IPL 2023: RCB will not enter playoff even if they win against RR

Rajasthan Royals is set to take on Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday 14th May 2023, at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. IPL 2023: RCB will not enter playoff even if they win against RR.

Even if RCB win against Rajasthan Royals in the 60th match of IPL 2023, they will not reach the top-4 in the points table. Instead, it will remain at the 5th or 6th position. Because Gujarat Titans, who already have 16 points, are at the top of the points table. If they win another match, Gujarat will enter the playoffs.

The CSK team is in the second position with 15 points and even if Dhoni’s team wins 1 of the next 2 matches, it will be almost certain to play the playoffs. Similarly, Mumbai Indians, who are in the 3rd position, have 14 points, and if they win the next 2 matches, it can be said that they will definitely play in the playoffs.

Lucknow Super Giants are currently fourth in the points table with 13 points. A win in the remaining 2 matches will almost ensure a playoff spot. Also, the RCB team, which has won 5 out of 11 matches, is now at the 7th position. If they win against Rajasthan Royals, they will get total 12 points.

RCB team with a net run rate of -0.345 can reach the 5th position only if they get a big win against Rajasthan Royals. Because the Rajasthan team already have 12 points with +0.633 net run rate. Therefore, RCB team has to increase the net run rate by winning against Rajasthan Royals team by a huge margin. In this way you can try to reach 5th position with 12 points.

Lucknow Super Giants have 13 points from 12 matches. That means Lucknow has won 6 matches and got 12 points. Also got 1 point because one match was cancelled due to rain. Accordingly, it has now occupied the 4th position with 13 points.

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Even though RCB team won 6 out of 12 matches, they will get only 12 points in total. Thus, even if they win against Rajasthan Royals, the RCB team will not reach the top-4 level in the current points table. Instead it will occupy 5th or 6th position.