With just eight games remaining in the IPL 2024 group stage, the playoff race is building to a thrilling finish. Just one team, KKR, is guaranteed a postseason berth. Seven teams are vying for three places in the elite division. On Super Sunday, CSK and RCB triumphed after defeating Delhi and Rajasthan at home, respectively. On Saturday, CSK and RCB will play their final league match in Bengaluru, and excitement for this highly anticipated match is at an all-time high. One of them will probably make it to the postseason. It is possible, though, for both of them to advance to the postseason.

As IPL 2024 enters its penultimate week of the league round, only MI and PBKS are in the playoff hunt. Gujarat, who has 10 points from 12 games and is in eighth place, has a remote chance. With 12 points from 12 games, LSG, who are currently in seventh place, have a better than slim chance. Delhi’s chances were severely damaged on Sunday, though, as they were defeated by RCB by 47 runs.

Due to over-rate offenses, Delhi’s dynamic captain Rishabh Pant was suspended for Sunday’s game. SunRisers, who are now in third place, CSK, who are in fourth place, and RCB are going into the last leg of the league stage.

METHODS FOR CSK AND RCB TO QUALIFY

If both teams are to make the playoffs by a slim margin, then many more outcomes must go their way. RCB should defeat CSK on Saturday, but not by a significant amount. Even if the Super Kings are defeated in Bengaluru, CSK’s net run rate shouldn’t suffer significantly.

Above all, SRH has to lose both of their remaining games (at home against GT and PBKS) in order to stay at 14 points. It would have to be a significant loss for SRH. Since SRH has been playing well at home and would start both games as favorites, this seems unlikely. The goal for Pat Cummins and his team is to contend for the top 2..

The lives of teams like CSK, RCB, DC, LSG, and GT will get harder if SRH wins even one of their final two games since they would have to fight for a single position. Here are the additional findings that must hold true while we investigate the potential for a CSK vs. RCB Eliminator. Gujarat defeated SunRisers on Monday but lost to Kolkata in Ahmedabad. In the crucial match on Tuesday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi defeated Lucknow.

Gujarat defeated SunRisers on Monday but lost to Kolkata in Ahmedabad. In the crucial match on Tuesday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi defeated Lucknow. On Friday, either Lucknow defeated Mumbai in Mumbai or Lucknow defeated Mumbai by a narrow margin Up to five teams will be tied on 14 points if the previously stated outcomes for all five teams come to pass.

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