As Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) sits comfortably at the top of the IPL table with 9 wins while MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings have also sealed their spot for the playoffs. Well, the Saturday match in which Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad proved that Dinesh Karthik’s team is the 3rd team to qualify for the playoffs while RCB’s dream for qualifying for the playoffs were also dashed after they lost the match to Rajasthan Royals.
Meanwhile, as today is the last day of league matches in IPL, one must know that there are certain situations in which the fate of any IPL team especially Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, and Kings XI Punjab can change on the basis of results of Sunday’s match. Further, let’s check out which team is fighting for the 4th spot:
RAJASTHAN ROYALS
Status: In 4th Place With 14 points from 14 Matches With Net Run Rate of -0.250
Rajasthan Royals under the leadership of Ajinkaye Rahane did a fantastic job on Saturday by crushing the Virat Kohli’s men by 30 runs. Well, the team can be the 4th team of IPL to reach the playoffs if Mumbai Indians lose the match to Delhi Daredevils or Kings XI Punjab defeat Chennai Super Kings by a big margin(by 52 runs or less or less than 37 balls to spare).
A big thank you to all our fans for supporting us yesterday! ?
Massive win for us! ?#RRvRCB #JazbaJeetKa #HallaBol #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/1kXCNY7M3c
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 20, 2018
MUMBAI INDIANS
Status: In 5th place with 12 points from 13 matches with Net Run Rate of+0.384
Remaining match: vs Delhi Daredevils on Sunday, May 20
Though Rohit Sharma and Co. has the best NRR among all the IPL teams it will be interesting to see if the team can beat Delhi Daredevils at Ferozshah Kotla on Sunday. Their win against DD will take them to 14 points and the team can qualify and play the eliminator. While a surprise defeat from DD can dash all their hopes.
Mi won the match and goes to playoffs#CricketMeriJaan #MI #mivsdd pic.twitter.com/mGQGbAldfI
— Raghava@0125 (@Raghav0125) May 20, 2018
KINGS XI PUNJAB
Status: In the 7th position with 12 points from 13 games with the Net Run Rate of -o.49
Remaining match: vs CSK on Sunday, May 20
For Kings XI Punjab, the situation is a bit tough as they compete against CSK in their last match at Pune as for them just a victory is not enough as they have to beat the Men in Yellow by a big margin. Well, their hopes of playing for the playoffs also depends on the results of the match between Mumbai Indian and Delhi Daredevils.
Gearing up for a stellar display tonight in #CSKvKXIP ?#LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi pic.twitter.com/ZwpC9SDJFC
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) May 20, 2018
For KKR, they still have a chance to get to a 2nd spot if Kings XI Punjab defeats CSK by 76 runs or 50 balls to spare.
