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          14/05Result
          55th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Pune, May 14 2017
          Supergiant won by 9 wkts (48b rem)
          Player of the Match
          Jaydev Unadkat
          Jaydev UnadkatRising Pune Supergiant
          14/05Result
          55th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Pune, May 14 2017
          Supergiant won by 9 wkts (48b rem)
          Player of the Match
          Jaydev Unadkat
          Jaydev UnadkatRising Pune Supergiant

          Knockout before the playoffs for Kings XI and Pune

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          Hogg: Winner of Pune-Punjab will take huge confidence into playoffs (2:58)

          Ajit Agarkar and Brad Hogg lay out their thoughts on the do-or-die match between Rising Pune Supergiant and Kings XI Punjab (2:58)

          • The Preview by Vishal Dikshit
          May 13, 2017, 06:53 PM

          Match facts

          Rising Pune Supergiant v Kings XI Punjab
          Pune, May 14, 2017
          Start time 1600 local (1030 GMT)

          Head to head

          This season: Sandeep Sharma struck early, Axar Patel strangled batsmen in the middle overs, and Glenn Maxwell slammed 44 not out off 20 balls in Kings XI Punjab's convincing six-wicket win in Indore.

          Overall: It's 2-1 in favour of Kings XI.

          In the news

          Kings XI are without Eoin Morgan, Hashim Amla and David Miller while Pune are without Faf du Plessis and Imran Tahir, all of whom are away on international duty.

          Qualification scenario

          It's straightforward winner-takes-all situation. If Rising Pune Supergiant win, they will shoot up the table to No. 2. If Kings XI Punjab win, they slot in at No. 4 - they will need to win by a really huge margin to have any chance of leapfrogging KKR to No. 3. Whichever team loses is out of the tournament.

          A no-result will carry Pune through - at No. 3 - and knock Kings XI out.

          The likely XIs

          Rising Pune Supergiant: 1 Rahul Tripathi, 2 Ajinkya Rahane, 3 Steven Smith (capt), 4 Manoj Tiwary, 5 MS Dhoni (wk), 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Dan Christian, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Shardul Thakur, 10 Jaydev Unadkat, 11 Adam Zampa

          Kings XI Punjab: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Manan Vohra, 3 Shaun Marsh, 4 Glenn Maxwell (capt), 5 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 6 Axar Patel, 7 Rahul Tewatia, 8 Swapnil Singh, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Mohit Sharma, 11 Sandeep Sharma

          Strategy punt

          Steven Smith, Pune's highest scorer so far, has an unimpressive record against Mohit Sharma - 27 runs off 31 balls and two dismissals - in the IPL. Mohit will probably bowl first- or second-change. It might make sense to introduce him whenever Smith comes to bat.

          Stats that matter

          • Ben Stokes is the only player with over 250 runs and more than 10 wickets in the 2017 IPL. Overall, he is the 10th player to do the double in the league phase of an IPL season. Jacques Kallis did it three times (2010, 2012 and 2013) and Shane Watson achieved it twice (2008 and 2013).

          • MS Dhoni, who is having his worst IPL as far as strike rate and average go, has an imposing record against Axar Patel - 63 runs off 37 balls at a strike rate of 170.27 and no dismissals.

          • Kings XI have scored over 50 runs in the last five overs of each of their last four games. They had done so only three times in their first eight matches this IPL

          • Kings XI have changed their batting fortunes in the slog overs in recent matches. In their first nine matches, they scored at 9.23 per over and lost 21 wickets in the last five overs. In their last four matches, they have scored at 11.45 per over and lost only eight wickets.

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