Kolkata Knight Riders’ chance of reaching the playoffs has taken a severe setback after their damaging defeat to Chennai Super Kings by 2 wickets at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Chennai Super Kings are already out of the playoffs race.
KKR’s only route to the playoffs
KKR to win their remaining two matches – finish on 15 points.
MI to defeat PBKS and DC – reach 18 points.
DC to defeat PBKS and lose to GT – finish on 15 points.
PBKS to lose to RR as well – finish on 15 points.
LSG to lose one of their remaining three matches – finish on 14 points.
In the above scenario, GT, RCB and MI will qualify with more than 15 points and KKR can qualify ahead of DC and PBKS on net run rate.
Orange cap after CSK vs KKR; no change to the top 10
The top five players are separated by just 10 runs. Suryakumar Yadav, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli and Jos Buttler are locked in an epic orange cap race. 7th placed Prabhsimran Singh, 9th placed Shreyas Iyer and 10th placed KL Rahul are in action when Punjab Kings host Delhi Capitals in Dharamshala on May 8 (Thursday).
Purple cap after CSK vs KKR; Noor Ahmad jumps to 2nd
CSK’s Noor Ahmad jumped to 2nd place after taking his 2nd four-wicket haul of the season. KKR’s Varun Chakaravarthy too gained places. GT’s Prasidh Krishna holds the purple cap race by virtue of having a better economy rate than Noor Ahmad. Sixth placed Arshdeep Singh is on action tomorrow.
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