Mumbai Indian needs a big win to keep their playoff hopes of life and they deliver it on Tuesday.
A comprehensive 8 wicket vs Rajasthan victory, after Royals was limited to only 90-9 helping MI ride to fifth place at the table points, right behind the KKR at NRR.
Mi drove a small target with 70 remaining balls.
With PBKS and RR at 10 points, with one remaining game to play each, the best of these two teams can be done in terms of points to 12.
MI and KKR each can reach 14 points each.
The KKR enjoyed the best NRR among all these teams.
The race for the fourth playoff place is now effectively boiled into one between KKR and MI.
The TRC played their last match vs.
RR on Thursday, while MI played their 14th stage match vs.
SRH on Friday.
This is a quick look, in 5 points on various playoff scenarios, because things stand up after MI defeats RR on Tuesday: 1) On the table, the KKR is still in front of the other who competes for the fourth slot.
If they won their last match against RR and SRH beat MI, the KKR would occupy the slot exclusively.
They can tie fourth even if they don’t defeat RR, if SRH defeats MI.
How many teams they tie with the case will depend on the results of the game between CSK and PBKS.
If CSK wins, it will be a tie of three directions at 12 points between KKR, MI and RR.
If PBK wins, it will also bind with three of these 12 points.
The good news for the KKR is so far so far is the best net run rate of these four teams and must be eligible in bound situations.
If MI wins against SRH, KKR must win her last match to tie points.
2) Mi is now in fifth position, same as KKR but far behind at NRR.
Because the gap is too much to cover up, the only real opportunity to qualify is to win the last match against SRH and hope the KKR loses RR.
If the KKR wins the game, MI can bind with them and it’s almost certainly not enough.
3) PBKS is in sixth position, but the best can be expected is a four-way tie for fourth place at 12 points.
It can happen only if MI loses SRH and KKR loses Rr.
But even in that situation, the NRR is not possible for better KKR and because it might be curtains for them.
4) Like PBKS, RR can now be in the best tie for the fourth point on points.
Again, it can only happen if they defeat the KKR and SRH beat MI.
Their NRR is now even worse than PBKS and MI, which means the tie is not possible for them to qualify.
5) Effectively, the race now goes down to the TRC and MI, with the KKR clearly has the advantage.
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IPL: races for the 4th playoffs now realistically between KKR & MI
