IPL2024: Rajasthan Royals faced defeat against Delhi Capitals in the 56th match of IPL 2024. This defeat of Rajasthan would not have made much difference to the team, because the team is at second position with 16 points and they need only one win to qualify. But this defeat of Rajasthan can cause big loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore. By winning the match against Rajasthan, Delhi achieved 12 points, which will hurt RCB.
Delhi’s defeat could have been beneficial for Bengalore, but it did not happen. Now from here, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings, who are on top-3 in the points table, will have to win their matches, which will clear the way for the playoffs for RCB.
Apart from the victory of the top-3 teams, RCB will also have to hope that no team below it can move beyond 14 points, which includes Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants. Hyderabad, Delhi and Lucknow have 12 points each. In such a situation, all three teams will not have to register more than 1-1 win in the remaining matches. Hyderabad and Lucknow still have to play 3 matches each and Delhi has to play 2 matches.
Apart from these equations, Royal Challengers Bangalore will have to win their all three remaining matches. If RCB loses even one of the remaining three matches, it will be certain that they will be out of the playoff race. Now it will be interesting to see whether RCB is able to reach the playoffs by making it to the top-4 or not.
Let us tell you that RCB has played 11 matches so far in the season, in which they have won 4 and lost 7. The team is present at seventh position with 8 points and net runrate of -0.049.