Gujarat and Kolkata fight for Second Spot, as Playoffs looming Up

                 Both sides are with 14 points and yet to find a settled place in playoffs with 2 matches still to play, but on Thursday one will make easy roads and other may face Knockout challenge in the next game. As Kanpur up for it’s first ever IPL game with Gujarat lions facing on Kolkata Knight riders in a crunch game.
             Things may have looked easy for Kolkata and Gujarat, but in the second half every game as intensified more and more with situations the teams are going through. While it's Bangalore that firing with it's full potential had won the previous encounter against this both sides in a convincing fashion.
             The concern for Gujarat as came from the openers where the team struggled when they hadn't got good starts early on in the Innings, while the middle order as heavily dependent on karthik and Finch with their slim batting line up.
              Although the close wins early on and huge defeats in terms of margin  affecting their net run rate largely. The death bowling has been the area where Gujarat couldn't find answers and Bravo leading with wickets from the side, but his economy has ever been expensive in this season.
               On the other hand Kolkata got one of the best bowling unit in this  season so far in terms of wickets and batting has been consistent with inform openers and destructive middle order, but thus far had mixed results  and hadn't got the momentum going.
               The pitch at Kanpur looks great for batting with pinch of grass holding the pitch hard enough for stroke play. So an high scoring game is on the cards with no issues from uneven showers.
               Meanwhile Raina returned to the squad and may not look to change it much other than him, on the other hand Kolkata will miss all-rounder Russell with injury for this encounter and thus make a way for Holder or Munro.
               So the fight is for the second spot in the table and to build momentum ahead of playoffs, as the contest gonna lies between the bowlers of either sides to restrict batsmen on the batting surfaces.