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Chennai Super Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets in IPL on Saturday. The team has defeated the Indians for the second time in the season. With this win, Chennai has maintained its hopes of reaching the playoffs. At the same time, the path for Mumbai Indians has become very difficult.
Current situation of points table
Chennai left Delhi behind, came at number six After defeating Mumbai, Chennai has left Delhi Capitals behind in the points table of the current season.
- Rituraj Gaikwad’s team has played 9 matches in the season. The team has achieved its fourth victory. The team has moved to sixth position with 8 points, an increase of one place.
- Mumbai has faced its 7th defeat. The team has been able to win only 2 out of 9 matches. If Mumbai wins all the matches from here then it will have 14 points. Only once in the last four IPL seasons has a team reached the playoffs with just 14 points. This happened only in the last season. In 2022, 2023 and 2024, all the teams in the fourth play-off had achieved at least 16 points.
talk about today’s match
Two matches will be played in IPL on Sunday. The first match will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at 3:30 PM in Hyderabad. Whereas the second match will be between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from 7:30 pm.
On the way back to Kolkata Kolkata Knight Riders team is on its way to comeback. The team is coming after winning the last two matches. He has a chance to score a hat-trick of wins today. The team has so far won only 2 out of 8 matches. In such a situation, he will now have to win the remaining 6 matches. If it loses even a single match, it will have to rely on other teams.
Sunrisers Hyderabad on the threshold of playoffs Hyderabad team is on the threshold of playoffs. The team has won 6 out of 9 matches and is in third place with 12 points. Pat Cummins’s team has a chance to reach the top of the points table today.
Gujarat remains in the race for top-4 Gujarat team is also in the race for playoffs. The team has won 5 out of 9 matches. He is at 5th position with 10 points. Today Gujarat has a chance to achieve a place in the top-4 with a win. However, to reach the playoffs, it will have to win at least 3 out of 6 matches.
Punjab is at the forefront of the playoff race Table top Punjab team is leading in the race for playoffs. The team is at the top of the points table after winning 6 out of 8 matches. He has 13 points with the help of one no result match. Shreyas Iyer’s team will move closer to the playoffs with a win today.
Top players of the tournament
No change in Orange Cap leaderboard, Rahul on top
There has been no change in the leaderboard of Orange Cap after the Chennai-Mumbai match. KL Rahul is first in the list of top scorers of IPL season with 433 runs. In today’s match, Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen have a chance to get the Orange Cap. Both of them are at second and third position respectively.
Anshul Kamboj came second in the Purple Cap race.
Chennai pacer Anshul Kamboj took 3 wickets against Mumbai. He has taken 17 wickets in 9 matches. Anshul is on par with Purple Cap holder Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Today Ishan Malinga of Hyderabad and Kagiso Rabada of Gujarat will have a chance to get the Purple Cap.
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