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.
Batsman Suresh Raina was on Sunday rewarded for his recent domestic performance with a recall to the Indian Twenty20 squad for the three-match series against South Africa, starting February 18.
After eight defeats in 11 outings, Chennai Super Kings will look to give their forgettable campaign a semblance of respectability when they take on in-form Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League in Dubai on Sunday.
Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly verdict.
Will India get their bowling combination right after the debacle in Chennai when they take on a buoyant West Indies in the second ODI
Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals have failed to live up to expectations in the IPL so far and are placed sixth and seventh respectively on the points table in the eight-team competition.
Images from the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, in Delhi, on Saturday.
Rajneesh Gupta explains how team India performed during the year across all the three formats.
Considering it narrates seven stories about the different facets of life, Zindagi In Short is shockingly lifeless, Joginder Tuteja observes.
It will be a big statement if Virat Kohli's young side could start off with a bang at Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 'spritual home', a task which will be easier said than done.
Haryana were 238 for 7 on the opening day of Ranji Trophy Super League match against Saurashtra in Rajkot.
Sab Kushal Mangal is a cute film, but it is the climax that is absolutely disappointing
The needle clash, expected to be watched by a capacity crowd at the Wankhede Stadium, looks set to raise the curtains on the decade-old T20 League in grand style after a formal opening ceremony.
Lala Amarnath was the first Indian to score to century on Test debut when he made 118 against England in Mumbai nearly 80 years ago, in 1933. Interestingly, his son Surinder also accomplished the feat when he made 124 against New Zealand in Auckland, in 1976.
Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on table-toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad in another must-win Indian Premier League encounter
Images from Thursday's second T20I between India and Bangladesh, at Rajkot.
For Hyderabad, KXIP encounter is the last game where they can avail the services of Warner before he leaves home for Australia's World Cup preparations alongside Steven Smith and Marcus Stoinis.
Royals are more affected than Sunrisers with the absence of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Joffra Archer, who have left for England to join the World Cup camp.
Images from the IPL match between SunRisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings, in Delhi, on Wednesday.
A charged up Sunrisers Hyderabad will have revenge on their minds when they face an in-form Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, in Hyderabad, on Thursday.
A youth claiming to be the biological son of veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari on Saturday gave his blood samples along with his mother in the Delhi high court in connection with a paternity suit. Rohit Shekhar and his mother Ujjawala Sharma made themselves available before a Joint Registrar as ordered by the single judge bench of Reva Khetrapal to give their blood samples.
A batsman of Russell's calibre may just prove to be the difference between the two sides.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list IPL 2021's 50 Most Valuable Players.
Neither side will be at full strength, as a string of first-team players will be missing due to injuries, when India and New Zealand meet in the opening match of the ODI series on Wednesday in Hamilton.
The Pune outfit is presently languishing at the sixth spot in the eight-team standings with just four points.
Warner would be looking to make the most of the early start and put runs on the board again.
