At the halfway stage of either innings it was visitors Kings XI Punjab who looked well on top of the game. But the final overs flourish provided by AB de Villiers in partnership with Marcus Stoinis, with as many as 64 runs coming off the last three overs, proved to be the deciding factor as RCB recorded a 17-run win at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here on last night.

RCB, who recovered from 84 for 4 at the end of the 10th over to post 202 for 4, survived quite a scare first from KL Rahul (42, 27b, 7x4, 2x6) and then Nicolas Pooran, who celebrated his inclusion in the West Indies World Cup squad with a belligerent (46, 28b, 1x4, 5x6) before falling to a great catch by who else but De Villiers when a further 27 was required.