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RCB TO KNOCK THE DOORS OF FINAL IN DHONI'S HOMETOWN

After circumventing the Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore will look forward to knock the doors of final,but this time they are dealing with the team which will be more of the home team as MS Dhoni's team is playing in his hometown Ranchi.

Only one team in the history of the IPL - Indian Premier League has won the all two knockout games. will be up against that side and will be hoping to become the 2nd team in the history to do so.

was the first team to qualify for the playoffs and ended up being the top team in league stage. However they could not get better of Mumbai Indians and now they have to take the longer route of having to play in Qualifier 2 in Ranchi.

RCB missed the chance of getting in the top two courtesy of rain.Hence they had to take the longest route – Eliminator-Qualifier2 – to get to the Final. They cleared the first obstruction pretty easily and they are just two steps away from their destination.

Steamy RCB is in red hot form as they will want to ride on their momentum to beat the yellow army.They have won 6 of their last eight completed matches, while their opponents CSK have won only 3 of their last eight matches.

In both league games, CSK were able to close RCB out.In the absence of Brendon McCullum, CSK will need their biggest match-winner over the years – Suresh Raina – to step up, and now! The left-hander has been hitting ball well, but just two half-centuries from him in a season both against RCB but has not been able to contribute as much as he did.
On the other side the top 3 of RCB are in good form. Their middle order is also doing well with likes of Mandeep Singh Official, Dinesh Karthik. Mitchell Starc leading the pace attack very beautifully. Overall it will be a captivating contest.

The winner will progress to Eden Gardens to meet fearless Mumbai Indians on 24.

After the conclusion of league stage, we have our top 4 who will battle it out in the for the trophy. Mumbai Indians clinched the remaining 2nd spots as they defeated SunRisers Hyderabad in the virtual quarterfinal. Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders got kicked out of the tournament as Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals were placed at 3rd and 4th spot respectively. With Chennai Super Kings placed comfortably at the top and Delhi Daredevils & Kings XI Punjab had already out of the race, we have a complete picture of the playoffs to be played.
will play at Wankhede for a spot in the finals.
And Eliminator will be played between and at MCA Stadium in Pune. Better luck next time for , , and .

Some bizarre drizzling in Bangalore and full mumbai show in Hyderabad gave us the top 4 who will be battle it out for trophy in the .
Quinton de Kock(69 off 39) and JP Duminy(67 off 43) played some extra ordinary cricket and helped Delhi Daredevils get those 187 runs on the board. It followed by intense showers at Chinnaswamy which forced the match officials to call the match off giving 1 point to both the teams each. And indirectly denied Royal Challengers Bangalore to go finish in the top 2. It was 's 2nd washed out match in this year's tournament. And Rain also denied to have one last laugh.

In the following fixture, it was Mumbai Indians show all the way. First with the ball and then with the bat. bowlers did their job best to bowl out SunRisers Hyderabad at 113. It was a complete bowling attack which included Lasith Mallinga's 4-0-17-2, Suchith's 3-0-14-2 and of course Mitchell McClenaghan was peak of the bowlers picking up 3 crucial wickets for away side in his 4 overs giving off just 16 runs. It was followed by the outplaying opening partnership of 106 by Lendl Simmons (48 off 44) and Parthiv Patel Official(51* off 37). were never in the game. Mitchell McClenaghan was awarded man of the match award for his 4-0-16-3.
Taking the advantage of the rain shower in the earlier match, clinched the 2nd spot in points table and qualified for the Qualifier 1 which will be played at Wankhede.