The paper tried to figure out what differentiated Mumbai Indians and CSK, who came into the season as defending champions and runners-up respectively.
Steve Smith, representing the Rajasthan Royals, scored just 311 runs in 14 games, with the help of three half-centuries as his team finished bottom of the points table.
These tests were conducted specifically for the entire IPL contingent that had arrived from the UAE on November 14 and then went into quarantine.
Chennai Super Kings, three-time IPL champions, failed to make it to the playoffs for the first time and ended at the seventh spot in the group stage.
Mumbai Indians became the most successful IPL franchise on Tuesday when they won their fifth title in the 13-year history of the T20 league.
The six wickets victory in Abu Dhabi in Monday helped Delhi Capitals in finishing the league stage at the second position.
Virat Kohli said in the end he was happy that his team qualified for the playoffs and got an opportunity to make it to the final.
For Delhi Capitals, Monday's win guarantees them two shots at entering the final, the first of which will be against Mumbai in Qualifier 1 on Thursday.
CSK have thus climbed to seventh, while KXIP are fifth, although final positions of both sides on the table will be dependent upon the remaining matches.
RCB, who suffered their third straight defeat, will now face Delhi Capitals in a do-or-die situation in their last league match.
