Matt Kabir Floyd reflects on the business end of the IPL season, as Hardik Pandya's move to the Mumbai Indians from the Gujarat Titans fails to work for all sides. And so after a gruelling few weeks we have reached the business end of the IPL. It's no good charging out of the blocks in this tournament only to get overtaken on the final lap. T20 may be the shortest international format by a distance but the IPL is very much a marathon, not a sprint.
A slight wobble of three losses in four raised some concerns but Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma's destruction of the Super Giants sent another fearsome message to the rest of the tournament. I reckon they may even finish in the top two ahead of the Royals, who have to play table-toppers Kolkata in their final group match.