RCB IPL: RCB, captained by Faf Du Plessis, has faced another defeat in the IPL. The team has played 6 matches so far, but has won only one match. With two points, the team is struggling at ninth position in the points table of 10 teams. Below that is only Delhi Capitals. After losing 5 matches, questions have started being raised whether the Royal Challengers Bangalore team will be able to reach the playoffs this year. Let us understand the equation.
RCB still has 8 matches left
RCB has played 6 matches so far in this year’s Indian Premier League. A team plays 14 matches in the league stage, hence the team still has to play 8 matches. Till now the RCB team has not been out of the race for the playoffs. If we talk about the last two IPLs, when 10 teams were playing IPL, even with 16 points the teams made it to the playoffs. RCB itself did this in the year 2022 and after this in 2023, Mumbai Indians team reached the top 4 with 16 points.
The team scores 18 points by winning all the matches.
Now if RCB wins all the remaining 8 matches, then it will have 18 points. There are already 16 and two points from eight matches. At the same time, if the team loses one more match then it will be able to reach maximum 16 points only, that is, in that situation also the team will have a chance to reach the playoffs. But if it happens that the team loses 2 out of the remaining 8 matches, then the problem may increase, because then the team can have a maximum of 14 points only. Although one can reach the playoffs even with 14 points, but then the net run rate plays a very important role.
Huge loss to net run rate
RCB not only lost by 7 wickets against Mumbai Indians but also lost badly. Batting first, RCB had scored 196 runs in 20 overs, after this Mumbai Indians batsmen won the match by scoring 199 runs in only 15.3 overs. This is called a big defeat in T20 cricket. In such a situation, there is a big dent in his net run rate also. Which can prove to be very harmful in future. In such a situation, RCB will not only have to win their next few matches, but will have to win by a big margin, so that the loss incurred in this match can be compensated. It remains to be seen how the team performs in its next matches.
RCB’s further schedule in IPL this year
April 15: RCB vs SRH: Bengaluru
April 21: RCB vs KKR: Kolkata
25 April: RCB vs SRH: Hyderabad
April 28: RCB vs GT: Ahmedabad
04 May: RCB vs GT: Bengaluru
09 May: RCB vs PBKS: Dharamshala
May 12: RCB vs Delhi: Bengaluru
May 18: RCB vs CSK: Bengaluru
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