As the play-offs stage of the Indian Premier League 9 season begin today, we take a look at the four teams who will battle it out for the 2016 title.
Gujarat Lions will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore, while two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders square off against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Here's a statistical lowdown and some facts about IPL 9's big four.
Gujarat Lions: Captain - Suresh Raina <img title="Suresh Raina" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/raina23may.jpg" alt="Suresh Raina" /> Suresh Raina. Pic/ AFP
Coach - Brad Hodge Group stage - finished 1st Best result - debut season Leading runscorer - Suresh Raina (397 runs) Leading wicket taker - Dwayne Bravo (15 wickets) <img title="Dwayne Bravo" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/bravo23may.jpg" alt="Dwayne Bravo" /> Dwayne Bravo. Pic/ AFP&nbsp;
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Captain - Virat Kohli Coach - Daniel Vettori Group stage - finished 2nd Best result - Runners-up (2009) Leading runscorer - Virat Kohli (919 runs) Leading wicket taker - Yuzvendra Chahal (19 wickets) <img title="Yuzvendra Chahal" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/chahal23may.jpg" alt="Yuzvendra Chahal" /> Yuzvendra Chahal. Pic/ AFP&nbsp;
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Captain - David Warner <img title="David Warner" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/warner23may.jpg" alt="David Warner" /> David Warner. (Pic/ AFP)
Coach - Tom Moody Group stage - finished 3rd Best result - playoffs (2013) Leading run scorer - David Warner (658 runs) Leading wicket taker - Bhuvneshwar Kumar (18 wickets) <img title="Bhuvneshwar Kumar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/bhuvi23may.jpg" alt="Bhuvneshwar Kumar" /> Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Pic/ AFP&nbsp;
Kolkata Knight Riders: Captain - Gautam Gambhir <img title="Gautam Gambhir" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/gambhir23may.jpg" alt="Gautam Gambhir" /> Gautam Gambhir. Pic/ AFP Coach - Jacques Kallis Group stage - finished 4th Best result - Champions (2012, 2014) Leading run scorer - Gautam Gambhir (473 runs) Leading wicket taker - Andre Russell (15 wickets). <img title="Andre Russell" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/andre23may.jpg" alt="Andre Russell" /> Andre Russell. Pic/ AFP&nbsp;
The IPL final will take place on May 29th, Sunday.

As the play-offs stage of the Indian Premier League 9 season begin today, we take a look at the four teams - Bangalore, Gujarat, Hyderabad and Kolkata - who will battle it out for the 2016 title

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