Delhi Daredevils replaced Ross Taylor, Rahul Shukla,
Siddarth Kaul and Shahbaz Nadeem with Murali Vijay, Wayne Parnell, Mohammed
Shami, Jaydev Unadkat.
Mumbai Indians top-order fired in one of the rare occasions as they put up 178/3 against Rajasthan Royals after a century-plus opening stand in an IPL match.
The MCA's promise to comply with all the conditions notwithstanding, IPL's governing council decided that the final of the tournament would be held in Bangalore.
With victory and defeat proving notoriously hard to analyze and individual heroics swaying fortunes in the middle, prolonged failure can have a numbing effect.
Royal Challengers Bangalore stuttered and spluttered before clinching a must-win match against Chennai Super Kings by five wickets with one ball to spare.
Bangalore made a stunning late flourish after initial struggle with AB de Villiers playing a cameo of 14-ball 28 to pull off a five-wicket victory over Chennai.
Suresh Raina
overcame early jitters to hit an unbeaten half-century and guide Chennai
Super Kings to a modest 138 for four against Royal Challengers Bangalore.