DTVHINDIIPL 2024: Gujarat Titans out of the playoff race, KKR’s place in top-2 confirmed, there will be a fight between these teams for top-4
After the cancellation of GT vs KKR match, Gujarat Titans are out of the race for the playoffs. GT vs KKR (Photo Source: X/Twitter) IPL Playoff Scenario: The 63rd match of IPL 2024 was scheduled to be played today (May 13) between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. But due to rain the match was abandoned without a toss. Both the teams had to share 1-1 points. After the cancellation of the match, Gujarat Titans are out of the tournament. Gujarat is the third team to be eliminated from this season after Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings. Gujarat kept its playoff hopes alive by defeating Chennai Super Kings. To make it to the top-4, GT had to win the last two matches of the league stage. But the match against Kolkata has been cancelled. Even if the team beats Sunrisers Hyderabad in the next match, it will still not be able to reach the playoffs with 13 points. Gujarat Titans had won the trophy in the very first season under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, and were runner-up last season. But under the captaincy of Shubhman Gill, the team has faced a lot of ups and downs this season. Kolkata Knight Riders have confirmed their place in the top-2 with 19 points. Let us tell you which teams will now fight to reach the playoffs- IPL Playoff Scenario: Rajasthan will have to do this work to reach the playoffs Rajasthan Royals are second in the points table with 8 wins and 16 points from 12 matches. The team needs a win to ensure a place in the playoffs. But Rajasthan would like to finish the league stage in the top-2. For which the team will have to show great performance in the last two matches against Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. This is how CSK and Sunrisers Hyderabad can reach top-4. Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad are at third and fourth place with 14 points each. To reach the playoffs, CSK will have to win the last match of the league stage against Royal Challengers Bangalore at any cost. Whereas Sunrisers Hyderabad still has to play two matches against Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings, the team would like to win both the matches. Difficulties have increased for RCB, Delhi and Lucknow Royal Challengers Bangalore are at fifth position in the points table with 12 points. The team has to play the last match of the league stage round on May 18 at home against Chennai Super Kings. The team can stake a claim for the playoffs even with 14 points. But for this the team will have to defeat CSK by 18 runs and whatever the target is, it will have to be achieved in 18.1 overs, so that their net run rate can be good. After the defeat against RCB, Delhi’s hopes of reaching the playoffs have diminished. The team will play its last match against Lucknow Super Giants, even if the team wins this match, they will have to depend…
RCB vs DC: Turning Point of the Match: Due to this mistake, Delhi got a shameful defeat, it became difficult to reach top-4..!
Delhi Capitals had to face defeat by 47 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore. RCB vs DC (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) RCB vs DC: Turning Point of the Match: The second match of the day on May 12 in IPL 2024 was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Batting first after losing the toss, RCB scored 187 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. In response, Delhi was all out for 140 runs in 19.1 overs, and Bengaluru registered a resounding win by 47 runs. For Royal Challengers Bangalore, Yash Dayal took the maximum of 3 wickets for 20 runs in 3.1 overs. Lockie Ferguson had two wickets in his name. Let us tell you where Delhi Capitals made mistakes, due to which they had to face defeat in the match. RCB vs DC: Four wickets in powerplay became the reason for Delhi’s defeat Delhi Capitals got a very poor start while chasing the target against Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the very first over, David Warner (1) was out against Swapnil Singh while attempting a big shot. After which, in the third over, Abhishek Porel (2) lost his wicket against Yash Dayal and Jake Fraser McGurk (21) was run out. The second ball of the third over was played by Shai Hope towards the bowler. The ball touched Yash Dayal’s hand and hit the stumps of the non-striker’s end. McGurk had come too far from the crease and had to return to the pavilion. In the fourth over, Mohammad Siraj again got Kumar Kushagra out LBW. Delhi Capitals lost 4 wickets at the score of just 30 runs in the powerplay. The team got a bad start, which became the biggest reason for the defeat. Axar Patel’s wicket also snatched victory from Delhi RCB vs DC, Axar Patel was captaining Delhi Capitals against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Today he played a captaincy inning of 57 runs for the team with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes in 39 balls. Axar Patel got caught by Faf du Plessis at backward point while attempting a big shot against Yash Dayal in the 16th over. Akshar Patel has the ability to hit big shots, if he had stayed at the crease for some more time then perhaps Delhi could have won this match.
