The equation is this.

Lucknow Super Giants are already eliminated. Punjab Kings need a win tonight to stay alive and in order to qualify for the Playoffs, PBKS need Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders to lose tomorrow.

Should Shreyas Iyer and co lose for the seventh time in a row tonight, PBKS will be eliminated and the battle for the last Playoffs spot will become a three way battle between RR, KKR, and DC heading into the final day of the league stage.