IPL Playoffs: Super Sunday will be a double blast, battle between 3 teams to reach the playoffs, know the complete equation
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IPL 2023 Playoffs Scenario: In IPL 2023, the last two matches of the league stage will be played on Super Sunday today (May 21). After 68 league matches, only 3 teams have been able to secure their place in the playoffs and still the battle to reach the playoffs is on. Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants qualified for the playoffs after winning their last league matches. At the same time, the Gujarat team has already reached the playoffs. At the same time, now there is a fierce battle between Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals for the fourth and last team of the playoffs. Rajasthan where has played all its league matches. At the same time, Mumbai and Bangalore are yet to play the last league match.
Battle for playoffs in Mumbai, Bangalore and Rajasthan
Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals all three teams currently have 14-14 points. RCB is currently fourth in the points table with a better net runrate. After this there is the team of Rajasthan and then the team of Mumbai. Now in such a situation, it is important to understand that which team has the most chances of reaching the playoffs, what are the equations?
Royal Challengers Bangalore
RCB will have to win only in their last league match against Gujarat Titans to reach the playoffs. RCB is already in fourth place due to better net runrate. RCB has to register a win in any case to reach just 16 points. Even if RCB beat Gujarat Titans by 1 run. Then whether Mumbai lose or win their last league match, it will not make any difference to the Bangalore team.
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians are currently at the sixth position in the points table with 14 points. But the net runrate of the team is -0.128 which is much worse than both RCB and Rajasthan. Mumbai will now have to win a big win against Sunrisers Hyderabad in such a situation. So that his net runrate can be much better than RCB and Rajasthan. To stay ahead of RCB, Mumbai will have to win Sunrisers by at least 79 runs. However, if RCB lose their last league match. So only a win for Mumbai will make it to the playoffs.
Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan is the only team in this list which has played all its league matches. In such a situation, the Rajasthan team would be praying that Gujarat should beat RCB by a big margin in their last league match. So that his net runrate can be less than that of Rajasthan. At the same time, Mumbai Indians also got only defeat in their last league match. If both Mumbai and Bangalore lose, then the way for Rajasthan to reach the playoffs can be opened. If this happens then Mumbai, Bangalore and Rajasthan all three will have equal 14-14 points and Mumbai will be out of playoff race due to poor run rate. After this, there will be a fight between RCB and Royals regarding net runrate.
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