Which of the two teams that will take the field tonight can rightly be termed the 'A' team of Bangalore, with the other being Bangalore B? Your guess is as good as mine but the fact is that three Bangalore boys figure in the Kings XI Punjab squad, with two of them KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal playing crucial roles at the top of the order while a third Karun Nair patiently awaits his turn. To boot, two others, Chris Gayle and Sarfraz Khan - the latter figured in the first few games - have previously figured in RCB's retained players list. And, at least three others in the Kings XI squad have played one time or the other for RCB.

Both teams though will have to bring their 'A' game to the Chinnaswamy Stadium. While Kings XI have five wins to RCB's three, they cannot afford to keep dropping points. For the hosts, of course, the situation remains the same, despite two successive wins. One more loss and they can kiss goodbye to their very bleak chances of making the playoffs.