After 70 undulating matches across the length and breadth of the country, the wheat has been separated from the chaff. IPL-16 enters its final week with everything that has happened till date a mere footnote.

The first of the Playoff matches, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, is a repeat of the tournament opener on March 31. Defending champions and table-toppers Gujarat Titans (GT), by a distance the most consistent outfit, will go toe-to-toe with universal favourites Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Qualifier 1 on Tuesday, the winner earning a direct ticket to the May 28 final in Ahmedabad, but the vanquished still in with a chance by virtue of having finished in the Top-2.