Virat Kohli’s good century in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday evening has given Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) an important probability to complete within the prime two of the IPL 2023 Points Table and earn their berth in opposition to Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1. But for that to occur RCB will want numerous different issues to fall into place other than profitable their final league match in opposition to GT on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday evening.
If RCB win on Sunday evening, they’ll get to 16 factors from 14 factors. While MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will stay on 15 factors in the event that they lose to Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders respectively on Saturday.
Faf du Plessis-led RCB might want to win by large margin in opposition to Hardik Pandya’s defending champions GT to maintain their internet run-rate above five-time winners Mumbai Indians (MI). In this situation, RCB can end in second place with 16 factors even when MI win their final league match in opposition to SRH.
Check situations wherein RCB can find yourself in 2nd place on Points Table…
* RCB have to beat GT to achieve 16 factors in final league match on Sunday
* CSK and LSG have to lose their final league matches
* MI have to lose their final league match in opposition to SRH or win with a margin so to not enhance their NRR above RCB.
IPL 2023 Points Table – RCB again within the Top 4.
They’ve an opportunity to complete within the Top 2 as effectively now! pic.twitter.com/m2dIiS98kl
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) May 18, 2023
Apart from RCB, CSK, MI, LSG, KKR, Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings also can qualify for the Playoffs stage at the moment. Here is how the opposite groups can qualify for the Playoffs stage…
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni’s facet have to win their last league match in opposition to DC on Saturday after to achieve 17 factors and guarantee themselves of a Playoffs berth.
Lucknow Super Giants: Krunal Pandya-led LSG have to beat KKR on Saturday night to achieve 17 factors and e-book their Playoffs berth.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma’s facet have to beat SRH of their last match by an enormous margin to make sure that they’ll qualify with 16 even when RCB, CSK and LSG win all of their final league matches. They also can qualify if CSK and LSG lose their final matches they usually win or RCB lose their final match and MI beat SRH.
Kolkata Knight Riders: They have very slim hopes of qualifying for the Playoffs. They have to beat LSG on Saturday to achieve 14 factors. After that they’ve to hope that, RCB and MI lose their final match. In such a situation, KKR, RCB, MI and one out or RR and PBKS may have 14 factors and group with greatest NRR will qualify.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson’s RR have to win their last league recreation in opposition to Punjab Kings with an enormous margin to enhance their NRR. They then should hope that KKR, RCB and MI lose their final matches, in order that RR, RCB and MI have 14 factors every and group with greatest NRR strikes up.
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan’s facet have even slimmer hopes of qualifying. The equation is comparable for them because the Royals, as they should beat RR by an enormous margin on Friday evening. They then should hope that KKR, RCB and MI lose their final matches, in order that PBKS, RCB and MI have 14 factors every and group with greatest NRR strikes up.
