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Lucknow Super Giants beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 1 run to seal their place in the playoffs. Now there is only one place left for 1 team in the top-4 and for this a fierce competition is being seen between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both the teams are yet to play their last league match.
Royal Challengers Bangalore are currently fourth in the points table with 14 points from 13 matches. So the team of Mumbai Indians is also at number 7 with the same number of points. RCB’s net run rate is very good at the moment and that is why it is ahead of Mumbai despite being equal in terms of points. But if both the teams win their last league match then which team will get a place in the playoffs. This question is coming in the mind of all the fans.
RCB raised hand
Mumbai Indians have to play their last league match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at their home ground. Mumbai will have to win this match by a big margin. So that the net run rate can be improved by RCB. On the other hand, if Mumbai fails to do so and RCB win their last league match against Gujarat Titans, then they will easily qualify for the playoffs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have to play their last league match after the match against Mumbai Indians. In such a situation, he will already have an idea of the strategy to play in the match. RCB currently has a net run rate of 0.180. And the net run rate of Mumbai Indians is -0.128. The special thing is that if both RCB and Mumbai win their matches today, then the team with better net run rate will make it to the playoffs and will play the eliminator match against Lucknow.