RCB started this years IPL campaign on a losing note, they were quite convincingly beaten by KKR at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata were in control right from the start,Bangalore’s young batting talent failed, and the visitors were left to thank the experienced Jacques Kallis for holding the innings together, however, even his battling, an unbeaten 65 on a slowish track, couldn’t spare Bangalore the eventual hammering. In their next encounter RCB played KingsXI Punjab at the Chinnaswamy stadium, batting first KXIP set a huge target of 204 to be chased by RCB, In response at the halfway mark it seemed as if Kings XI Punjab had scored enough, but RCB batsman went after the target with such vengeance that Punjab were punished for trespassing on private property with some breathtaking knocks from Kallis & Robin Uthappa with solid support from opener Manish Pandey and eventually RCB won the match quite convincingly by 8 wickets. After such a convincing victory against Punjab, RCB went on to win their next three consecutive matches against Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians & Chennai Super Kings and looked like a invincible team. A superlative bowling performance by RCB, including a hat-trick by Praveen Kumar, decimated Rajasthan Royals to a paltry 92 and set up a huge 10 wickets win at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, In their next encounter RCB thumped table toppers Mumbai Indians quite convincingly by 7 wickets at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, Vinay Kumar removed Sachin Tendulkar, Dwayne Bravo and Ambati Rayudu in one over to turn what had been a cat-and-mouse game until then, unmistakably RCB’s’ way. RCB then hosted the formidable Chennai super Kings, batting first RCB made a shaky slow start and headed for a below par total untill Robin Sixappa (Uthappa) took the match away from CSK by scoring a 38-ball 68 which included 40 plus runs in the last two overs on the innings, in reply CSK lost wickets at regular intervels and eventually lost the match by 36 runs with no major contribution from any of their top order batsman.