New Delhi, May 7 -- Kolkata Knight Riders' chance of reaching the playoffs has taken a severe setback after their damaging defeat to Chennai Super Kings by 2 wickets at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Chennai Super Kings are already out of the playoffs race.

KKR to win their remaining two matches - finish on 15 points.

MI to defeat PBKS and DC - reach 18 points.

DC to defeat PBKS and lose to GT - finish on 15 points.

PBKS to lose to RR as well - finish on 15 points.

LSG to lose one of their remaining three matches - finish on 14 points.

In the above scenario, GT, RCB and MI will qualify with more than 15 points and KKR can qualify ahead of DC and PBKS on net run rate.

The top five players are separated by just 10 runs. Suryakumar Yada...