New Delhi: Has there ever been a season like this in IPL history? While 6 teams played 12 matches and 4 teams played 13 matches, only one team was confirmed in the playoffs!
Royal Challengers Bangalore is the only team that has qualified for the playoffs with 18 points from 13 matches. That ticket was confirmed on Sunday. Two teams have been knocked out. The remaining seven teams are fighting for three places.
The fight intensified as Delhi Capitals defeated Rajasthan Royals in the night match. Kolkata Knight RidersDid not benefit!
Rajasthan had 12 points in 11 matches before this match. A win on Sunday would have taken them to 14 points. In that case, Rajasthan would have gone out of reach of the Knights if they won one of the remaining two matches. But Delhi lost them by 5 wickets with 4 balls to spare on Sunday. Delhi is one step ahead of KKR with 12 points in 13 matches, they are now number seven in the points table, KKR is eight. but KKR If they win their last two matches, beat Delhi in the last match, then Delhi will be knocked out.
Delhi Capitals won the toss and fielded first on Sunday. This time it was at home IPLIn their last match. Yasswi Jaiswal returns early through Lungi Ngidi. But Vaibhav Suryavanshi is devastating as usual. He made 46 off 21 balls. Along with this, Dhruv Jharal (53 runs from 40 balls) and Ryan Parag (51 runs from 26 balls) also played a storming innings. Mitchell Starc’s spell on fire among Delhi bowlers. He took 4 wickets with 40 runs in 4 overs. Rajasthan took 193/8.
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KL Rahul took the catch early in the run chase. But Punja got his life back with his catch. He took advantage of the opportunity by scoring 56 runs off 42 balls. Bengal’s debutant made 51 off 31 balls. Delhi won with four balls to spare.
