The other game today was in Mohali and the Delhi batting line-up failed to fire, giving the Kings a fairly comfortable target of 159. Simon Katich and Yuraj Singh steered the home side to victory. That means that only the Super Kings are still unbeaten. The Royals are still second in the table, but Kolkata and Delhi have a game in hand and better relative run rates.

Tomorrow the Super Kings go to Bangalore, and that suggests another thumping for the hapless Royal Challengers. I hope that Vijay Mallya isn’t rushing back from Barcelona to see the game. His team is looking awfully like Adrian Sutil’s F1 car.

There are, however, big changes in the team rosters, because the most of Australians have to leave for international duty. That means no more Hayden, Ponting, Symonds, Huseey, Katich or Lee. Gilchrist, McGrath and Warne, however, are all retired and can stay in India. The Super Kings have Stephen Fleming to come in, but losing Hayden and Hussey will leave a big hole in their side. Ditto the Royals with Shane Watson.