Robin Uthappa's excellent 45-ball 75-run knock went in vain as Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Pune Warriors by 17 runs to consolidate their second position in the Pepsi Indian Premier League.

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Robin Uthappa's excellent 45-ball 75-run knock went in vain as Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Pune Warriors by 17 runs to consolidate their second position in the Pepsi Indian Premier League. (PTI/PTI)

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Uthappa's fiery knock, during which he hit five boundaries and as many towering sixes, failed to take Pune home as, chasing a stiff 188 for victory the hosts ran out of steam to be restricted to 170 for nine and hand RCB their first win away from home this season. (BCCL/Santosh Bane)

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Earlier, RCB rode on Saurabh Tiwary's fine 52 and A B de Villiers' quick-fire unbeaten 50 to post a 187 for three. (BCCL/Santosh Bane)

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Chasing the challenging target, Pune lost wickets at regular intervals to find themselves in a spot of bother at 81 for four in 10.5 overs. (BCCL/Santosh Bane)

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Skipper Aaron Finch (15 off 11) was the first to depart after he played on to his stumps a Moises Henriques delivery in the third over. (BCCL/Santosh Bane)

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Tirumalasetti Suman (11 off 14) and Yuvraj Singh (16 off 11) did not help their side's cause either. While Suman was run out, Yuvraj hit a R Vinay Kumar delivery straight to the hands of De Villiers at long-on. (PTI/PTI)

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