Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have qualified for their first playoffs after losing the final in IPL 2016. They secured the fourth position in IPL 2020 after collecting 14 points with seven wins. A better run-rate than Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) helped them stay in the top four.

Before the playoffs, Virat Kohli, the RCB skipper has advised his players to stay in a positive mindset. They will be playing the Eliminator match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Nov 6. RCB hasn't had a good outing in the last few matches and lost four-consecutive matches before qualifying for the playoffs.

"I want all of us to be in a positive mindset. I promise you we will have more fun in this next week than we had in two and a half months," said Kohli in a video posted by RCB's Twitter account.

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The head coach Simon Katich told the players to grab the opportunity against SRH in his pre-playoffs chat with players.

"Well done on a fantastic achievement of reaching the playoffs. It obviously requires a lot of hard work, so well done on that. The finish hasn't been as planned but what is done is done," said Katich.

"We can now look for the opportunity which comes up on Friday and grab that opportunity. The things that stand (out) for me is that certain guys played according to their role in our last game. One obviously (is) Shahbaz (Ahmed) – he picked his first wicket in IPL," he added.