Chasing 192 for victory, the Bangalore outfit came close to the target, thanks to efforts by Jacques Kallis (54 off 44 balls) and Rahul Dravid (38 off 30 balls), but it did not prove enough in the end as they ended up on 181 for five.

Earlier, after Royal Challengers skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and inserted the hosts, the Daredevils rode on the 98-run second wicket stand between Gautam Gambhir (86) and Shikhar Dhawan (50) to post 191 for five.

The visitors sprang a surprise in their run chase by sending Praveen Kumar (6) as makeshift opener but the ploy fell flat on its face as old warhorse McGrath came up with a three-wicket burst in his first spell that had the Bangalore side in complete disarray.

McGrath scalped Praveen with his fifth delivery and removed Ross Taylor (29) and Wasim Jaffer in the fifth over to rock the visitors who were reeling at 48 for three.

Seasoned campaigners Dravid (38) and Kallis (54) shunned extravagance and almost slyly accumulated runs, pushing the score past 100 mark with occasional moments of belligerence.

McGrath returned to haunt the visitors again as he scalped Dravid to break the association that had yielded 87 runs. The Australian returned an impressive figure of 4-0-29-4, first four-wicket haul in the tournament.