New Delhi. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), who landed for the first time in this season of IPL, after two consecutive defeats, the team has slipped from the top to third place in the points table. For a long time, this team of KL Rahul was maintaining the first position in the points table. A few days ago, after the team lost to Gujarat Titans, a video of Gautam Gambhir was going viral, in which he was seen lashing out at the players. After this, the match of Lucknow Super Giants was with Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Sunday. Batting first, Rajasthan had put a score of 178 runs in front of Lucknow Super Giants in this match. Lucknow’s team, which came out to chase it, was reduced to 154 runs. This time also the star players of the team like KL Rahul and De Kock were once again a flop.
RR in second place
After Rajasthan’s victory in the match played on Sunday, they have reached the second position by 16 points in terms of the best net run rate, while the team of Lucknow Super Giants has slipped to the third place. However, the team of Lucknow Super Giants also has 16 points. After this, now both the teams have to play one more match each. Only then will the position of these two teams be known.
road to playoff
If we talk about the teams in the race for the playoffs in this season of IPL, then it also includes Delhi Capitals (DC), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Punjab Kings. On one hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore are at the fourth position with 14 points. If RCB manages to win their remaining match, then they will present their claim to the playoffs with 16 points. On the other hand, Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings have 12 points each. In this, both of them will also have a match among themselves and it is certain that only one team will be able to win both their matches. In such a situation, a team from Punjab and Delhi can also present its claim in the playoffs.