KKR with 12 points from 12 games would like to win the next two encounters to ensure a smooth passage while CSK, currently at the bottom of the eight-team table, are only playing for pride.
For a boy, who didn’t have money to buy cricket shoes, father being an auto-rickshaw driver and mother working as a maid, it has been one of the fascinating stories in Indian cricket
Chasing 150 on Monday night, Gayle, who was overlooked and was also ill in the first phase of the IPL, showed why he is called the 'Universe Boss' during his innings of 51 off 29 balls
For Delhi, opener Shikhar Dhawan has been in brilliant form but even his record-setting hundred was not enough to save the side from a defeat against Kings XI Punjab for lack of contribution from other batters.
Hyderabad pace bowler Mohammed Siraj produced a magical performance picking up three wickets for eight runs in his four-over spell in RCB’s eight-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders.
Chasing 85, RCB openers Devdutt Padikkal and Aaron Finch provided a solid start to the side as they put on 46 runs for the first wicket. KKR finally got the breakthrough in the seventh over as Lockie Ferguson dismissed Finch (16).
After a string of below par performances, Dinesh Karthik handed over the reins to his deputy Eoin Morgan hours before KKR's match against Mumbai Indians on Friday.
"We are taking every game as it comes. We are not thinking too far ahead. Whatever happens, we have to keep it simple and play to our strengths. Whether we get to playoffs or not, it is not really controllable but we are focused on playing our best cricket.”