As IPL 2024 is progressing, the picture of the playoffs is also gradually becoming clear. After losing to Lucknow Supergiants on Tuesday, Chennai Super Kings have slipped from top 4 to number 5. Whereas Lucknow has occupied the fourth position. The condition of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings, Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals is bad in terms of run rate and points. In such a situation, let us know who is fighting to reach the top 4 and which is the team which seems to be easily going to the playoffs.
Bangalore at the bottom
Royal Challengers Bangalore has played 8 matches so far, out of which 7 have suffered crushing defeats. Only 1 win was achieved against Punjab. If we look at the figures, Bangalore started with defeat. After this, there was victory in the second match but after that there was defeat in all the consecutive matches. The team is at number 10 with 2 points. The run rate is also very bad. Even if it wins all the matches in the upcoming league matches, it will still have only 14 points which is less than 16 to reach the playoffs. In such a situation, it is almost difficult for Bangalore to reach the playoffs. The only possibility is that Bangalore can win all the matches from here and win with a better run rate.
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Rajasthan remains on top
All the 10 teams playing in IPL will have to play 70 matches in the league matches and there will be 4 playoff matches. Except Kolkata and Hyderabad, all the teams have played 8-8 matches so far. Rajasthan remains on top with 7 wins and 1 loss in 8 matches. Rajasthan has 14 points. Talking about the top 4, Rajasthan is at first place and Kolkata is at second place with 5 wins and 2 losses in 7 matches. Whereas Hyderabad is at third position with 5 wins and 2 losses in 7 matches. After the match played on Tuesday, there was a big reshuffle at number four. Lucknow has secured the top 4 position by defeating Chennai. Whereas Chennai has slipped to 5th position.
Whose claim is stronger?
Rajasthan remains on top with 14 points, so it needs only 2 more points to reach the playoffs. With 1 win the team will qualify for the playoffs. Whereas Kolkata and Hyderabad have 10-10 points each, so they need 6-6 more points. In such a situation, the battle for playoffs has become interesting.
A look at the points table
| Team | match | Victory | Garland | run rate | points |
| Rajasthan | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.698 | 14 |
| Kolkata | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1.206 | 10 |
| Hyderabad | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1.206 | 10 |
| Lucknow | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0.148 | 10 |
| Chennai | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0.415 | 8 |
| Gujarat | 8 | 4 | 4 | -1.055 | 8 |
| Mumbai | 8 | 3 | 5 | -0.227 | 6 |
| Delhi | 8 | 3 | 5 | -0.477 | 6 |
| Punjab | 8 | 2 | 6 | -0.292 | 4 |
| Bangalore | 8 | 1 | 7 | -1.046 | 2 |
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