The South African speedster bowled a brilliant 18th over to snare three wickets, including the one of home team skipper.
Kohli, holding one end up all this while, decided to cut loose with the score reading 114/4 after 16 overs. He smashed Lamichhane for two successive sixes but Rabada got his back in the next over, beating Kohli for pace as he looked to lift the ball over the bowler's head. Rabada then removed Akshdeep Nath (19) and Pawan Negi (0) in the same over to reduce the hosts to 138/7, from which they never recovered.
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RCB were off to a stuttering start, losing opener Parthiv Patel (9) early as the in-form stumper batsman slashed at a wide Lamichhane (1/46) delivery to Chris Morris at third man.
AB de Villiers (17) failed to continue the fireworks from the last game and handed a catch to Colin Ingram at long on off Rabada.
Marcus Stoinis (15) hit a six and looked good during his stay at the crease, but the Australian too tried to get a move on too early off Axar Patel (1/22), pulling an outside off-stump delivery to Rahul Tewatia at long on.
Still chasing their first win of the season, RCB batsmen found the wicket was extremely tough for stroke-making. The ball was not coming on to the bat and the batsmen had to use muscle power than timing.
England all-rounder Ali smacked a four and a six off Ishant Sharma in the 14th over and hit Lamichhane also for a maximum in the next, before being foxed by a googly in the same over and coming down the wicket to smash a six, missing the line and Rishabh Pant stumping him with ease.