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IPL-8: RCB look to inch closer to play-offs

Updated on: 13 May,2015 07:37 AM IST  | 
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With eyes firmly set on a play-off berth, Royals Challengers Bangalore will start as overwhelming favourites against bottom-placed Kings XI Punjab in an Indian Premier League match here today

IPL-8: RCB look to inch closer to play-offs

Mohali: With eyes firmly set on a play-off berth, Royals Challengers Bangalore will start as overwhelming favourites against bottom-placed Kings XI Punjab in an Indian Premier League match here today.

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RCB's Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers put on record 215-run stand vs MI on Sunday. Pic/Atul Kamble 


RCB would settle for nothing less than a win which will not only enable them get past fourth-place Rajasthan Royals but also give a boost to their chances of progressing to the play-off stage.


RCB is presently lying at the fifth spot with 13 points from 11 games, while Kings XI are out of play-off reckoning with just four points 12 matches.


Having thrashed Kings XI by a huge 138-run margin in their previous meeting in Bangalore, RCB would definitely fancy their chances against the struggling hosts.

A star-studded RCB have strong a batting line up in the form of dangerous Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers and skipper Virat Kohli.

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