Abhishek sharma and digvesh rathi fight: On Monday, there was a fight between Abhishek Sharma and Digvesh Rathi in Lucknow, it became so big that the umpire had to come to stop the two players, despite both of them attacked each other. The controversy had increased considerably, although both the players are sensible and will not spoil their career by scramble, but had reached here. Rishabh Pant pulled his bowler and pacified him. In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 6 wickets.

Lucknow Super Giants scored a good score of 205 runs with the help of Michelle Marsh (65), Aidan Marakram (61), Nicholas Puran (45). In response, Abhishek Sharma gave his team a sharp start, he played a wonderful innings of 59 runs in 20 balls with the help of 6 sixes and 4 fours. The innings of Ishaan Kishan (35) and then Henrik Klassen (47) won Hyderabad with 6 balls remaining.

Why was there a fight between Abhishek and Digvesh?

While other bowlers were being beaten on one side, Digvesh Rathi was proving to be economical. He dismissed Abhishek Sharma on the third ball of the 8th over, who scored 59 runs in 20 balls. After this important wicket, Digvesh Rathi celebrated his notebook, for which he has to suffer 2 times. However, before this celebration, Digvesh had also indicated Abhishek to go out, and Abhishek probably became very angry with this.

There was a sharp debate between the two, Abhishek started coming back to the bowler. Digvesh was also constantly saying something, the players were making him silent with him. The umpire also had to come in the middle, during which Rishabh Pant came and pulled Digvesh and explained to him. Abhishek angrily went out pointing to him.

The Intensity of a Must-Win Clash!#Digveshrathi dismisses the dangerous #Abhisheksharma& Things Get Heated Right after!

Is this the breakthrough #LSG Needed to Turn Things Around?

Watch the live action https://t.co/qihxzlihqw #IPLRECE2Playoffs #LSGVSRH , pic.twitter.com/tg6lxwniva

– Star Sports (@StarsportsIndia) May 19, 2025

After the match, both of them joined hands

Earlier, Abhishek Sharma hit 4 sixes in 4 consecutive balls in Ravi Bishnoi’s over. After the match was over, Digvesh and Abhishek shook hands and there was some conversation between the two. The BCCI vice -president was also seen listening to both of them.

Lucknow out of IPL playoff race

Rishabh Pant’s team was a strong contender to reach the playoffs, but after losing 4 consecutive matches, the team was ruled out of this race. Pant was the most expensive player in IPL history but his performance this season was very disappointing. He has scored only 135 runs in 12 innings. Prior to this team, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders were out of the playoff race.

IPL 2025: In terms of IPL playoffs, the Lucknow Super Giants vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad match is very important today. If Lucknow lost the captaincy of Rishabh Pant, then he will become the fifth team to be out of the playoff race. Earlier, there is good news for Lucknow, because Hyderabad’s explosive batsman Travis Head Corona has become infected. For this reason, he will not be able to play in the match to be held today.

LSG vs SRH will not play Travis Head in the match

After Korona became infected, Travis Head has not reached India, it has been confirmed by Sunrisers Hyderabad team head coach Daniel Vettori. Head can collapse any bowling unit, he scored at a very fast pace. In this context, this relief can be a relief news for Lucknow Super Giants.

Hyderabad coach Daniel Vettori said, “He has become a corona positive, due to which he has not been able to come to India. We hope that he will fully recover for the next match and join the team.”

Possible playing of Lucknow Super Giants 11

Aden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Puran, David Miller, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh, Prince Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur.

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Potential Playing 11

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Heinrich Klassen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ishaan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami, Simarjit Singh.

IPL 2025 Playoffs Scenario: IPL season 18 Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders started once again, but had to cancel the match without playing any balls due to continuous rains in Bangalore. After the match was washed in the rain, both teams got 1-1, which means KKR, captained by Ajinkya Rahane, has officially out of the playoff race while RCB tickets are still not confirmed. So far 4 teams have been out of the IPL playoff race while 6 teams have alive expectations.

What to qualify for RCB in playoffs

Not now, it has been 17 points after the cancellation of the match against KKR of RCB, captained by Rajat Patidar. He has 2 matches left. The team’s net run rate is 0.482. RCB will have to keep a place in the playoffs and stay in the top 2, so that he gets 2 opportunities to reach the finals. If Rajasthan Royals today defeats Punjab Kings, or beats Gujarat Delhi, then RCB’s playoff ticket will be confirmed.

Today there will be 2 important matches

Today there is a double header in the IPL. The first match will be Rajasthan vs Punjab and the second match will be Delhi vs Gujarat. If Punjab Kings wins, it will get 17 points. After this, 2 matches will be saved, out of which he will have to win 1. At the same time, if the Gujarat Titans win in the second match, then it will become the first team to reach the playoffs. While Delhi loses, it will depend on other teams, then after winning both the next matches, it will be able to have only 17 points.

Net run rate of Mumbai Indians is the best

There are 2 matches left in Mumbai’s league stage, they have 14 points. Mumbai have to win their next two matches to qualify for the playoffs. In this, his important match will be with Delhi Capitals, which will be necessary for both teams to win.

Lucknow Super Giants need to win all matches

Lucknow, captained by Rishabh Pant, has won 5 in 11 matches. It has 3 matches left and after winning, she will be able to reach 16 points. If now a single match team lost, then it will officially be out of the playoff race. The next match of the team is with Hyderabad on Monday.

IPL 2025 teams out of playoffs

1. Chennai Super Kings
2. Rajasthan Royals
3. Sunrisers Hyderabad
4. Kolkata Knight Riders

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.

IPL 2025 Final: Indian Premier League season 18 India Pakistan was stopped due to stress, which is going to start again from May 17. The BCCI has officially released the schedule. The date and venue of the 13 matches of the league stage has been announced but where will the playoffs and the final venue be played? Information about this has not been given yet. However, now a big update has come about this.

The IPL 2025 will again start from May 17, the first match will be between RCB and KKR in Bengaluru. 13 matches of the league will be held in 6 stadiums. There will be double header on Sunday 18 May and 25 May.

When will IPL 2025 playoff matches be played

The last match of the league stage will be played on May 27 at the Ekana Stadium between Lucknow and Bangalore. The first qualifier match will be held on 29 and eliminator match on 30 May. The second qualifier will be played on 1 June and the IPL final match on 3 June.

Where will the IPL 2025 final match?

According to the schedule, the final match was to be played on 25 May at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Now the final will be on 3 June. According to reports, now the venue of the final will be changed, the remaining matches of the league stage are not happening there. Now the final match can be shifted to the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad.

The reason behind the change of IPL final schedule is coming out. Actually, in the beginning of June, there is a possibility of heavy rains in the city. The BCCI told in its statement that the decision regarding the venue of the playoff will be taken in a few days.

New schedule of IPL 2025

• May 17: RCB vs KKR (Bengaluru)
• May 18: RR vs PBKS (Jaipur)
• May 18: DC Vs GT (Delhi)
• May 19: LSG vs SRH (Lucknow)
• May 20: CSK Vs RR (Delhi)
• May 21: Mi vs DC (Mumbai)
• May 22: GT vs LSG (Ahmedabad)
• May 23: RCB vs SRH (Bengaluru)
• May 24: Pbks vs DC (Jaipur)
• May 25: GT vs CSK (Ahmedabad)
• May 25: SRH vs KKR (Delhi)
• 26 May: PBKS Vs Mi (Jaipur)
• May 27: LSG vs RCB (Lucknow)

IPL 2025 Playoffs Schedule

• May 29: Qualifier 1 (Venue not fixed)
• May 30: Eliminator (Venue not fixed)
• 1 June: Qualifier 2 (Venue not fixed)
• June 3: Final (Venue not fixed)

Strong contenders for IPL 2025 playoffs

There is no team that has confirmed its place for IPL playoffs. After 57 matches, Gujarat Titans are at the top of the points table, who have won 8 out of 11 matches. RCB also has 16 points towards Gujarat, it is in second place. RCB has also won 8 out of 11 matches. If she defeats Kolkata on May 17, she will become the first team to reach the playoffs and will be out of the Kolkata race.

Punjab Indians are at number three with Punjab Kings (15 points) and 14 points at number four. Delhi Capitals have 13 points, it is in the fifth position. There are 3-3 matches of Delhi, Punjab and 2 matches of Mumbai.

The expectations of Kolkata (11 points) and Lucknow (10 points) are also alive to go into the playoffs. This number is in the sixth and seventh position in the table respectively. There are 3 matches left from Lucknow and 2 from Kolkata.

55 matches have been played in IPL 2025, but so far even a team has not been able to confirm its place in the playoffs. On Monday, the battle to reach the top 4 has become even more exciting due to the cancellation of Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals match. Let us explain the equation of all the teams.

The RCB team has won 8 in 11 matches and lost 3. Despite 16 points, his playoff ticket has not been confirmed. However, this is almost confirmed because the results of other teams with these digits can lead RCB to the playoffs. By the way, RCB will also have to keep an eye on the top 2 than the playoffs because these teams get 2 opportunities to reach the finals.

Punjab Kings are second with 7 wins in 11 matches, one of its matches was canceled, so this team, captained by Shreyas Iyer, has 15 points. He has to win 1 more match to reach the playoffs.

These teams increased tension due to cancellation of SRH vs DC match

After the match with Hyderabad was canceled, the Delhi Capital is ranked 5th in the points table, it has 13 points. 3 matches are still left, which the team can reach 19 points by winning. Delhi will have to win at least 2 matches in the next 3 matches. But due to the cancellation of Delhi’s match, the tension of many teams has increased.

The tension of Gujarat Titans, Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants along with Kolkata Knight Riders has also increased, because now a defeat can also be back. KKR has won 5 out of 11, it has 11 points and is at number six in the table. It now has 3 matches left and she can win and reach 17 points. Like KKR, Lucknow has also lost 5 out of 11 matches, it has suffered a continuous defeat in the last 3 matches. The team is at number 7 with 10 points. But if Delhi had lost the previous match, then there would be relief news for it. Today Mi vs GT match will be exciting.

Important fight between Mi Vs GT today

Today, there is an important match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans in the Wankhede Stadium in terms of playoffs. The team that wins will have 16 points and the place in their playoffs will be almost confirmed. While the losing team will be difficult. Before this match, Mi is ranked third with 7 wins in 11 matches and fourth with 7 wins in GT 10. Both have 14–14 points, but are better than Mumbai RCB (+0.482) based on NET run rate (+1.274).

• RCB: Will win 1 out of 3 matches
• Pbks: Will win 2 out of 3 matches
• Mi: Will win 2 out of 2 matches
• GT: Will win 2 out of 4 matches
• DC: 3 out of 3 matches will have to win (can reach 19 points)
• KKR: 3 out of 3 matches will have to win (can reach 17 points)
• LSG: 3 out of 3 matches will have to win (can reach 16 points)

IPL 2025 upcoming matches

1. Mi vs gt: 6 May
2. KKR vs CSK: 7 May
3. Pbks vs DC: 8 May
4. LSG vs RCB: 9 May
5. Srh vs kkr: 10 May

Teams out of IPL 2025

Sunrisers Hyderabad is the third team to be out of the playoff race in IPL 2025. Before that, the dream of winning the title of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals has been broken.

IPL Points Table 2025: 49 matches have been played in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League, in the match held on Wednesday, Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings by 4 wickets. CSK, captained by MS Dhoni, has become the first team, which has officially dropped from the playoff race this season. For the second consecutive time, CSK has not been able to make a place in the playoffs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore, captained by Rajat Patidar, topped the points table, have won 7 out of 10 matches and 3 have lost. His net run rate is +0.521.

Punjab Kings reached second place

Punjab Kings have reached second place in the points table with defeating CSK on Wednesday. He has won 6 out of 10 matches, while one of his matches was canceled. The team’s net run rate with 13 points is +0.1999. At number three is Mumbai Indians, who won 6 out of 10 matches. MI, captained by Hardik Pandya, is better than RCB’s net run rate (+0.899).

Gujarat Titans is at number four. This team, captained by Shubman Gill, has won 6 out of 9 matches. His net run rate is +0.748. These four teams are strong contenders for reaching the playoffs, but now Delhi Capitals are fighting firmly for Lakhkhanau Super Giants Top 4.

DC, LSG and KKR also involved in fighting

Delhi Capitals is at number five in the points table, it has won 6 out of 10 matches and also has 12 points. However, his net run rate (+0.362) is less than Mumbai and Gujarat. The sixth place is Lucknow Super Giants, who have won 5 out of 10 matches. Both these teams are also a strong contender to reach the playoffs, while it is important for Kolkata Knight Riders to win every match now.

KKR has won 4 out of 10 matches, now if she wins all the matches then it can have 17 points. If the team loses even a match, then it will have to depend on other teams, KKR is 7th in the table.

Difficult for RR and SRH

Rajasthan Royals have won only 3 matches out of 10, it is at number 8 in the table. If a single match is lost from here, the team will be out of the playoff race. Sunrisers Hyderabad have won 3 out of 9 matches and they have to win every match to reach the playoffs and also take care of the net run rate. Pat Cummins Hyderabad team, which reached the final last year, can now win all the matches and reach a maximum of 16 points.

Teams out of IPL 2025 Playoffs race

Currently, Chennai Super Kings, which is out of the playoff race of IPL 2025. CSK, captained by Dhoni, has won 2 out of 10 matches and has lost 8.