India, April 25 -- With Chennai Super Kings languishing at the bottom of the IPL 2025 table after eight games, head coach Stephen Fleming is holding on to belief and drawing inspiration from a familiar source. Ahead of CSK's crucial clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Fleming said his team is looking to take a leaf out of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's playbook from last season, when they staged a dramatic turnaround to make the playoffs.

"We're still hopeful of winning 6 out of 6, and some will giggle at that, but RCB set a blueprint for that the year before," Fleming said, referring to RCB's incredible surge in IPL 2024 which ended with a playoff berth sealed in their final game - ironically, against CSK.

The RCB had won only one match ...