Why are the Top 4 teams in the Top 4?

THE BOTTOM HALF –

The Problem of Plenty:

KKR will consider themselves unlucky not to qualify after some decent performances. But the one man who had brought them so much success was not in form – Sunil Narine. Without him their bowling suffered and the batting too showed intermittent form. Brad Hogg was brought in as cover and he delivered some brilliant performances for the KKR. But they lost Neesham for the series who is a good T20 player. Kolkata also missed Shakib Al Hasan for large parts of the tournament due to his commitment to International cricket. The Indian players failed to produce consistent performances and coupled with their International stars’ form, KKR had a poor season. They were still in touching distance of the PlayOffs (largely due to Andre Russell) but it seems unlikely that they would have gone any further. KC Cariappa was the biggest mystery buy and at a huge price. KKR had Chawla, Hogg, Narine, Cariappa and Botha as spinners in their squad. Definitely more than what they needed and hence Cariappa didn’t get a single game.