IPL 2025: In the second match of double header on Sunday, Gujarat Titans registered a historic victory over Delhi Capitals. The first time a target of 200 runs was achieved by a team without losing wickets. Shubman Gill played a brilliant innings of 93 and Sai Sudarshan 108 runs. With this victory, Gujarat qualified for the playoffs, the playoff tickets of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings have also been confirmed. Now there is only 1 spot left and there is a fight between 3 teams for this.

Gujarat Titans have been 18 points after 12 matches. RCB and Punjab Kings captained by Rajat Patidar have 17-17 points. Both have won 8-8 matches. These three teams have reached the playoffs. These teams are yet to play 2-2 matches in the league stage. Now there will be a fight to stay in the top 2 between them, because these teams get 2 opportunities to reach the finals.

Battle between Mi, DC and LSG for the fourth spot

Mumbai Indians’ net run rate (1.156) is better than all teams, they have won 7 out of 12 matches. This team, captained by Hardik Pandya with 14 points, is in fourth place. There are 2 more matches of Mumbai. Despite the defeat of Delhi Capitals, it remains in the playoff race, although it will now have to win both their matches. Delhi has won 6 matches in 12 and this team has a net run rate of 0.260.

Lucknow Super Giants, captained by Rishabh Pant, have lost the last 3 matches continuously, after which he has reduced the possibility of reaching the playoffs but he is still involved in the race. Lucknow has won 5 out of 11 matches, it is at the 7th position below Kolkata in the points table. Lucknow’s net run rate is in minus (-0.469). She now has to win all out of 3 matches, she will be out of the playoff race as soon as she loses a match.

Teams out of IPL playoff race

Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings have been officially out of the IPL playoff race. These four teams are currently sixth, eighth, ninth and 10th in the points table respectively.

Orange Cap holder (after 60 matches)

Right now the Orange Cap is with the Gujarat Titans batsman Sai Sudarshan. He has scored 617 runs in 12 matches. See who is the top 5 batsmen to score the most runs in the list.

1. Sai Sudarshan (GT)- 617 runs
2. Shubman Gill (GT)- 601 runs
3. Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)- 523 runs
4. Suryakumar Yadav (Mi)- 510 runs
5. Virat Kohli (RCB)- 505 runs

Purple cap holder

The Purple Cap is also occupied by the player of Gujarat Titans. The famous Krishna has a purple cap, he has taken 21 wickets in 12 matches. See the top 5 bowlers who have taken the most wickets so far in the list.

1. Famous Krishna (GT)- 21
2. Noor Ahmed (CSK)- 20
3. Josh Hazlewood (RCB)- 18
4. Trent Bolt (Mi)- 18
5. Varun Chakraborty- 17

IPL 2025 playoff schedule

• Qualifier 1: 29 May
• Eliminator: 30 May
• Qualifier 2: 1 June
• IPL Final: 3 June

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson has been very worried about his fitness. He was out due to injury in the last several matches, taking command of the Ryan Parag team in his place. Sanju was not able to captain even in 4 matches of the beginning due to injury, he was just going to the field to bat. Now when the tournament is starting once again, Sanju Samson is seen fit.

Amidst India Pakistan tension, Punjab Kings vs. Delhi Capitals match was stopped, after which it was postponed for a week. Now the remaining matches of the tournament are starting from 17 May. Many foreign players who have returned home have come back to India and joined their team and many players are yet to come. Many players are not returning due to international commitments. Almost all Indian players have joined their franchises so far.

Captain Sanju Samson joined the Rajasthan Royals Camp on Tuesday night, shared by Rajasthan Royals. In which the franchise showed him like a king. Sanju’s attitude was also like this in this video, as if he was giving challenges to the opposing team. In the video, he is showing biceps. It is possible that by doing this, he wants to tell that he is now fully fit, but it can also be for Punjab Kings.

Our Malluminati is Back! pic.twitter.com/Rnodhyeicl

– rajasthan royals (@rajasthanroyals) May 14, 2025

Rajasthan Royals can spoil the game of Punjab Kings

Rajasthan Royals became the second team to be out of the playoffs. Earlier, Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad have been out of the race after them. Rajasthan has won only 3 out of 12 matches while 9 matches have been lost. The fate of the team has been very bad this time, the team has lost many matches very closely. Now the team has 2 matches left, one with Punjab Kings and the other with Chennai Super Kings.

Rajasthan Royals, which is out of the playoff race itself, can make it difficult for them by defeating Punjab Kings. Punjab has won 7 out of 11 matches, with 15 points at number three in the table. If she loses to Rajasthan Royals, it will be difficult in front of her, because after this, Shreyas Iyer & Team have two matches with Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians. Both these teams are involved in the playoff race and have seen strong in the season.

Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings Match (RR vs PBKS IPL 2025) will be played on 18 April at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The match will start at 3:30 in the afternoon, the toss will take place at 3 pm.