New skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad after marshalling his resources well to restrict RCB to a moderate total, got off briskly along with fellow opener New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra adding 38 in four overs.
Gaikwad scored run-a-ball 15 with three fours, while an aggressive Ravindra struck three sixers and an equal number of boundaries in his 15-ball entertaining knock of 37, before holding out to deep square leg of spinner Karan Sharma, looking for a second maximum, after hitting one in the previous ball.