When on Saturday Kolkata Knight Riders will be up against Sunrisers Hyderabad, they will have no margin for any sort of error.
Placed at the third spot in the points table with 14 points, KKR are yet to fix a play-off spot for themselves.
Before finding themselves in the situations of ifs and buts, they will try to secure a top-4 finish on Saturday by managing to win over Sunrisers who are leading the league table with 18 points from 13 games.
Although Sunrisers have lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore by 14 runs in a tight game on Thursday, they will try to return back to winning ways and strengthen their top position.
In the match against RCB, Sunrisers' biggest strength - their bowling unit - was thrashed brutally by de Villiers and Moeen Ali who led RCB to score 218/6.
But learning from past mistakes, the hosts will be eager to correct their glitches and come up with brilliant performances on the ground.
However, young Indian pacer Basil Thampi - who leaked 70 runs in his four overs to becoming the most expensive bowler in terms of runs spent in IPl history - is likely to face an axe.
As for SRH, skipper Kane Williamson has been leading from the front and has scored over 600 runs in 13 games with eight fifty-plus innings.
Shikhar Dhawan, Manish Pandey, Alex Hales and Yusuf Pathan have also made their presence felt in the squad with individual display.
In the bowling department, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who did not feature in the last game, is expected to be back in the playing XI alongside Rashid Khan, Siddarth Kaul and Shakib Al Hasan.
On the other side, KKR will be hoping Kuldeep Yadav to continue with his magic run. He was the star performer in KKR's win over Royals.
Moreover, their batting will rely upon the likes of Chris lynn, Sunil Narine and skipper Dinesh Karthik.