Rajasthan Royals captain Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bowl first. Rajasthan Royals brought in Mahipal Lomror in place of Ankit Rajpoot. Royal Challengers Bangalore team unchanged.

Rajasthan Royals started well but went too hard and lost their top 3 inside 6 overs. Steve Smith 5(5), Jos Buttler 22(12) and Sanju Samson 4(3) scores 60% of team runs in the past and RCB did well to attack with the new ball and get rid off the top 3. Rajasthan Royals innings was all about reconstruction, Robin Uthappa 17(22) saw another failure in this years IPL. Mahipal Lomror 47(39 balls, 1 four & 3 sixes) tried his best in his first match of the season, but lack of power and wickets at the top didn't help Royals. Sri Lankan international Isuru Udana took 2 wickets for 41 runs. Yuzvendra Chahal was the pick of the bowlers for RCB. He picked up 3 wickets for just 24 runs in his 4 overs. Royals scored 154 for 6 in 20 overs.

Rajasthan Royals needed 2-3 quick wickets in the powerplay to put some pressure on the humongous batting lineup of RCB. But they got only one, which is of Aaron Finch. After the initial breakthrough RCB played sensibly. Their captain had all the time in this world to take his time and shrugg off the initial rustiness. Paddikal scored his 3rd half century in the 4th match in this IPL. He scored 63 off 45 balls which includes 6 fours and 1 six. This was the first day match in this Dream 11 IPL. Virat Kohli took time initially then showed what he was used to show the world on regular basis. His innings was fluent and chanceless. He scored 72 off 53 (7 fours and 2 sixes) and stayed at the crease till last to see his team go over the line. Here are some tweets to see the reactions of the fans.

A small edit #Viratians@imVkohli #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/RCwuSOP4rx

— VAMSI PRINCE is ?? (@VK_18_) October 3, 2020

#King is back to his business (chasing targets)#RCBvRR #Dream11IPL #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/HY4mIY8TuK

— Fukkard (@Fukkard) October 3, 2020

King ?? is Back with a Bang
Class as usually ??????@imVkohli ??#ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/vc3l02t72o

— SAVE AMARAVATHI (@KalyanS69152584) October 3, 2020