The 2024 version of the Indian Premier League is sort of close to its enterprise finish with groups grappling for the playoff spots to increase their event and have a shot on the title.
Kolkata Knight Riders was the primary group to seal qualification from the league section, adopted by Rajasthan Royals, who secured a spot after Lucknow Tremendous Giants’ loss to Delhi Capitals on Tuesday.
On the different finish of the desk, Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians have been eradicated from competition with Gujarat Titans becoming a member of them on the way in which out after their encounter towards KKR was washed out as a result of rain.
The 5 remaining groups will battle it out for 2 remaining spots till the final league section day to be performed on Sunday.
Here’s what every group has to do to safe a path to the IPL 2024 playoffs:
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad might be the best-placed group within the race for the playoffs. The Pat Cummins-led franchise has 14 factors with a constructive web run price of 0.406.
The group nonetheless has two encounters remaining, towards the already eradicated GT and PBKS, which means the Sunrisers must lose each video games by a hefty margin for it to drop behind the chasing groups within the desk. One win in its remaining two video games will seal the deal for SRH.
If RR loses its subsequent two, SRH would possibly even make it to the highest two.
Chennai Tremendous Kings
Chennai Tremendous Kings is one other group with its future in its personal arms. A win towards RCB in its remaining group sport will verify its progress to the subsequent section.
LSG’s defeat to DC on Tuesday means CSK could make it by way of with even a loss, offered the NRR doesn’t drop under RCB’s. CSK must guarantee it will get to inside 18 runs of the goal or stop RCB from finishing the chase inside 18.1 overs when the 2 groups face off on Saturday.
A rain washout may even ship the Tremendous Kings by way of to the playoffs.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
A snug win towards Chennai Tremendous Kings within the remaining league sport at house will do the job for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Something lower than a win and it is going to be curtains for the Faf Du Plessis-led group regardless of its five-game successful run.
Delhi Capitals
The primary group to finish its quota of 14 video games this season, Delhi Capitals can solely await different outcomes to go its approach. The group sits fifth with 14 factors and can want SRH to lose each its remaining video games by big margins, pushing its Web Run Charge under that of DC.
Lucknow Tremendous Giants
The loss towards the Capitals on Tuesday has all however extinguished Lucknow Tremendous Giants’ hopes of constructing it to its third straight IPL playoffs.
A damaging NRR of 0.787 additionally doesn’t assist its case and the group might want to win huge in its remaining match towards the Mumbai Indians and hope to have a greater NRR than RCB if it wins its final league sport.
If CSK beats RCB in its remaining sport, LSG will want SRH to lose each its remaining encounters by a mammoth margin to make it by way of.