Raipur: For the first time in their IPL (IPL 2026) history, they started the first six matches of the season without a win. Kolkata Knight Riders (Kolkata Knight Riders). But after that disappointing start, the Knights were on a comeback trail, winning four matches. Many were dreaming of a 2014 comeback. However, KKR’s (RCB vs KKR) Vijayarath stopped after four matches against the last time champions RCB. In this situation, are all hopes of the Knights playoffs over?

Currently, KKR is at number eight in the league table with nine points from 11 matches. The Knights have eight and three league matches remaining. All three matches will be played at Eden Gardens, KKR’s home ground. The Knights can reach the maximum 15 points if they win all the matches at home. Historically 16 points IPLis regarded as the mark of reaching the playoffs. KKR will not reach that 16 point mark. But that doesn’t mean KKR are already out of the playoff race after today’s loss.

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In the past, KKR’s today’s opponent RCBO also reached the playoffs with 14 points. If KKR wins the remaining three matches there, their points will be 15. So KKR is still not out of the playoff race at all. But it goes without saying that their fate to reach the playoffs is not in the hands of Ajinkya Rahane. The Knights will have to wait for the results of the other team’s matches.

Talking about KKR’s match against RCB on this day, Knights batted first and scored 192 runs for four wickets. Despite Rinku Singh’s 49 and Angakrish Raghuvanshi’s blistering fifties, bowled well in the death overs. KKRRCB did not let anyone cross the two-hundred mark. With good death bowling, they were able to restrict KKR to less than two hundred. Virat replied KohliRCB won the match thanks to an impeccable unbeaten century, reaching the very top of the league table.





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