Starc puts Royal Challengers back on track

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Apr-2015The partnership ended when Harshal Patel pinned Rahane lbw for 18 in the fifth over. Watson followed four balls later and Royals were reduced to 46 for 2•BCCISteve Smith flickered briefly and so did Stuart Binny before Mitchell Starc dismissed both in the 18th over•BCCIRoyals lost seven wickets for 55 runs, as Royal Challengers bowlers kept pegging away and limited the opposition to 130•BCCIChris Gayle, who was left out in the previous game against Chennai Super Kings, made 20 off 17 before falling caught behind•BCCIHowever, AB de Villiers, who was hiked to No.3, combined well with Virat Kohli to ensure that Royal Challengers cruised home with nine wickets and 23 balls to spare•BCCIKohli struck 62 off 46 balls, a second successive fifty, while de Villiers made an equally fluent 47•BCCI