Chennai: They might be upbeat after a narrow win but defending champions Chennai Super Kings' chances of making the playoffs are still far from good as they take on tournament-leaders Delhi Daredevils in a crucial IPL match on Saturday.

The four-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals on Thursday night came as a massive boost for the two-time defending champions, who are placed fourth in the table with 13 points with six wins and an equal number of losses from their 13 matches so far.

Even a win would not be enough for Chennai to make the next grade as five teams Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab  have four more matches to go.

The Daredevils and Knight Riders enjoy the top two positions with 18 and 17 points, respectively from 12 matches each and these two would have lesser problems in making the semifinal.

Delhi had emerged victorious the last time CSK clashed with them but given that Saturday's match is a home game for Chennai, the result could be different.

Delhi are ruling the roost thanks to consistence performances by captain Virender Sehwag with Australian import David Warner adding to their firepower.

Home conditions and fans support will go in favour of Chennai, who boast of a better batting line up on paper and their bowlers have provided the required oxygen for winning matches.

Chennai seem to be better chasers and have played to their potential after bowlers succeeded in restricting the rival batsmen.

Teams from

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (captain & wk), Michael Hussey, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Srikkanth Anirudha, Subramaniam Badrinath, George Bailey, Doug Bollinger, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Ben Hilfenhaus, Shadab Jakati, Joginder Sharma, Suraj Randiv, Ravichandran Ashwin, Nuwan Kulasekara, Yo Mahesh, Albie Morkel, Wriddhiman Saha, Scott Styris, Sudeep Tyagi, Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas, Ganapathi Vignesh, Murali Vijay.

Delhi Daredevils: Virender Sehwag (captain), Mahela Jayawardene, David Warner, Naman Ojha (wk), Irfan Pathan, Yogesh Nagar, Umesh Yadav, Puneet Bisht, Robin Bist, Shahbaz Nadeem, Venugopal Rao, Vikas Mishra, Zafir Patel, Sunny Gupta, Tejashwi Yadav, Aavishkar Salvi, Kuldeep Raval, Manpreet Juneja, Pawan Negi, Prashant Naik, Aaron Finch, Andre Russell, Doug Bracewell, Glenn Maxwell, Gulam Bodi, Morne Morkel, Ajit Agarkar, Roelf van der Merwe.

Match facts
Saturday May 12, 2012 (day/night)
Start time 20:00 local (14:30 GMT)