India, April 25 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru finally broke their horror run at their home venue of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium by defeating Rajasthan Royals in a nail-biting contest.

The Royals, on the other hand, suffered their fifth consecutive defeat this season, and their campaign this year is in serious jeopardy.

Salt fell soon after, but his replacement at the crease, Devdutt Padikkal, continued his rich vein of form, scoring at a brisk rate. Kohli and Padikkal increased the tempo to take RCB to 156 by the end of the 15th over.

A mini collapse saw RCB loose 3 wickets while adding just 7 runs, Sandeep Sharma picking up 2 out of those 3 wickets. It appeared for a while that they may fall well short of a par score until Tim David and J...