Hyderabad leg-spinner Rashid Khan (left) celebrates dismissing Bangalore ace AB de Villiers at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad yesterday. Pics/AFP

As though undergoing an exorcism, the match between Hyderabad and Bangalore swung violently here at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium yesterday. Fortunes fluctuated before Bhuvneshwar Kumar held his nerve to defend 11 in the final over, to help Hyderabad to 16 points. Only the unlikeliest theoretical possibility now stands between Hyderabad and a playoff spot. And only an equally unlikely theoretical possibility will see Bangalore make the playoffs from here.