There are several combinations of results that will still see Royal Challengers Bangalore advance to the IPL play-offs, but one thing is common to all of them: Virat Kohli’s men simply have to win their two remaining games. The task before RCB is thus straightforward, and there is nothing to be gained from pondering various other scenarios. “We’re almost playing with nothing to lose,” Moeen Ali said in Indore the other night; it is a mentality that has served the team well over the last two games.
First up for RCB is a meeting with Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday; two days later comes a trip to Jaipur. Neither of these fixtures will be easy but RCB will be, as head coach Daniel Vettori put it, desperate to win.
