Iyer was playing in place of Rajat Patidar, RCB’s captain, who did not travel to Dharamsala after he was struck on the helmet by a sharp bouncer from Kolkata Knight Riders’ Kartik Tyagi last week. Stand-in captain Jitesh Sharma said after RCB’s victory that Patidar was “doing really well” and that he would return for Friday’s match in Hyderabad, creating a potential selection dilemma.