As a result, there is a tough competition between Sunrisers Hyderabad, defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore for the remaining two spots. Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans have already lost the play-off round in this series, in which 10 teams participated. Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Supergiants are also waiting to get into it.

Because Delhi Capitals has 14 points after playing all 14 league matches. The team's net run rate is -0.377. It is believed that Delhi's team has no chance of going to the play-off round.

CSK has to defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore in its last match. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad has lost both its last league matches. Apart from this, to chase the target of 201 runs in both the matches, Hyderabad's team will have to lose by a margin of 194 runs. Only if this happens, Delhi Capitals can reach the playoffs. Only if some miracle happens, Delhi's team will get a chance to go to the next level.

Lucknow Super Giants.. Lucknow, which has 12 points from 13 matches with a net run rate of -0.787, will face Mumbai Indians in its last league match.

If Lucknow wins this match, it will finish the league with 14 points. But it is very difficult for the team to go to the next round. Because even if Lucknow scores 200 runs against Mumbai and wins by 100 runs, the net run rate will still be -0.351.

RCB… Royal Challengers Bangalore have played 13 matches and scored 12 points with a net run rate of 0.387. The team will take on CSK in its last league match. CSK already has 14 points with a net run rate of 0.528.

In such a situation, the Bangalore team should beat the CSK team by a higher run rate difference. Only then will the Bangalore team get a chance to play off. For example, if Bangalore scores 200 runs, then it must win by at least 18 runs. Chasing a target of 200 runs, they need to win in 18.1 overs.

Perhaps if Bangalore wins the match against CSK by a narrow margin, it still has the last chance to reach the playoffs. This will be possible only if EdussonRisers Hyderabad loses its last two league matches. If Hyderabad defeats Gujarat in today's match, then it will easily enter the next round. If this happens, Bangalore's playoff dream will be fulfilled only when it registers a big win against CSK. If it loses the match against CSK or the match is canceled due to rain, then the Bangalore team will be out of the series.

CSK: CSK have scored 14 points from 13 matches with a net run rate of 0.528. CSK will qualify for the play-offs if they win against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday. CSK must ensure that even if they lose this game, the net run rate is not affected. For example, if CSK is chasing a target of 200 runs, the margin of defeat should be within 18 runs. If this happens, CSK's net run rate will be higher than Bangalore. Making it to the playoffs will not be a problem. On the other hand, Bangalore will qualify for the play-off round if they win with a higher run rate margin. If this happens, CSK will have trouble advancing to the play-offs. If this happens, CSK will only have a chance of reaching the playoffs if Hyderabad loses its last two matches and experiences a major drop in net run rate.

Sunrisers Hyderabad… Sunrisers Hyderabad has scored 14 points in 12 matches with a net run rate of 0.406. The team has two league matches left (against Gujarat and Punjab). If it wins even one of these or one match gets cancelled due to rain, then Hyderabad will easily qualify for the play-offs. Perhaps the result of the CSK-Bengaluru match will depend on Hyderabad losing both the matches. If CSK defeats Bangalore, then Hyderabad will have no problem in getting a chance to make it to the play-offs.

On the other hand, if Bengaluru defeats CSK and Hyderabad loses its remaining 2 matches, then a crisis will arise. If such a situation arises, then Hyderabad can reach the next round only if CSK's net run rate is less than Hyderabad. However, Hyderabad's next move will be known at the end of today's game against Gujarat.