The Royals ready to host the dominant Kings

Mumbai Indians are back into the league race all of a sudden after picking up two back-to-back wins against Kolkata Knight Riders. On the other hand, KKR’s way to the playoffs now appears to be tougher than that of the men led by Rohit Sharma.

Rajsthan Royals have been an inconsistent participant in the race and their upcoming match against Chennai Super Kings, at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Friday (May 11), will decide their future in the title-race.

Sunrisers Hyderabad became the first team to qualify for the playoffs on Thursday (May 10) and second-placed CSK are just one win away from joining them. MS Dhoni’s team will certainly want to put an end to their playoff-qualification worries tonight and will look to cement their place in the top two in the remaining games.

RR will also have to make sure that they don't stumble in front of their home crowd as they are in a must-win situation to keep their season hopes alive.

CSK currently do not have any concerns regarding their team combination and like RR, they will also field the same eleven from their last match.

Their death bowling options have to fire properly if CSK want to get that "Q"in front of their name tonight. Their batsmen are in great form and the team will depend more on them to go past the finishing line.

Predicted XI: Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Dhruv Shorey, MS Dhoni, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, David Willey, Harbhajan Singh, Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur.

Rajasthan Royals are unllikely to make any change in the team from their last game which got them a win against the mighty Kings XI Punjab. They would like to repeat the same performance against CSK tonight.

Jos Buttlers's "accidental" promotion to the opening spot has certainly paid teh Rajasthan -based franchise. And they'll need a flying start from the England batsman once again, if they want to outclass CSK from the very beginning of the innings. The other players will also have to strike the right notes in order to keep their season hopes alive.

Predicted XI: Ajinkya Rahane, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Mahipal Lomror, Stuart Binny, K Gowtham, Ish Sodhi, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarn

The last clash between the two saw CSK pick up a massive 64-run win after putting up 200+ runs on the scoreboard. RR will do everything to prevent CSK from throwing them (RR) out of the race. Yet it seems like the Dhoni-led men will come out victorious against the hapless Royals.