Chennai, March 27 -- Ahead of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) blockbuster clash against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), the team's batting coach and mentor Dinesh Karthik hailed star batter Virat Kohli and expressed faith in his spin-playing abilities, saying that he wants to "improve and keep raising the bar."

In one of the biggest matches of the IPL season, five-time champions CSK and RCB will meet in a Southern Derby at Chepauk Stadium on Thursday. In their last match, RCB sent CSK packing out of the competition on the basis of net-run-rate and secured the playoffs spot after winning six matches on the bounce after winning just one of first eight matches. Both teams have played each other 33 times, with CSK winning 21, RCB winning ...