Hyderabad, April 26 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) have bounced back in their IPL 2024 campaign with a morale-boosting win in the last match, with captain Faf du Plessis' initiative to bat first putting the opponents on the backfoot right from the start.

Addressing the team in the dressing room after the win, assistant coach Malolan Rangarajan lauded the skipper's proactive decision at the toss.

"Faf, well done on taking the call of batting first. It might have been a little bit too obvious but saying that you want to bat first and make the opponent do something different, brilliant! And to follow that up with the start both of you (Du Plessis and Virat Kohli) gave was brilliant," Malolan said.

After a firm start from the openers...