After losing all five matches since the tournament returned to India to be at the bottom of the heap, Delhi now can only play the party-poopers for teams that are fighting hard to be in the play-offs contention.
Rajasthan are placed third in the table with 12 points but they cannot take their place in the top-four for granted as an interesting battle is on to qualify for the knockouts.
Rajasthan is one team in which different match winners have emerged consistently. Unheralded players have made solid contributions and the trend is likely to continue.
It will be interesting to see if skipper Shane Watson keeps the opening slot with him after a successful experiment in the last match against Chennai Super Kings.
Ankit Sharma too was impressive yesterday against CSK with both bat and ball but RR will surely think of bringing Sanju Samson back as the middle-order crumbled following a couple of quick wickets at the top.
However, Smith is capable of winning matches on his own and now is the time when he needs to make consistent contributions.
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