So far, 49 IPL league games have been played.
However, not even a single team has qualified for play-off.
6 teams are competing to be among the 4 which will qualify for play-off.
Hence, the last 7 IPL league matched have assumed great significance!
Out of the 7last matches to be played:
Possibility 1
The 4 key teams are: Baqngalore Vs Mumbai & Hyderabad Vs Chennai!
If Bangalore & Mumbai win their matches, Chennai (18), Bangalore (17), Hyderabad & Mumbai (16each) will qualify for play-off.
Rajasthan, with only 7 wins & 16 points will be out of competition.
Possibility 2
Key teams are Punjab, Kolkata, Bangalore, and Chennai.
If Kolkata, Bangalore, and Hyderabad win, Kolkata (19), Chennai (18), Bangalore (17), and Hyderabad (16) will qualify for play-off.
Possibility 3
Key teams are Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Punjab, and Rajasthan.
If Delhi & Mumbai win their matches, Chennai, Rajasthan, Mumbai, and Hyderabad, with 16 points each, will qualify for play-off.
Chennai
If Chennai had beaten Delhi in their last match, it could have qualified for play-off.
However, Chennai lost its match quite4 poorly. This has generated extra interest at this stage of the tournament!
Chennai is set to meet Punjab in its last match. If it loses this match, the situation & the possibility of Chennai qualifying for play-off will worsen!
If Kolkata & Bangalore teams are with 17points and Chennai, Hyderabad, and Mumbai are with 16 points, there is a possibility of Chennai losing out on the basis of net-run-rate!
Kolkata
Kolkata has 2 more matches to play. If it loses both, Kolkata will end with only 15 points.
If other teams win, there is a possibility of Kolkata team being pushed back to 6th place!
Kolkata, with 15 points, will qualify for play-off only in case Bangalore loses all its 3 remaining matches & Hyderabad defeats Mumbai.
Mumbai
Mumbai will get 16 pints if it beats Kolkata & Hyderabad. And then, Rajasthan will have to beat Kolkata, Bangalore will have to beat Hyderabad,. If Bangalore loses any of its matches with Punjab & Delhi, Mumbai will qualify for play-off!
Rajasthan
Rajasthan will qualify: Rajasthan will have to beat Kolkata. Then, Mumbai has to beat Kolkata and Bangalore has to beat Hyderabad.
Bangalore
Out of 3 matches it has to play, it has to win at least 2 matches. If it wins only one match, then Kolkata would have to lose both its matches to be behind in net-run-rate!
Hyderabad
It has to win both its remaining (2) matches. Even if it wins only one, there is apossibility to qualify with better net-run-rate!
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