IPL 2025 Playoffs: The league stage of the Indian Premier League season 18 is over and now the eyes of cricket lovers are on the thrill of the playoffs. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 6 wickets in the 70th and last league match of Tuesday night. With this victory of RCB, the picture of the playoffs has become clear. Let’s know in detail the complete equation of the playoffs.
RCB created history
Before knowing the playoff equation, let us tell you that the RCB team has become the first team in the history of IPL, who won their 7 league stage matches outside the house. Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Mumbai Indians (Mi) won 7 out of 8 domestic grounds in the 2012 season, but both of them had defeated in 1-1 matches outside the home ground.
The victory over Lucknow was not only its biggest successful chase of RCB, but also the third largest successful chase in the history of IPL. With this victory, RCB finished second in the points table with 19 points. The points remained equal to Punjab Kings, but Punjab Kings are in the first place due to better net run rate (0.372), while RCB’s net run rate was 0.301. This is RCB’s best performance in league stage after 2016, when they last remained in the top two.
Let us know that out of the 10 teams of the league, only four teams are now left in the title race. Punjab topped the Kings Points table with 19 points and 0.372 NET run rate. Royal Challengers Bangalore also scored 19 points, but she finished second with a net run rate of 0.301. Both teams won 9 out of 14 matches, 4 loses and 1 match was inconclusive. Now both these teams will clash in qualifier 1, while Gujarat Titans, who finished third with 18 points in eliminator and 0.254, will face 16 points with 16 points and 1.142 with NET run rate of Mumbai Indians.
Know when to clash in the playoffs of IPL 2025
Significantly, the winning team of Qualifier 1 will qualify for the final final. In the eliminator match, the third place team of the points table will play Gujarat and the fourth place team Mumbai Indians will play. Whose winning team will play the qualifier 1 losing team in the second qualifier. After this, the final teams will be decided.
Playoff schedule of IPL 2025
Qualifier-1: Punjab Kings Verses Royal Challengers Bangaluvenue: Mullanpur Stadium Eliminator of Chandigarh: Gujarat Titans Verses Mumbai Indianswenu: Mullanpur Stadium Qualifier-2: Qualifier-1 Lose Team Verses Eliminator: Ahmadabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium Final: Qualifier-1 winning team vs vs qualifier-2 winning team: Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad
IPL 2025 Points Table
Where to watch IPL 2025 playoff matches?
You can watch the IPL 2025 playoff matches online on your smartphone through the JioCinema app. At the same time, the match will also be broadcast live on the channels of Star Sports on television. You can also see and read all the live updates and news related to the match on lalluram.com.
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