Alagappan Muthu

Tight contests have gripping narratives. This is one about the five playmakers who stood up in the crunch during Sunrisers Hyderabad's victory over Delhi Daredevils in Raipur

Plays of the day from the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings in Kolkata

The batsmen haven't been as productive, the bowlers have been struck by the same bug. Mumbai will need a swift turnaround to push for a playoff spot as they take on Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede stadium

Brad Hogg took four key wickets to flummox the Chennai Super Kings batsmen, following which Robin Uthappa and Andrew Russell motored past the target of 166

Kings XI Punjab have not been the dominant team they've been over the past season, which might be helpful for Chennai Super Kings, who've not had the best luck against them

A haphazard batting performance left the onus on the Pakistan bowling again. With only 141 to defend though, all Bangladesh needed was one partnership. Shakib Al Hasan and Sabbir Rahman provided that

Chennai Super Kings have maintained their dominance in the IPL as a result of a host of their players standing up when needed

Chennai Super Kings' finishers haven't functioned to full potential, much the same as Royal Challengers Bangalore's bowling outfit

He was stifled by slower balls, tucked up by short ones and undone by a straight one by which time Royal Challengers were well on their way to losing the game

Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, on current form, is the contest of the IPL and the best case for the drawing board to gather dust. If only to keep from being reminded of the opposition's strengths

Both teams are heavily dependent on Plan A and much of that is down to local talent that hasn't translated into trustworthy resources

His blazing fifty put the seal on a dominating performance, but David Warner had already made his mark on the game with some inspired bits of captaincy

Plays of the day from the match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals in Pune

Kings XI batting line-up was overpowered by a mix of enterprising bowling and electric fielding and James Faulkner was at the epicenter of it all

Plays of the day from the match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils in Chennai

Chasing 151, Delhi Daredevils were suffocated by their own safety-first approach and fell an agonising one run short against Chennai Super Kings

A well-rounded Kolkata Knight Riders have very little to worry with Sunil Narine back in their ranks, while Mumbai Indians' ability to work as a team will be in focus

Royal Challengers Bangalore, like they usually do, boast one of the most explosive line-ups in the IPL, but they will need to be at least as good as the sum of their parts of they are to end their trophy drought

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West Indies needed to overhaul a target of 176 in 36.2 overs or less to make the quarter-finals barring a tie in Adelaide and they did that without much incident