PTI

Kolkata/New Delhi

Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings on Saturday sealed their playoff berths after recording contrasting victories against Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals in their respective matches played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata and Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.

LSG survived a late Rinku Singh onslaught to secure a thrilling one-run win. Pooran held the LSG innings together with a counter-attacking 30-ball 58 (4×4, 5×6) to propel them to a fighting 176/8 after being invited to bat.

Chasing 177 for a win, Rinku threatened to pull off yet another last over win for KKR with a ruthless 67 not out from 33 balls (6×4, 4×6) as he waged a lone battle. But it was not enough in the end as KKR ended at 175 for 7 to lose the match by one run.

In the earlier match, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Deepak Chahar’s brilliant show helped CSK cantered to a 77-run crushing victory over Delhi
Capitals.

Playing a must-win game, Conway (87 off 52) and Gaikwad (79 off 50) smashed brilliant half-centuries to help CSK post a challenging 223/3.

Skipper David Warner, DC’s best batter this season, waged a lone battle, scoring 86 off 58 deliveries. But in the end the home team could manage only 146/9 in 20 overs after Chahar dealt a killer blow removing a couple of top-order batters within Powerplay overs.