Ahmedabad:&nbsp;Skipper Virat Kohli blasted his&nbsp;second successive fifty and pacer Mitchell Starc snapped three&nbsp;wickets as Royal Challengers Bangalore notched up a&nbsp;comprehensive nine-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in their&nbsp;IPL encounter here today.&nbsp;
Bangalore didn't put a foot wrong today as they first&nbsp;dished out a disciplined bowling performance to restrict&nbsp;Rajasthan to 130 for nine and then returned to overhaul the&nbsp;target with 23 balls to spare. 
Chasing 130, Bangalore rode on the unbeaten 98-run&nbsp;partnership between Kohli and AB de villiers (47) for the&nbsp;second wicket to snap their three-match losing streak and hand&nbsp;over Rajasthan their second successive loss.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/apr/kohli-fifty-rcb.jpg" alt="Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli raises his bat after scoring a fifty against Rajasthan Royals during an IPL match against in Ahmedabad on Friday." /> Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli raises his bat after scoring a fifty against Rajasthan Royals in Ahmedabad on Friday. Pic/PTI&nbsp;
Earlier, Starc scalped three wickets, Yuzvendra Chahal&nbsp;and Harshal Patel took two wickets each while left-arm spinner&nbsp;Iqbal Abdulla snapped one at the Sardar Patel Stadium after&nbsp;skipper Kohli elected to field. 
Chris Gayle (20) and Kohli gave Bangalore a good start&nbsp;with the West Indies batsman blasting three fours and a six.&nbsp;But Shane Watson dismissed Gayle with a slower bouncer&nbsp;which caught him offguard as he top-edged it to wicketkeeper Sanju Samson. 
AB de Villiers then joined Kohli and the South African&nbsp;skipper straight away blasted James Faulkner for a couple of&nbsp;boundaries. Kohli too picked up a six off Pravin Tambe to keep&nbsp;the scoreboard ticking. 
De Villiers cracked two more fours in Tambe's second&nbsp;over. The duo started toying with the bowlers as they picked&nbsp;up quick singles and twos and also found regular boundaries to&nbsp;frustrated Rajasthan. 
In the 14th over, Kohli brought up the 100 with a&nbsp;straight drive six off the first ball and then reached his&nbsp;individual fifty with a single.&nbsp;
De Villiers then blasted a four off Watson and Kohli&nbsp;plundered another six off Tambe in the next to inch closer to&nbsp;the target.&nbsp;
Finally, it was de villiers who hit flicked Deepak Hooda&nbsp;to the midwicket boundary for a four to seal the game in&nbsp;Bangalore's favour.&nbsp;
Earlier put into bat, Ajinkya Rahane (18) and Watson (26)&nbsp;gave Rajasthan a flying start as the duo amassed 36 in 5 overs&nbsp;before the former was trapped infront of wicket by Patel.
Rahane hit two boundaries and a six in his 12-ball&nbsp;innings, while Watson blasted four fours and a six before his&nbsp;attempt to score another six off Chahal ended with a simple&nbsp;catch at the fence by Starc. 
New man Karun Nair (16) blasted a six before his 14-ball&nbsp;stay was cut short by a bullet throw from the boundary line by&nbsp;Patel with Kohli doing the needful as Rajasthan slipped to 72&nbsp;for three. 
Hooda (1) too was cleaned up by Abdulla in the 12th over&nbsp;when he tried to play a slog shot off a straight delivery.&nbsp;
Samson (4) too followed suit, paying the price for&nbsp;another irresponsible slog-sweep as Yuzvendra Chahal disturbed&nbsp;his stumps. 
Smith and Stuart Binny then brought up the 100 in the&nbsp;15th over. The duo tried to up the tempo and picked up a four&nbsp;each but Starc returned and struck twice to sent the duo back&nbsp;to the hut as RR were reduced to 121-7. 
Smith's mistimed shot landed in the safe hands of&nbsp;wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik, while Binny, who was dropped by&nbsp;Abdulla at long on in the 16th over, found David Wiese at deep&nbsp;extra cover. 
James Faulkner was then sent back to the pavillion by&nbsp;Patel with wicketkeeper Karthik taking an exceptional catch,&nbsp;diving to his left in the 19th over.
Starc then cleaned up No. 10 batsman Dhawal Kulkarni as&nbsp;RR managed to score 130 in their stipulated 20 overs.&nbsp;

Skipper Virat Kohli blasted his&nbsp;second successive fifty and pacer Mitchell Starc snapped three&nbsp;wickets as Royal Challengers Bangalore notched up a&nbsp;comprehensive nine-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals&nbsp;

IPL 8: Kohli, Starc power RCB to nine-wicket win over RR

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Skipper Virat Kohli blasted his&nbsp;second successive fifty and pacer Mitchell Starc snapped three&nbsp;wickets as Royal Challengers Bangalore notched up a&nbsp;comprehensive nine-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals&nbsp;

IPL 8: Kohli, Starc power RCB to nine-wicket win over RR

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