By Admin 
Chennai Super Kings, captained by MS Dhoni, who was out of the playoffs of IPL 2025, defeated Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday and spoiled his game. KKR scored 179 runs while batting first. Chasing the target, CSK started very poorly, his 5 wickets returned to the pavilion for just 60 runs. After this, Dewald Bravis (52) and Shivam Dubey (45) won CSK by playing a brilliant innings.
Dewald Brevis scored 52 runs in 25 balls, in which he hit 4 sixes and the same fours. Shivam Dubey played an important innings of 45 runs in 40 balls. Dhoni played carefully and remained unbeaten after scoring 17 runs in 18 balls. CSK won by 2 wickets by achieving the target with 2 balls. The CSK was already out of the playoff race, but the fight for honor was wins by Dhoni and team.
KKR out of the playoff race?
No, the team is not officially out yet, but it has become a little difficult to reach the playoffs. This was KKR’s sixth defeat of the season. After 12 matches, the team captained by Ajinkya Rahane has 11 points, it is at number six in the table. Now if he wins both his matches, he can have a maximum of 15 points, so his arrival in the playoff will now depend on the performance of other teams.
These 2 teams benefited
No team has been able to confirm their place in the playoffs yet, although the defeat of Kolkata Knight Riders has benefited Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals, which is currently at number 7 and 5 in the points table respectively. Delhi has won 6 out of 11 matches and can reach a maximum of 19 points. Lucknow has won 5 out of 11 matches and this LSG, captained by Rishabh Pant, can reach 16 points.
Strong contender to reach playoffs
Gujarat Titans are currently at the top of the points table, they have won 8 out of 11 matches. RCB has also won 8 out of 11 matches. Both have 16-16 points but the net run rate is better than RCB (0.482) of Gujarat (0.793). Both need to win 1-1 to secure space in the playoffs.
Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians are at number three and fourth respectively. Punjab has won 7 out of 11 and Mumbai have won 7 out of 12 matches. Punjab has 15 points, it has 3 matches left, out of which it has to win 2 matches. With 1 win, the team can qualify for the playoffs with poor performance of other teams.
2 matches of Mumbai Indians are still left, they have to win both matches. If one match is lost, then his arrival in the playoff will depend on the performance of other teams. The good thing for Hardik Pandya & Team is that his net run rate (1.156) is the best among all teams.
How many marks are required to reach IPL 2025 playoffs?
Right now the 16 -digit teams are not able to qualify in the playoffs, because there are 4 more teams which can reach here while 2 teams have already scored so many marks. So now the team will qualify for the playoffs with 18 points. However, with 16 points, the team will reach the playoffs with good net run rate if the results of other teams come in its favor.