IPL 2025 Points Table: RCB did not get playoff ticket even after 16 points
IPL 2025 Points Table after Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Chennai Super Kings 52th Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Chennai Super Kings by 2 runs in a breath that held a breath at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. This is the first time in the history of IPL, when Bengaluru has defeated Chennai in both matches of league stage in a season. This is Bangalore’s eighth win of this season. With this victory, Bengaluru has 16 points. However, she has strengthened her position for the playoffs, but Bangalore has not officially qualified for the playoffs with 16 points. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings, which have already been out of the race of knockout, was the 9th defeat of his season and it remains at the lowest position in the points table.
Playoff ticket not found on 16 points of Bengaluru
This time there is a competition between teams to reach the playoffs of IPL 2025. How strong this collision is, it can be gauged from the fact that Bangalore has not officially got the playoff ticket even after getting 16 points. The Royal Challengers Bangalore’s league league is 16 points after 8 wins and 3 defeats in 11 matches after 52 matches. Bengaluru’s net run rate is +0.482. But there is no qualification in front of his name yet.
The reason for this is that apart from Bengaluru, Mumbai Indians, Gujarat Titans, Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders can score 16 or more. Apart from this, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Gujarat, Punjab, Delhi, Lucknow can score a maximum of 18 points. While five teams can reach 20 digits. In such a situation, this time the playoff race is very link and the teams are not going to get a place in the knockout round easily.
Such is points table
Bengaluru ranks first in the points table after winning. While Mumbai Indians second with 14 points, Gujarat is third with 14 points, Punjab fourth with 13 points, Delhi is fifth with 12 points and Lucknow is sixth with 10 points. While Kolkata is in seventh place. At the same time, Rajasthan is at eighth place. But she is out of the playoff race, while Hyderabad is at 9th place and the possibility of reaching her playoffs is negligible. While the five -time champion Chennai ranks last with 4 points.
This is the condition of the match
Jacob Bethel and Virat Kohli gave a stormy start for RCB. Both shared a 97 -run partnership for the first wicket. Bethel scored 55 runs in 33 balls, while Kohli hit 62 runs in 33 balls, in which he hit 5 fours and 5 sixes. Devdutt Padikkal (17), Jitesh Sharma (7) and captain Rajat Patidar (11) could not do anything special. In the end, Romario Shepherd, batting in an explosive manner, scored an unbeaten 53 in just 14 balls, including 6 sixes and 4 fours.
CSK started chasing a target of 214 runs. Sheikh Rashid (14) and Ayush Mhatre added 51 runs for the first wicket. Sam Karan (5) was dismissed early, but after that there was a 114 -run partnership for the third wicket between Ayush and Ravindra Jadeja. Ayush scored a brilliant 94 runs in 48 balls, while Jadeja remained unbeaten on 77 runs. Lungi Angidi changed the attitude of the match and dismissed Brevis and Ayush in the same over. MS Dhoni (12) was dismissed in the last over. Chennai needed 15 runs in the last six balls, but Yash Dayal gave just 11 runs while bowling and won RCB.
