IPL 2024: Playoff race becomes interesting, know which teams have chances

• The race for IPL 2024 playoffs has become interesting
  
• Till now only Kolkata has reached the playoffs
  
• RCB increased the tension of Chennai and Delhi Capitals
  

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024 on Sunday. After this match the race for playoffs has become interesting. RCB has kept its playoff hopes alive by winning 5 consecutive matches. Now the eliminator can be seen in the league stage itself. Bangalore's victory has increased the tension of Delhi as well as Chennai Super Kings. Also, Gujarat Titans is still in the race. 62 matches have been played in IPL 2024 and only 1 team (Kolkata Knight Riders) has been able to reach the playoffs. In such a situation, let us know the complete mathematics of the playoffs.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders have 18 points from 12 matches and have qualified for the playoffs. KKR became the first team to reach the playoffs in the 2024 season. His effort will be to win both the remaining matches and remain at number one or number two. So that he can get two chances to reach the finals.

Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals are second in the points table with 16 points from 12 matches. Rajasthan's net run rate (+0.349) is worse than Chennai Super Kings (+0.528) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (+0.406). If they lose their next two matches, CSK wins their last match and Hyderabad wins at least one of their last two matches, Rajasthan could fall out of the top two. In such a situation, Lucknow Super Giants will have a chance to reach the playoffs. However, KL Rahul's team will have to register a big win. Lucknow's run rate (-0.769) is very bad.

Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings have 14 points in 13 matches. He has to play his last match against Bengaluru. If Chennai wins this match then it will qualify. Even if they lose, they can still make it to the playoffs. If he loses he will have 14 points. However, after that it will depend on if and then. In which Bengaluru's run rate should not be better than that. If Delhi wins its last match then its run rate will not be good. Chennai can finish second in the points table, but for that it will have to win against RCB and hope that both Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad lose their next two matches.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers Hyderabad has 14 points from 12 matches. If they lose both the matches then they may be out of the playoffs. His run rate is very good. In such a situation, if it gets a big defeat even after 16 points, then it will be out of the playoffs. He will be in trouble only if his run rate becomes negative.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024 on Sunday. After this match the race for playoff has become interesting. RCB has kept the playoff hopes alive by winning 5 consecutive matches. RCB currently has 12 points from 13 matches. Now he has to play a match against Chennai Super Kings. In which it is necessary to win. If he wins he will have 14 points. Apart from this, he will have to depend on other teams also. If he loses, his journey will end.

Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals has 12 points from 13 matches. They need to win the match against Lucknow Super Giants. Apart from this, the run rate will also have to be better than Chennai and Bengaluru. Its run rate is better than Gujarat and Lucknow. Even with victory, Delhi will remain stuck in the mathematics of if and then.

Lucknow Super Giants

Lucknow Super Giants have 12 points from 12 matches. His net run rate is very bad. KL Rahul's team will have to win both its matches by a big margin. Let us hope that Chennai Super Kings loses their last match. If Sunrisers Hyderabad also loses both the matches then its path may become easier. However the probability is very less.

gujarat titans

Gujarat Titans have 10 points in 12 matches. To reach the playoffs, it will have to win both the remaining matches. Kolkata and Sunrisers will have to be defeated. If they win both the matches they still get 14 points. For this, not just victory is required but victory by a big margin. Its run rate is negative. After this, it will have to depend on if and then to reach the play-offs.