Bengaluru have lost seven out of eight matches in the current IPL. He is at the bottom of the points list. Surprisingly, they can still make it to the playoffs. Not completely out of the running. Don’t even think about net run rate.
As unbelievable as it sounds, let’s assume that RCB will win the remaining six matches. The start will be against Hyderabad on Thursday. Then they will have 14 points. If the rest of the results go in their favour, they can go into the playoffs regardless of run rate. It will be most advantageous for RCB if the first two teams ie Rajasthan,
Kolkata win the next match. If that happens, RCB can take advantage of the fight for the fourth place among the rest of the teams.Assuming Rajasthan win their remaining six matches, Kolkata and Hyderabad win at least five of their remaining seven, the three teams will finish with 22, 20 and 20 points respectively. In that case RCB can be fourth with 14 points. Because in this case the rest of the teams will have 12 points or less.
