Pleasing a crowd that braved a 3 hour rain delay, Virat Kohli and Zaheer Khan turned in emphatic displays as the Royal Challengers Bangalore clinched a 24 run win over Chennai Super Kings on Saturday night. RCB are tied with Sunrisers Hyderabad on 18 points apiece. Though SRH have a game against Kolkata left their Net Run Rate is at very poor -0.031 to RCB's +0.457. A loss would bring that number down further and RCB could advance to the playoffs ahead on the basis of a better NRR.

Chennai fell short of RCB's huge 107 run target thanks to a great bowling performance by Zaheer Khan.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings 4 pm M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore have their task for Saturday night cut for them, they must beat the Chennai Super Kings by a big margin at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Cheteshwar Pujara’s name is synonymous with Test cricket. Pujara, who has a batting style similar to the legendary Rahul Dravid, proved that he can adapt to T20 cricket as well during his classy 51 for the Royal Challengers Bangalore against the Kings XI Punjab during an IPL game at Mohali.

As the Royal Challengers Bangalore prepare for a must win game against the Chennai Super Kings on Saturday, great things are expected of skipper Virat Kohli.

As the Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Chris Gayle leads the IPL batting charts with his 680 runs scored in the tournament so far, the giant West Indian opener has racked up quite a few records enroute to holding the ‘Orange Cap’.

Adam Gilchrist and Azhar Mahmood combined to power Kings XI Punjab to a 7 wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday evening. The win prolonged Kings XI’s stay in the tournament, also keeping RCB’s hunt for a spot in the play-offs alive.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab 4 pm Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore have an uphill task at hand when they face the Kings XI Punjab in a must win game at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.

A poor batting performance on a sluggish surface saw RCB finish their marathon away stretch of IPL 6 with a 5 wicket loss against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the JSCA Stadium in Ranchi on Sunday evening.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 4 pm JSCA Stadium Ranchi After edging out the Delhi Daredevils in a close game at the Ferozshah Kotla on Friday, Virat Kohli's men travel to Ranchi to play in the city’s first ever IPL game against hosts Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday.

Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 8 pm, Ferozshah Kotla Stadium, Delhi It is make or break time for the Royal Challengers Bangalore who face the Delhi Daredevils at the Ferozshah Kotla on Friday night.

David Miller hit the third fastest hundred in all IPL history to finish a stunning chase for Kings XI Punjab and give them a 6 wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Monday night.

Daniel Vettori is one of the best ever spin bowlers to have graced modern day cricket but the wily spinner will readily tell you that he is incredibly lucky to have Chris Gayle as his teammate at Royal Challengers Bangalore since he does not have to bowl to the burly West Indian opener in an IPL game.

Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 8 pm, PCA Stadium, Mohali Royal Challengers Bangalore resume their Indian Premier League 6 campaign with a match against the Kings XI Punjab at Mohali on Monday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Pune Warriors India by 17 runs in their IPL 6 match at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium in Pune on Thursday night to seal their first away win of the season.

Pune Warriors vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 8 pm, Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune The Royal Challengers Bangalore are in dire need of a confidence boost on their IPL 6 campaign and their match against the Pune Warriors in Pune on Thursday will be a welcome game for captain Virat Kohli.

Another away game was won by a home team in the sixth edition of the IPL, Rajasthan Royals winning their match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 4 wickets at Jaipur on Monday evening.

Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 4 pm Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur Royal Challengers Bangalore will face a confident Rajasthan Royals, a team with the strongest home record over all seasons of the IPL, in testing conditions at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Monday afternoon.

Royal Challengers Bangalore's 2-0 record against the Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium was consigned to rest, the home team winning their match on Saturday night by 58 runs to make it 2-1.

Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 8 PM Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai The Royal Challengers Bangalore start an arduous stretch of the team’s IPL 6 campaign, playing 6 consecutive away games beginning with their match against the Mumbai Indians on Saturday night.

A brief shower that interrupted play was the only period of respite for the Pune Warriors India on Tuesday evening. Record after record was obliterated as the Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Pune by 130 runs, powered by an unbelievable 175* from Chris Gayle at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors 4 PM M Chinaswamy Stadium, Bangalore The red hot Royal Challengers Bangalore will meet Pune Warriors India in their Indian Premier League match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday afternoon.

One of the highlights of the 2013 IPL has been RCB’s bowling attack. The M Chinnaswamy offers god bounce for bowlers at times but it’s the batsmen who normally have a great time thanks to the quick outfield and short boundaries. But this year, batsmen have been put on the backfoot and the bowling attack has achieved this despite missing Zaheer Khan in action. Vinay Kumar has led the attack well and his efforts have fetched him the purple cap. He spoke to IPLT20.com after the win against Rajasthan Royals, here are the excerpts from his interview:

A superb bowling show and an uncharacteristic Chris Gayle knock propelled the Royal Challengers Bangalore to the top of the 2013 IPL points table with a 7 wicket win over the Rajasthan Royals on Saturday night.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals 8 PM M Chinaswamy Stadium, Bangalore The M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore will see the clash of the IPL’s royals, the Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals on Saturday night.

T20 is a batsman’s game but bowlers aren’t mugs. They come up with their variations, the carrom ball, the slower bouncer, even the intentional half volley hoping for a mishit. Batsmen have to be on the top of their game all the time, figuring out new ways to hit the ball and new parts of the ground to hit them to. And no one does inventive batting in T20 better than AB de Villiers.

Jaydev Unadkat had a good game against the Delhi Daredevils. The lanky left arm paceman took 2/24 to help restrict Delhi to a gettable total but a stumble during Royal Challenger Bangalore’s chase saw them take the match into a Super Over before winning it. Having lost a similar game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad just a week ago, the team was elated at beating Delhi.

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils 8 PM M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore will be furious heading in their game on Tuesday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium after a game they let slip against Chennai on Saturday. It will help that they face wooden spoon holders Delhi Daredevils, yet to open an account after 4 games.

Royal Challengers Bangalore lost a close game against Chennai Super Kings by 4 wickets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday night. With 2 runs required off the last ball, RP Singh had Ravindra Jadeja caught at third man boundary but he had overstepped while bowling, conceding a no-ball.

Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 8pm MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings have met each other in a couple of high profile games but nothing has been needed at stake to make it a memorable match between the two sides.

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets, finishing the match with the Orange Cap, Purple Cap and most sixes in the tournament on Thursday evening at Bangalore’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won their game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets on Tuesday evening at Bangalore, Virat Kohli avenging the Super Over loss in Hyderabad on Sunday night with an emphatic 93* to break Hyderabad's back.

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 4PM M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore For the second time in three days, Royal Challengers Bangalore will lock horns with the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Except this time the venue will be Bangalore’s stomping ground and Virat Kohli’s side will be eager to return the favour after Sunday’s Super Over finish.

Royal Challengers Bangalore were beaten by the Sun Risers Hyderabad on Sunday night after a Super Over finish. Sun Risers’ youngsters helped their team level with RCB’s 130 run total to bring up the 2013 Pepsi IPL's first tied game before their imported pros sealed the game in the Super Over.

Sun Risers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore 8PM Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad The erstwhile Deccan Chargers bowed out of IPL 5 as party poopers, derailing the campaigns of Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore on their way out. Their replacements the Sun Risers Hyderabad began IPL 6 with a victory in a similar mould.

Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels and Sunil Narine took centre stage while Ravi Rampaul flew under the radar but he was as important in West Indies’s 2012 World Twenty20 campaign, getting breakthroughs and taking wickets at the death to help WI to their first World Cup title since 1979!

RCB coaches made sure the team got a good hard workout yesterday at the Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore. Chris Gayle and Virat will join the team today. Watch out for the next practice Session

Royal Challengers Bangalore coach Ray Jennings is excited to be back in India, planning RCB’s IPL 6 campaign. He had a lot to say to the Indian media recently, here are excerpts from his interview.

It’s time to paint the town red and gold again, IPL 6 is here!

On Wednesday came the big announcement of Virat Kohli being appointed as the new RCB captain. After a dream run with the bat in 2012 Kohli’s leadership capabilities were clearly established. He certainly is one of the contenders to the lead the Indian team in the future. Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar also backed him up to be the next skipper of the Indian team.

Virat Kohli has been appointed the new RCB captain. Kohli succeeds the highly respected and successful former RCB captain Daniel Vettori. Kohli’s appointment follows a productive IPL 6 auction in which RCB strengthened their bowling line-up significantly and added capable all-rounders to increase the amount of flexibility in the selection of the playing squad.

RCB have signed Saurashtra batsman and wicketkeeper Sheldon Jackson to their squad for the 2013 Indian Premier League.

A list of 101 players who will go on auction on Sunday, February 3rd ahead of the 2013 Indian Premier League was released today.

RCB have signed up batsman Sunny Sohal ahead of the 2013 Indian Premier League.

RCB have signed up batsman Abhinav Mukund as a part of the squad for the 2013 Indian Premier League.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore have signed Kerala right arm fast bowler Sandeep Warrier on to their roster ahead of the sixth IPL.

The player auction for the 2013 Indian Premier League will be held on February 3rd in Chennai.