India, May 20 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru director of cricket Mo Bobat says the defending champions' marauding run in the ongoing IPL is because of a "hunter mindset" which prevented complicity from creeping in after the team's maiden trophy win last year.

RCB was the first team to seal a berth in the knockout stage this year, garnering 18 points. With a game in hand, they will be eager to finish atop the points table. The side has logged nine wins in its 13 matches so far and will be up against Lucknow Super Giants in the final league stage engagement on May 22.

"I didn't want it to feel like we had climbed Mount Everest (winning the title last year). We wanted to just keep climbing, keep hunting. We've talked with that language a l...