India, May 9 -- Former India cricketer Deep Dasgupta backed Kolkata Knight Riders to qualify for the playoffs after their victory against Delhi Capitals. KKR beat DC by eight wickets on Friday, a result that extended their winning run to four matches. KKR have four matches left in the league phase and are in seventh place with nine points.

If they win their remaining four games, they will reach 17 points, which could be enough to guarantee them a playoff berth. But if they lost a game, then net run rate could become a deciding factor.

Speaking on ESPNcricinfo, Dasgupta said, "It's on. A couple of things. One is obviously that in the first half of the season, Varun (Chakravarthy) did not have a good start. So they depend a lot on those t...