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Kolkata Knight Riders star spinner Varun Chakravarthy says that if you are able to contribute to the team, that’s enough in a franchise and said that Andre Russell was one of the main contributors in the team’s win against Rajasthan Royals

“I think the total was too big but it was chaseable because the wicket was very good. But our power-play was not good. So, if it would have gone well, I think the result could have been anything,” Badoni said

Vettori admits it's been a consistent struggle throughout the season in putting up a collective performance together

Delhi's Nair says it's about peaking at the right time

Kolkata Knight Riders resisted Riyan Parag's stunning 95 to edge out Rajasthan Royals by one run

Prabhsimran's 48-ball 91 formed the cornerstone of Punjab Kings' unassailable 236 for 5 and any hopes of a remarkable chase was nipped in the bud by Arshdeep's 3/16 in 4 overs

Patidar said that Yash Dayal was the main bowler for his team, a death-overs specialist

Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni said he should have converted a couple of more shots and ease the pressure

Romario Shepherd, who was the 'player of the match', faced all but one of the last 12 legal balls and hammered six sixes and two fours off Khaleel Ahmed and Matheesha Pathirana, on his way to an unbeaten 14-ball 53 including four fours and six sixes

With four league matches remaining, KKR's equation is straightforward — win all four and reach 17 points, a total that should secure a spot in the top-four

Notwithstanding the commendable batting performances of CSK's Ayush Mhatre (48-ball 94) and Ravindra Jadeja (77 not out), RCB beat Chennai by 2 runs in the last over

They’ll need to play much better cricket from here on and perhaps start thinking about rebuilding for the next season, JioStar expert Ambati Rayudu said

If you're bowling second, make sure you watch every single ball of the 20 overs somebody else bowls, take all that you can from them, said Prasidh who took 19 wickets from 10 games this season

We didn't field well and that was the reason maybe a couple of drop catches and a couple of missed fields were the reason why we gave those extra 20-25 runs, Unadkat said in the post-match briefing

The result meant Sunrisers Hyderabad are all but out of the playoffs race, even as Gujarat Titans boosted their prospects

Rahane says IPL demands you stay in the moment and give your best every day

Openers Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton struck sublime half-centuries

As this was his team’s first offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Iyer, who was also the ‘player of the match’ for his brilliant half-century, was fined Rs 12 lakhs

I feel we need to take some catches because that really helps to take wickets, you can slow down the opposition. Other than that, I feel from the batting unit as a whole, I felt it was a good effort, Dhoni explained

Punjab Kings have moved up to second in the table with 13 points while CSK are on 10th with just four points, and their play-off hopes were eliminated with this result