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

Rohit Sharma Dropped Catch: On Wednesday, Rohit Sharma could not do anything special against Delhi Capitals, he was caught out of Mustafizur Rahman by scoring 5 runs. After this, he also left an easy catch in fielding, in the next over he appeared out of the field. However, Hardik Pandya & Team won this match by 59 runs and confirmed their place in the playoffs.

He was playing the first match after Rohit Sharma’s name was made at Wankhede Stadium. This was his first match even after retirement from Tests. Delhi Capitals won the toss and decided to bowl first. Rohit Sharma and Ryan Ricelton started the innings for MI but Rohit was dismissed for 5 runs.

Suryakumar Yadav, who came after the dismissal of Will Jacks (21), played a brilliant innings of 73 runs in 43 balls. Tilak Verma (27) shared an important 55 -run partnership with Surya. After this, captain Hardik Pandya was dismissed for 3 runs. The team scored a score of 180 runs.

Hardik did Rohit out of the field?

In the 5th over of Delhi’s innings, Rohit Sharma left the catch of Vipraj Nigam off Mitchell Santner. This was a simple catch for Rohit standing on the short third man but he could not catch it. After this, all the audience sitting there became disappointed. Then in the very next over, Rohit Sharma went out of the ground and Karn Sharma replaced him. Rohit did not come again for fielding. On social media, some users are accusing Hardik Pandya that after leaving the catch, he dropped Rohit from the ground.

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– vk18 (@jiteshsharmafc) May 21, 2025

Mi subbed rohit sharma after that و pic.twitter.com/zcrmuwkjid

– Hemapriya (@Attitudegirl__) May 21, 2025

But this is not the case, in fact Rohit Sharma has landed in almost every match for batting only. When the team bats first, Rohit is part of the playing 11 and in the second innings he replaces an impact player. If the team bats another, then he bats as an impact player.

Although leaving this catch did not have a huge impact, Delhi Capital batsmen could not stand in front of Mumbai bowlers. Top orders like KL Rahul (11), Faf du Plessis (6), Abhishek Porel (6) returned to the pavilion cheaply. After this, there was no good partnership in the middle order. Vipraj’s Rohit left the catch, he was dismissed by Mitchell Santner by scoring 20 runs. Santner and Jaspreet Bumrah took 3-3 wickets.

Mumbai Indians have confirmed their place in the IPL playoffs by winning this match by 59 runs. Prior to Mumbai, Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab have confirmed their place in Kings Playoffs.

Mi vs csk head to head: In IPL 2025, once again Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings will be face to face, when both collided in the last match, CSK won. Both teams are the most successful teams of IPL, and the match between them is considered to be the biggest rivalry. As captain, there will be a clash between Hardik Pandya and MS Dhoni. Let us tell you whose hand is heavy in the head to head between the two teams, and how the record of both teams in Wankhede has been face to face.

Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are the most successful teams of IPL, both have won 5-5 trophy. Although both teams are backward this year, but still they are involved in the playoff race, so today’s match becomes even more special. Chennai is ranked 10th and Mumbai 7th in the points table.

Mumbai vs Chennai record at Wankhede Stadium

So far 12 matches have been played between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium, out of which Mumbai has been heavier but the last 2 matches have been won by CSK continuously. Mumbai has won 7 matches in 12 matches and Chennai has won 5 matches.

Mi vs csk head to head record

A total of 38 matches have been played between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings in the IPL so far. 4 times both teams have clashed for the tournament title, that is, 4 finals have also been played between Mumbai and Chennai. Out of 38, Chennai has won 18 and Mumbai has won 20 matches. Talking about the final, Chennai has won 1 time out of all 4 times and 3 times Mumbai has won. Mumbai’s biggest score against Chennai is 219 and Chennai’s biggest score against Mumbai is 218 runs.

CSK defeated Mi 7 times in last 10 matches

Talking about the last 10 matches between the two teams in the IPL, the Chennai Super Kings look heavy. CSK has won 7 times while Mumbai has won only 3 times. Chennai has won the last 4 matches continuously, if even today MS Dhoni and Team defeat Mumbai, then it will be the fifth consecutive win against this team.