to 51 off 34 balls from Jesse Ryder.
Earlier, batting first after losing the toss, Chris Gayle and Tillakaratne Dilshan put on 57 in just over six overs before Rahul Sharma dismissed the pair in successive overs.
Kohli and AB de Villiers then added 66 before Alfonso Thomas dismissed Villiers (26). Kohli reached his 50 off just 36 balls and then combined with Saurabh Tiwary to hit three sixes and a four from Jerome Taylor's next over.
Kohli (67 off 42 balls) holed out in the deep off Thomas in the next over, but the Pune bowlers could not prevent Bangalore compiling 181 for five.
In reply, Pune failed to keep pace with the required run rate as Ryder's aggressive start was negated by Tim Paine's struggle.
Paine was eventually dismissed by Aravind Sreenath for eight off 17 balls as Pune limped to 63 for one at halfway.
Ryder reached his half-century off just 32 balls, but soon fell to Syed Mohammad after lifting one straight to mid-wicket.
Yuvraj Singh joined Manish Pandey with 103 required off 50 balls and soon saw Pandey (19 off 23 balls) dismissed by Daniel Vettori.
Yuvraj and Robin Uthappa brought the requirement down to 55 off 24 balls, but with Zaheer Khan dismissing Yuvraj (41 off 23 balls) in the next over, Bangalore's victory was a foregone conclusion.
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