All star of the match

Seamer Shardul Thakur returned career-best T20 figures of 3 for 19 to put Rising Pune Supergiant in the playoffs and end Kings XI Punjab's campaign

He was brought in to rest the season regulars, but a match-turning knock could give the team management a few selection headaches ahead of the playoffs

Mohammed Siraj was taken for 22 in his first two overs, but he got in the way every time Gujarat Lions tried to make use of a solid base

Karun Nair ended a lengthy lean patch following his Test triple-century against England with a well-paced innings on a sluggish Kotla surface

Wriddhiman Saha wasn't quite himself as a floater in the middle order; he seized his opportunity as an opener to score a breezy 93

Shreyas Iyer fought the fall of wickets at the other end to raze to his highest T20 score and steer Delhi Daredevils to a tense win

Rahul Tewatia, playing his first game of the season, produced a tidy spell of legspin bowling outside the Powerplay to strangle Kolkata Knight Riders' chase

Mohammad Nabi unrelentingly built pressure on Mumbai Indians, his 12 dots in the Powerplay setting the tone for a clinical bowling display from Sunrisers Hyderabad

Dwayne Smith cashed in on two reprieves and slugged his way to his first fifty of the season

Sunil Narine had never scored a fifty in T20s before today, but he changed that in some style

Sent up the order to counter spin and tackle the short boundaries, the West Indies allrounder made a seamless transition and bullied Delhi Daredevils

Ben Stokes starred with the bat, ball, and also in the field to condemn Sunrisers Hyderabad to the first defeat at home this season

Sandeep Sharma removed Royal Challengers' holy trinity inside the Powerplay to derail what should have been a simple chase

A spell-binding display from a 19-year-old batsman knocked Gujarat Lions out of contention for the IPL playoffs

Rahul Tripathi's unfettered assault - 93 off 52 balls - floored Kolkata Knight Riders at home and carried Rising Pune Supergiant to third place

Yuvraj Singh's 41-ball 70 was a timely reminder of why he is crucial to Sunrisers Hyderabad in their quest to defend their IPL title

Rising Pune Supergiant were 10 for 3 in their chase of 162, and then 42 for 4, but nothing, not even a prolonged bout of cramps, was going to stop Ben Stokes

Rohit Sharma played a vintage innings, exuding his trademark grace and silken timing enroute to an unbeaten 37-ball 56, to overwhelm Royal Challengers Bangalore on a slowish Wankhede pitch

David Warner brought out all his typical T20 shots - the lofted drive, pulls, cuts and switch-hits - along with a trademark celebration to raze Kolkata Knight Riders' bowlers

Against a right-heavy Delhi Daredevils top order, Sandeep Sharma was back opening the bowling and he made sure he hit the right lengths to maximise mischief from a slightly tacky pitch