Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals have also qualified for the play-offs. The team is second in the table with 16 points from 13 matches with 8 wins and 5 losses. However, after losing 4 consecutive matches, Rajasthan team will play its last league match today. If Rajasthan team wins today's match then it will finish the league round with second position. Rajasthan Royals, who chased runs in the first 11 matches, failed to reach 150 runs in their last two matches.

England's Jos Buttler has gone home and Tom Kohler-Cotmore has been fielded as an opener in the last game. But his special performance did not emerge. Tom Kohler-Cotmore was out after scoring 18 runs in 23 balls. If Rajasthan has to end the league campaign with a win, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Ryan Barrack will have to return to aggressive form.

Today's game could be the best practice for the next round for Kolkata Knight Riders, who have already made sure to finish the league round on top. Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz is likely to open alongside England's Phil Salt at home, or the Kolkata team management may consider either Nitish Rana and Venkatesh Iyer as the opening batsman.

Sunil Narine, who scored 461 runs including one century and 3 half-centuries at a strike rate of 182.93, can swing the bat once again. Ringu Singh may focus more on getting back into form before the play-offs. In terms of bowling, the spin of Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine, medium pace of Andre Russell and pace of Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora and Mitchell Marsh could put pressure on the Rajasthan Royals batting line-up.

Hyderabad-Punjab conflict: In the IPL series, the teams of Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings will face each other today at 3.30 pm at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad. This will be the last league match of both the teams. Pat Cummins-led Hyderabad team has already qualified for the play-off round with 15 points from 13 matches with 7 wins, 5 losses and one draw. The Punjab Kings team, which has lost the chance to go to the playoffs, is at 9th position in the table with 10 points after playing 13 matches with 5 wins and 8 losses.

The result of today's game will not have any impact on any team. A win could give Hyderabad a chance to finish the league round with second position. However, it will depend on the result of the match between Rajasthan and Kolkata. Because if Rajasthan wins its last match then it will remain at second position with 18 points.