IPL 2025 Points Table Top 2: Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans, these four teams have confirmed space in the playoffs. There has been a battle between these four teams to become table toppers. Today Mumbai Indians will face Punjab Kings, after which the team that becomes table topper can be confirmed. Actually, only 2 matches are left in the league stage and it is dependent on both these matches that which team will finish the top of the points table.

First of all, let’s know the condition of points table. Gujarat Titans has played all its 14 matches, which currently have 18 points. Punjab Kings are in second place, which currently has 17 points and the Royal Challengers Bangalore, who are in third place, also have 17 points at the moment and one match remains. At the same time, the Mumbai Indians team, which confronted Punjab Kings, is in fourth place. Since the net run-rate of Mi is very good, he has a great chance to stay on top in the table.

The biggest fork in the path of Mi

Mumbai Indians are currently fourth with 16 points. Since Mumbai’s net run-rate is +1.292, if she wins today’s match, then the points will reach the top top of the table. To do this, he has to overcome the difficult challenge of Punjab Kings. The Punjab team itself is involved in the race to become a table topper. Punjab has 17 points after 8 wins in 13 matches and its net run-rate is +0.327.

Mumbai can become a table topper only when he defeated Punjab Kings today. He will also have to expect that RCB does not win the Lucknow Super Giants in his last league match. This will reduce the RCB 17 points while the Mi will finish the table with 18 points.

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RCB Playoffs IPL 2025: The Royal Challengers Bangalore team has been an integral part of the IPL for 18 years, but has never won the title. Now RCB is performing amazing in IPL 2025 and she has a chance to finish the top-2 of the points table. Let us know that after 2016, RCB has not played the IPL final. In the current season, Bengaluru is second in the table, but there are many reasons, due to which RCB will probably be deprived of winning the title of IPL 2025.

RCB will not be able to become champions?

The first difficulty for Royal Challengers Bangalore is that fast bowler Josh Hazlewood is having problems with shoulder. Due to this, he could not play the match against CSK. RCB Management hopes that Hazlewood will play the next match, but if they do not play the rest of the match, then the difficult RCB’s difficulty is sure to increase. Hazelwood has taken 18 wickets in the season so far and is also the top-cance of RCB.

Captain Rajat Patidar is also suffering from injury and according to media reports, he might not be able to play in the match against LSG on 9 May. Bangalore has performed a strong performance under the captaincy of Patidar, in such a situation, his not having their playing XI can prick the team. Apart from this, opener Phil Salat has given RCB a strong start in Powerplay many times, but his health is also under question.

Dhansu batsman will not be available

The West Indies team will soon visit England and Ireland, for which Romario Shepherd has also been given a place in the ODI squad of the West Indies. The series against Ireland will begin on May 21, while the IPL 2025 playoffs are scheduled to begin on May 20. In such a situation, Royal Challengers Bangalore will not get the support of Romario Shepherd in playoff matches, who have been batting in the lower middle order.

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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.

IPL 2025 Points Table: The point table of IPL 2025 has started taking interesting form, where there are three teams in the first four places which have not yet won the Indian Premier League title. On Wednesday, the Gujarat Titans and GT Vs RR Result took place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, in which Gujarat registered a big win of 58 runs. After the 23rd match of the season, there has been a big change in the points table as the leader of the points table has changed after the result of the Gujarat-Rajasthan match. Also know who is leading in the race of Orange Cap and Purple Cap?

Gujarat defeated Rajasthan

Gujarat giant played a huge score of 217 runs while playing first on his home ground. Sai Sudarshan looted the innings of 82 runs, which has included him in the race for the Orange Cap. On the other hand, Rahul Tewatia also tied up the innings of 24 runs in 12 balls. In response, all 11 batsmen batting for Rajasthan, but only 3 of them could touch the figure of double in terms of 3 runs. Sanju Samson scored 41 runs, Ryan Parag scored 26 runs and Shimron Hetmyer scored 52 runs, but could not even win Rajasthan.

IPL 2025 Points Table after 23 matches

After defeating Rajasthan Royals, Gujarat Titans has become table topper. Gujarat has now scored 8 points after four wins in 5 matches and its net is of run-rate +1.413. Talking about Rajasthan, he remains in the seventh place as before, he has 4 points but has reached the net run -rate to -0.733. On one side, Gujarat is in the first place, while Delhi is seated in second place with 6 points. RCB is at number four and Punjab Kings captained by Shreyas Iyer at number four.

Orange cap

The Orange Cap is still with Nicholas Puran of LSG, who has scored 288 runs in 5 matches. At the same time, Sai Sudarshan has jumped a long jump against Rajasthan. Sudarshan has come second in the race for Orange Cap with 273 runs. Mitchell Marsh of Lucknow is at the third position. Jose Butler and Suryakumar Yadav are in fourth and fifth position respectively.

• Nicholas Puran (LSG) – 288 runs
• Sai Sudarshan (GT) – 273 runs
• Mitchell Marsh (LSG) – 265 runs
• Jose Butler (GT) – 202 runs
• Suryakumar Yadav (Mi) – 199 runs

Purple cap war

Looking at the purple cap, Noor Ahmed of Chennai Super Kings currently sits at the top with 11 wickets. Sai Kishore and Mohammad Siraj of Gujarat Titans are in second and third place respectively with ten wickets. Another Chennai bowler Khalil Ahmed is at number four in the Purple Cap race, while Hardik Pandya is in fifth place.

• Noor Ahmed (CSK) – 11 wickets
• Sai Kishore (GT) – 10 wickets
• Mohammad Siraj (GT) – 10 wickets
• Khalil Ahmed (CSK) – 10 wickets
• Hardik Pandya (Mi) – 10 wickets

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IPL 2025 Points Table Update: In the match played on Wednesday, Gujarat Titans defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 wickets. Chasing 170 runs, Jose Butler scored an unbeaten 73 runs. The team achieved the target in 17.5 overs. Earlier, fast bowler Mohammad Siraj was broken on RCB, he took 3 wickets for only 19 runs in 4 overs spell. After this match, RCB has lost the number 1 crown in the IPL points table.

RCB’s first wicket fell in the second over as Virat Kohli (7), who came out to bat first after losing the toss. He was caught out by Arshad Khan’s ball. After this, Mohammad Siraj dismissed Devdutt Padikkal (4) and Phil Salat (14) respectively in the third and fifth over. After this, Rajat Patidar was also dismissed by scoring 12 runs, Ishant Sharma made him his victim. Liam Livingstone played an important innings of 54 runs in 40 balls and contributed to bringing the team to a respectable score. Jitesh Sharma (33) and Tim David (32) also played a good innings.

Chasing the target, Gujarat lost the first wicket as Shubman Gill (14) at the score of 32. After this, Sai Sudarshan (49) shared a 75 -run match with Jose Butler. Butler scored an unbeaten 73 in 39 balls. In this innings, he hit 6 sixes and 5 fours. Gujarat won by 8 wickets by achieving the target with 13 balls.

IPL Points Table: RCB lost number-1 crown

Before the match, RCB was at number one in the points table, after losing it has lost his first place. She has rolled to number three. Whereas despite the victory, Gujarat Titans is at number four. This is RCB’s first defeat in 3 matches. The team’s net run rate is +1.149. This was Gujarat’s second win in 3 matches, its net run rate is +0.807.

On Display: Brute Force

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– Indianpremierleague (@IPL) April 2, 2025

Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals have benefited from RCB’s defeat. Punjab has come first with 2 wins in 2 matches, the team’s net run rate is +1.485. Delhi has also won both its matches, its net run rate is +1.320, the team has come second in the points table.

Rajat patidar post match: Royal Challengers Bangalore lost by 8 wickets in the match played at their home (M Chinnaswamy) on Wednesday. The Gujarat Titans did not find any difficulty chasing the target of 170 runs. This is the first defeat of RCB this season, both of them won both the matches played before. After losing badly at home, RCB captain Rajat Patidar told one reason for the defeat to fall 3 wickets in the powerplay. Let us tell you that the team was first shocked as Virat Kohli, he returned to the pavilion after scoring 7 runs in the second over.

Rajat Patidar admitted that after the initial wickets, his team was not 200 but was thinking of scoring around 190. He admitted that the team was damaged by the initial wickets. However, he praised his bowlers who took the match so long despite this goal.

RCB captain Rajat Patidar after losing to GT

Rajat Patidar said, “Initial wickets damaged us in this match. 3 wickets in the powerplay created a difference.” Regarding the improvement on the pitch, he said, “A little better but the way our bowlers bowled were fantastic to see. It was not easy, they worked hard. He worked hard on this ground till the 18th over. The batting unit is very confident. The introduction with which he is playing is a positive sign for our team.

Captain’s Reflection: Focus on the positives and move forward!#Playbold #ನಮ್ಮ RCB #IPL2025 #RCBVGT pic.twitter.com/GDUF5LHFNZ

– Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@Rcbtweets) April 2, 2025

Mohammad Siraj’s brilliant bowling, RCB lost 3 wickets in powerplay

RCB had the first blow as Virat Kohli, who started the innings with Phil Salat. Virat was caught out by Arshad Khan by scoring 7 runs. After this, Siraj took the wickets of Devdutt Padikkal (4) and Phil Salat (14) respectively in the third and fifth over. RCB lost 3 wickets in the powerplay, after which captain Rajat Patidar also fell victim to Ishant Sharma in the 7th over.

After this defeat, the RCB team has already reached number three in the points table. The Gujarat Titans occupies fourth place despite the victory. Punjab Kings have reached first and Delhi Capitals at number two.