Rajasthan Royals continued their winning spree and became the first team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) to enter the semi-finals as they thrashed bottom placed Bangalore Royal Challengers by 65 runs at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here Saturday.

Chasing a challenging 198 to win, the visitors could manage just 132, largely built around skipper Rahul Dravid's brilliant unbeaten 75-run knock.Dravid waged a losing battle as he smashed Yousuf Pathan for three sixes in the 17th over but it was too late by then as Bangalore batsmen let their team down once again. White and Kallis stayed on for sometime, but unfortunately White (10) was taken by Trivedi and Patel took the fourth wicket of Bangalore Royal Challengers in the 8th over. Kallis tried to regain some lost focus, and added 20 crucial runs to the scorecard before Pathan took his catch off Trivedi’s bowling in the 11th over and shortened his stay on the pitch.

Munaf Patel (2/21) picked up his second wicket on the last bowl of his spell when he sent back White (10) and Skipper Shane Warne (3/23) joined the party when he took wickets of consecutive balls in his second over and then dismissed Zaheer Khan (1) off a stunning caught and bowled in the third.