Hundred for Buttler in his 100th IPL game
Virat Kohli was once again among the runs for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, smacking his highest IPL score of 113, but Jos Buttler countered with a 58-ball century of his own to get Royals two more points on the table.
Buttler returned to form with 100 in 58 balls and Samson struck 69 in 42 to put up a 148-run stand. It was the season's highest partnership for any wicket, a record broken just ninety minutes after Kohli and Faf du Plessis set the same record with a 125-run opening stand of their own.
But despite that century stand from the RCB openers, the team struggled to put away Royals' spin pair of Yuzvendra Chahal and R Ashwin.
Kohli now stands 131 runs ahead of the No. 2 on the orange-cap leaderboard, but that would offer little consolation as RCB now stand with only one win in five games. Royals extended their lead at the top with their fourth win in four.