IPL 2023 Playoffs: With Mumbai Indians winning against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals have been knocked out. But MI will have to wait for the RCB vs GT match to know their fate. If Royal Challengers Bangalore win, MI will be knocked out. If RCB lose, MI will qualify for the playoffs. Lucknow Super Giants secured the third Indian Premier League 2023 while Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings secured a Top 2 finish and Qualifier 1 spots. Follow IPL 2023 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
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RCB, MI, and RR are tied at 14 points. RCB are in fourth position with a net run rate of +0.180, while MI are in fifth place with a net run rate of -0.128. This implies that RCB would advance even if both teams had narrow victories. In a similar vein, if RCB wins and MI loses, the table standings will not alter. However, if MI wins their game and RCB loses against GT, MI will advance due to their higher point total.
In order for MI to advance despite both teams winning, their margin of victory must be higher than RCB by at least 78 runs. It implies that MI need to win by 79 runs in order to advance, even if RCB wins by just one run. The only way RR has a chance of making the playoffs, though, is if both MI and RCB lose. Since MI are already below RCB, in this case, it will come down to their NRRs.
RR still have a mathematical chance of qualifying, but their fate is no longer in their control. The outcomes of other games and other teams’ net run rates will have a big impact on their qualification chances. If GT defeats RCB (by a significant margin) and SRH wins their last game, all three teams will finish with 14 points, but RR will qualify because of a higher net run rate than MI and RCB.
IPL 2023 Points Table
Pos | Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Pts | NRR |
1 | Gujarat Titans (Q) | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.835 |
2 | Chennai Super Kings (Q) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0.652 |
3 | Lucknow Super Giants(Q) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0.284 |
4 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.180 |
5 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.148 |
6 | Mumbai Indians | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -0.128 |
7 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.239 |
8 | Punjab Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.304 |
9 | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -0.808 |
10 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.558 |
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