Playoff Race Frozen: Do-or-die battle for Punjab, Kolkata and Rajasthan in Super Sunday Today in IPL
Race between 6 teams for the remaining 3 places in the playoffs,
Read which team can qualify ?
Only the Mumbai Indians have qualified; Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Punjab, Rajasthan and Kolkata may still qualify
The winner of the Delhi-Bangalore match will finish in the top-2, the losing team will have a chance to reach the final-4 in a 'if and then' situation.
This time 2 teams will qualify for the playoffs with 14 points, the first time this has happened in 2010.
Punjab, Kolkata and Rajasthan will be out if they lose, no guarantee of a place in the playoffs if they win
52 of the 56 matches of the IPL 2020 league round have been played. However, only one of the four teams - Mumbai Indians - has qualified for the playoffs. The race is still on between the 6 teams for the other 3 places. The Chennai team is out and today they can also take out Punjab.
Let’s talk about how each team can qualify one by one.
Delhi Capitals: Delhi, who have lost four matches in a row, now need to win their final match against Royal Challengers Bangalore to advance on their own in the tournament. Delhi have 14 points from 13 matches. If they win against Bangalore, they will finish second in the league round with 16 points. That means he will have two chances to reach the final like Mumbai.
What if he loses against Bangalore?
- After losing the match against Bangalore, Delhi will qualify in 2 of the following 3 events:
- Punjab have 12 points and will end the season at 12 points if they lose to Chennai today.
- Sunrisers have 12 points and will end the season with 12 points if they lose their final league match against Mumbai Indians.
- Kolkata-Rajasthan both have 12-12 points and their final match is against each other. Kolkata currently has a net run rate (-0.467) and Rajasthan (-0.377). While Delhi (-0.159). In that case, whoever wins from Kolkata or Rajasthan wins by such a margin that their net run rate does not exceed Delhi.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Like Delhi Capitals, the fate of Bangalore is in their hands. If they win their final match against Delhi, they will finish in the top-2 and face Mumbai Indians in qualifier-1.
What if they lose this match?
After losing the match against Delhi, Bangalore will qualify in 2 of the following 3 events:
- Punjab have 12 points and will end the season at 12 points if they lose to Chennai today.
- Sunrisers have 12 points and will end the season with 12 points if they lose their final league match against Mumbai Indians.
- Kolkata-Rajasthan both have 12-12 points and their final match is against each other. Kolkata currently has a net run rate (-0.467) and Rajasthan (-0.377). While Delhi (-0.159). In that case, whoever wins from Kolkata or Rajasthan wins by such a margin that their net run rate does not exceed Delhi.
- If they win their final match against Mumbai Indians, they will get a place in the playoffs and if they lose, they will be eliminated from the tournament.
- (Mumbai has 18 points, Bangalore-Delhi 14-14 and Rajasthan Kolkata 12-12. Thus, the winner of Rajasthan-Kolkata will also have 14 points, and Hyderabad will be tied at 12 points.)
- If Punjab wins the match, it will have 14 points. Bangalore-Delhi have 14-14 points. The winning team will have 16 points and the losing team will hang on to 14 points.
- Now Punjab's net run rate is better than both Bangalore and Delhi. So whoever loses in Bangalore-Delhi will be behind them if Punjab wins.
- With 2 places left, Punjab will have to fight the winners of Hyderabad and Kolkata-Rajasthan. If Hyderabad wins, they will come. So the last place left is for them to fight against Kolkata-Rajasthan. The net run rate of both is worse than Punjab.
- If Punjab wins by just 1 run against Chennai, Rajasthan will have to win by 64 runs or 43 balls to get a better run rate than them. In this situation, Kolkata have to win with 86 runs or 64 balls left.
- Thus, Punjab's chances of qualifying for the match are high, but there is no guaranteed shot. Don't forget, if you lose, it will be eliminated.
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