India, April 28 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru have found a quiet, unsung hero driving their success in away matches. And once again, in their sixth away win of the season, he stepped up. Krunal Pandya, who had made his mark with the ball in the other wins, turned up with the bat this time against Delhi Capitals, scoring a brilliant unbeaten 73 off 47 balls to guide RCB to the top of the points table with a six-wicket win on Sunday.

Supporting Pandya at the other end was Virat Kohli, who ensured the victory on his home turf. It helped that the Kotla pitch resembled the old days, sticky and forcing the batters to mistime and chop on deliveries.

RCB's player identification manager and spin coach Malolan Rangarajan had clarified Kohli's mu...