IPL 2022 Playoffs Chances: Can Chennai Super Kings still qualify as MI become first team to be eliminated

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Mumbai, May 7: Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians on Saturday (May 7) became the first team to be officially eliminated from the IPL 2022 after Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings by 6 wickets in their league match.

Mumbai Indians are currently placed tenth in the team standings with just two wins in 10 games while Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants have so far claimed 16 points in 11 games. With Rajasthan Royals getting two points from their latest game, the Sanju Samson-led side now has 14 points, meaning no team will be able to finish amongst top-four with less than 14 points.

IPL POINTS TABLE

With just four points in their kitty and four more games to go, Mumbai Indians can only muster a total of 12 points if they end up winning their remaining matches. It implies that the Rohit Sharma-led side is not going to make it to the playoffs and will therefore finish at the bottom half of the table for the straight second season.

Mumbai Indians' journey in the IPL 2022 comes to an end. The team will now be only playing for pride and look to take the positives from this season into the next one. The team management will now look to identify the players, both capped and uncapped, whom they'd look to persist with for next year.

Also, fourth ranked-side Royal Challengers Bangalore have 14 points in 12 games. The Faf du Plessis-led side needs to secure just one more victory to get to 16 points and leave the middle muddle behind to qualify.

Delhi Capitals have 10 points in 11 games and have an NRR of +0.150. Their NRR was dented badly after a 91-run defeat against CSK and they will now need to win all three of their games to earn a playoffs qualification. They will also expect favourable results from the other teams.

Sunrisers Hyderabad also have 10 points in 11 games with their NRR being -0.031. The Kane Williamson-led side also needs to all it's remaining games if it fancies a chance to enter the playoffs.

Punjab Kings have 10 points in 11 games with NRR of -0.231. Mayank Agarwal & Co. also need to win 2 games to get to 14 points and their NRR will be better than MI.

What About CSK Playoff Chances 2022?

The MS Dhoni-led side registered an emphatic victory over Delhi Capitals which helped them jump to 8th in the points table and their NRR shot up in the positives now. Their NRR is now a healthy 0.028. In 11 games, they now have 8 points and in order to give them an outside chance of qualifying for the playoffs, they'll have to first win the remainder of their games by a fair margin. Three wins will take them to 14 points and after that, they'll hope the other teams' who are higher in the points table lose their games.

CSK are next playing old rivals Mumbai Indians on Thursday (May 12) and if they end up on the losing side, then their journey in the IPL 2022 will also come to an end because they will also be unable to get 14 points.