RCB start favourites against depleted Kings XI

Royal Challengers Bangalore player Chris Gayle, right, with Sarfaraz Khan. Photograph: BCCI

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 cricket match in Mohali on Wednesday.

RCB would settle for nothing less than a win tomorrow which will not only enable them