India, May 16 -- Chennai Super Kings batting coach Michael Hussey is relishing the prospect that the franchise must treat every remaining game as a 'final' following their defeat against Lucknow Super Giants. Mitchell Marsh's brutal 38-ball 90 and Nicholas Pooran's four consecutive sixes in the 17th over were too much to handle for CSK as LSG won by seven wickets. CSK have 12 points from 12 games and can still reach 16 if they win their last two fixtures.

Then NRR will become the deciding factor, and they are likely to finish the league stage in an Eliminator berth, with a third- or fourth-placed finish. If they win only one of their remaining two games, the outcome depends on other results, as both Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals can ...