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.

IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets in the match played on Wednesday in the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League. With this victory, the Mumbai, captained by Hardik Pandya, has come in third place in the points table. She has joined the top 4 this season for the first time, while the Sunrisers have reached Hyderabad and a bad position.

Mumbai Indians have come to third place after defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the match played on Wednesday. This was Mumbai’s 5th win in 9 matches, the team’s net run rate (+0.673) was already good. There are four teams (Mi, RCB, PBKS, LSG), which currently have 10 marks and the best net run rate is from Mumbai.

These 3 teams excluded from IPL 2025?

At the bottom of the points table are Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals. All three have played 8-8 matches and have lost 6-6. Rajasthan, Hyderabad and Chennai are ranked 8th, 9th and 10th respectively on the basis of net run rate. The route of the three teams to reach the playoffs has become very difficult. All three now have to play 6-6 more matches, if even one loses in them, it will increase more difficult for them. However, no team has been officially out.

GT on top, tough competition between these 4 teams

Gujarat Titans are at the top of the points table. He has won 6 out of 8 matches. Delhi Capitals have also won 6 out of 8 matches and they also have 12 points. But the net run rate better than Delhi (+0.657) is from Gujarat (+1.104), so it is number one and Delhi is second.

Mumbai is third and Royal Challengers Bangalore at number three. RCB has won 5 out of 8 matches, its net run rate is +0.472. Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants at number five and sixth have also won 5-5 wins in 8-8 matches. Punjab’s net run rate is +0.177 and Lucknow’s net run rate is -0.054. There is a tough competition between these four teams.

KKR is also in trouble, he has won 3 out of 8 matches and he is ranked 7th in the table. However, his net run rate (+0.212) is better than Lucknow and Punjab.

Suryakumar Yadav joined the race for Orange Cap

After playing an innings of 40 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Suryakumar Yadav has joined the Orange Cap race, he has come at number three in the list of top 5 batsmen. He has scored 373 runs in 9 matches played so far. The Orange Cap is currently with Sai Sudarshan of Gujarat Titans. See the top five run scorer after 41 matches in the list.

1. Sai Sudarshan (GT)- 417
2. Nicholas Puran (LSG)- 377
3. Suryakumar Yadav (Mi)- 373
4. Jose Butler (GT)- 356
5. Michelle Marsh (LSG)- 344

Famous Krishna has a purple cap

Right now, the most wickets are with the Gujarat Titans bowler, the famous Krishna. He has taken 16 wickets in 8 matches, while Kuldeep Yadav, who is second, has taken 12 wickets and a total of 7 bowlers who have taken 12 wickets so far. See the top 5 bowlers in the list.

1. Famous Krishna (GT)- 16
2. Kuldeep Yadav (DC)- 12
3. Josh Hazlewood (RCB)- 12
4. Noor Ahmed (CSK)- 12
5. Mohammad Siraj (GT)- 12

Whose match is today in IPL 2025?

Today is a match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals on Thursday, 24 April in IPL. The match will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium from 7:30 pm.