RCB came out on top the last time the two sides faced off against each other in a high scoring encounter.

The two sides met only once last year, at the Ekana Stadium.

Batting first, LSG posted a mammoth 227/3 in 20 overs powered by Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten 118. However, RCB chased down the total with relative ease thanks to an equally impressive unbeaten 85 from Jitesh Sharma off just 33 balls.

While the result of the game did not make a difference to LSG as it was already out of the reckoning for the playoffs by that point of time, the victory propelled RCB to the top two.

It was an important result, which in retrospective, made RCB’s path to its maiden title a lot more straightforward.