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IPL 2025 playoff schedule: Today the last league match will be played in IPL 2025, in which Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants will clash. RCB has already gone into the playoffs, while the Lucknow team has already been out of the final race. It has been decided that Punjab Kings will play the first qualifier match, on the other hand Mumbai Indians will have to overcome the challenge of the eliminator match. The last match of the league phase has arrived, but so far the entire schedule of the playoffs has not been revealed.

If you look at the points table, the Punjab Kings sits at the top with 19 points. At the same time, Gujarat Titans is in second place with 18 points and all 14 matches of these two teams have been completed. The fourth place is Mumbai Indians, which has 16 points and will remain in fourth place. But in today’s match, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s victory can change all the equations of the final.

Gujarat-Mumbai will increase difficulty

In the top-4, RCB is the only team with a match left. If Bengaluru defeats LSG by a big margin today, then it will become a table topper, in such a situation, the first qualifier of RCB will compete with Punjab Kings. If the first qualifier between Bengaluru-Punjab is there, then the difficulty of Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians will increase.

If RCB reaches the first qualifier, then there will be an eliminator match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians. In this situation, only one of the teams from Gujarat-Mumbai will be able to move forward. At the same time, the winner of the eliminator match will also have to defeat the team that loses in the qualifier 1 to go to the final. Therefore, Gujarat or Mumbai will have to register 2 wins to go to the finals.

It is certain that the Mi eliminator will play the match, but the Gujarat team will be hoping that today LSG will win the RCB, so that they reach the first qualifier.

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LSG vs RCB IPL 2025: Today, an important match will be played between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore for the playoffs at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. The result of this match will decide which team will play with Punjab Kings in the qualifier 1 and which teams will have an eliminator match. Let us explain to all the equations that even if the rain spoiled the game today, which team will benefit.

Outside the IPL playoffs, Lucknow Super Giants will take the field today with the intention of spoiling the game of RCB and ending its season well. If RCB wins, it will confirm its place in qualifier 1, then it will be fought with Punjab Kings and the winning team in this match will be directly entered in the finals. While the good thing for the team that makes a place in the qualifier 1 is that after losing it will get another chance to reach the finals. He will have to face the team winning the eliminator match, the team winning it will be the second finalist.

If RCB loses today

RCB currently has 17 points, if it wins, it will get 19 points and it will go ahead of Gujarat and come to another place. But if the silver Patidar and the team loses, then it will benefit Gujarat Titans. Gujarat has 18 points after 14 matches. Talk about Mumbai Indians who are decided after losing to Punjab Kings that they cannot come in the top 2 in any way. He will have to play an eliminator match.

If LSG vs. RCB comes in the match?

If the rain in Lucknow today spoiled the game, then it will benefit Royal Challengers Bangalore. In this situation, Gujarat and Bengaluru will get 18-18 points but RCB will win in terms of net run rate. Let us tell you that RCB (0.255) is ahead of Gujarat (0.254) with a very minor margin.

Lucknow will be cloudy today, rain may also occur, but it is very less likely that the match can be canceled due to rain. Talk about the schedule of playoff matches, qualifier 1 and eliminator matches will be played in Mullanpur and the qualifier 2 and final matches will be held at Narendra Modi Stadium.

IPL playoff matches schedule

• May 29- Qualifier 1: PBKS vs not yet decided
• 30 May- Eliminator: Mi vs not yet decided
• 1 June- Qualifier 2: Q1 loser and winter match winning team
• June 3- Finals: Q1 and Q2 between winning teams

IPL 2025 RCB: Royal Challengers Bangalore have confirmed their place in the playoffs. The team is to play the last match against Lucknow (LSG Vs RCB) in the league stage, which is important to go to the top 2. Earlier, good news has come for Rajat Patidar and Team. Deadly Australian bowler Josh Hazlewood has returned to India, he has joined the team

Josh Hazlewood returned home after the IPL was postponed on May 8, when the tournament started back, Hazlewood did not return to India. His play was doubtful as he is also part of the World Test Championship Final Squad, which will be played between Australia and South Africa from 11 June. But Cricket Australia had made it clear that the players who want to return to India, the board will respect their decision and support them ..

Josh Hazlewood involved in the race for purple cap

The Australian fast bowler has contributed significantly to the RCB to reach the playoffs, you can guess that he is still in the top 5 in the list of bowlers taking the most wickets in the tournament. He has taken 18 wickets in 10 matches, he is 4 wickets behind the Purple Cap holder famous Krishna.

Tim David can be out

In the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Tim David had gone out of the field due to a stretch in Hamstring, he came to bat but did not seem to be right at all. His leg was not able to move too much, in such a situation it seems difficult that he can play the match ahead now. It had increased the tension in RCB camp, but now this tension must have reduced a bit due to the arrival of Hazelwood.

LSG vs RCB match will be important for top 2

The final match of the league stage in IPL season 18 will be played between Lucknow and Bengaluru at Ekana Stadium on 27 May. RCB will have to win this match to reach the top 2 in the points table.

66 matches have been played in IPL 2025. 4 matches of league stage are still left. Teams reaching the playoffs are Gujarat Titans, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings. Of course all four teams have been confirmed, but the exciting battle of the top 2 is going on between them.

The format of IPL 2025 playoffs is such that the top 2 teams get 2 opportunities to go to the IPL final. The qualifier between these two teams is 1, the winning team enters the finals directly while the losing team gets another chance in the qualifier 2. The third and fourth team get the final ticket by winning the first eliminator and then the qualifier 2. After the match number 66, the possibilities of all the four teams are alive that they could reach the top 2.

Gujarat Titans

The first match of double header on Sunday, 25 May is Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings (GT vs CSK). If Gujarat wins today under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, then his top 2 will be confirmed. But if he lost, he had to depend on the results of other teams. Then Gujarat must have defeated Lucknow Bangalore. Right now Gujarat has 18 points.

Punjab kings

Punjab Kings, captained by Shreyas Iyer, currently have 17 points. He has to defeat Mumbai Indians to go to the playoffs, this will give him 19 points. Then he would need that RCB loses its last match, then if Gujarat has won its last match, then Punjab will reach the playoffs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

RCB also has 17 points after 13 matches. First of all, he will have to win his last match. If Gujarat has lost its last match, then RCB will win and will secure a place in the top 2. But if Gujarat has won, then RCB should defeat Mumbai Punjab, or Punjab, then do not win by a big margin and then the net run rate will be important.

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai, captained by Hardik Pandya, currently has 16 points, but its best thing is that the net run rate is better than Gujarat at number one. Mumbai will have to defeat Punjab Kings in their last match to go to the top 2. If Gujarat has lost its last match, then Mumbai will win and will secure its place in the top 2. But if Gujarat has won its last match, then Mumbai should lose their last match.

Schedule of the remaining matches of league stage

• May 25- GT vs CSK (3:30)
• May 25- SRH vs KKR (7:30)
• May 26- Pbks vs mi
• May 27- LSG vs RCB