IPL 2023 Play Off Qualification Equation: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets in the match played against Chennai Super Kings on Sunday, May 14 in Chennai. With this win, KKR retained the chance of qualifying in their playoffs. However, with this victory, the team has also made it difficult for the qualification of other teams.
KKR has come at number seven in the points table with 6 wins out of 13, 12 points and -0.256 net runrate. Let us know what is the equation of other teams. In the 10 teams present in the league, all the teams except Delhi can still qualify.
1 Gujarat Titans- Gujarat is on top with 16 points in 12 matches. To qualify, the team needs to win only one match in the remaining two matches. If Gujarat loses both the matches. Even after this, the team’s chances of qualifying will remain. Then the team will have to depend on Chennai, Mumbai, Lucknow, Bangalore and Punjab.
2 Chennai Super Kings- Chennai is at number two in the points table with 15 points in 13 matches. To qualify, the team will have to win the last match against Delhi under any circumstances. If the Chennai team loses the match against Delhi, then the team will almost be eliminated.
3 Mumbai Indians- Mumbai is at number three in the points table after scoring 14 points with 7 out of 12 wins. If the team wins both the matches, then along with qualifying the team will also come in the top-2. If the team loses a match, then they will have to depend on the results of Lucknow, Punjab and Bangalore.
4 Lucknow Super Giants- Lucknow’s team is at number four in the points table with 13 points. The team has two matches left and they will have to win both the matches to qualify. If Lucknow loses even one match, they will be eliminated.
5 Royal Challengers Bangalore- Bangalore is fifth in the points table with 12 points. The team has two matches left. The team will have to depend on the results of Gujarat, Chennai, Mumbai and Lucknow along with the victory in both the matches.
6 Rajasthan Royals- Rajasthan’s team is at number six in the table after scoring 12 points with 6 wins out of 13. To qualify for the playoffs, the team will have to hope that Lucknow, Bangalore and Punjab lose in every match along with a win in the last match.
7 Kolkata Knight Riders- KKR’s team is in seventh place with 12 points. The team has played 13 matches. To qualify in the playoffs, the team will have to win the last match by a big margin. Apart from this, they will have to depend on the rest of the teams.
8 Punjab Kings- Punjab is at number eight with 12 points in 12 matches. For the team to make it to the playoffs, Lucknow and Bangalore will have to expect to lose at least one match along with winning both the matches by a big margin.
9 Sunrisers Hyderabad- Hyderabad is at number nine with 8 points in 11 matches. Apart from winning all the three matches by huge margins, the team will have to expect Mumbai RCB to lose both the matches. Apart from this, Delhi should beat Punjab by a big margin, Punjab should beat Rajasthan and KKR should lose to Lucknow, thus they will qualify for the Eliminator match.
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