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Team-wise Playoffs qualification scenario; points table cut-off, remaining match schedule

Team-wise Playoffs qualification scenario; points table cut-off, remaining match schedule

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IPL 2025 Playoffs Qualification Scenarios: The race for the IPL 2025 Playoffs is heating up with only a fortnight of league-stage action. With 19 games left in the league, eight of 10 teams are still mathematically in the Playoffs qualification race, with former champions Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals being the only two teams to be eliminated. However, the competition is cut-throat in the top half of the standings, with at least three teams standing a chance to touch 20 points or more. While Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans have reached 14 points, a checkpoint that determined at least one Playoffs spot last year, the top four for this season are yet to be ascertained. With MI, GT and Royal Challengers Bengaluru holding simultaneous possibilities of reaching 20 points, the Playoffs cut-off could shore up to at least 18 points this season. Team-wise IPL 2025 Playoffs qualification scenario Mumbai Indians Remaining fixtures: v GT, v PBKS (away), v DC Story continues below this ad A top of the table clash against Gujarat could probably …

IPL 2025 | Two losses typical of MI; they are on right track to win title: Sanjay Manjrekar’s audacious claims

IPL 2025 | Two losses typical of MI; they are on right track to win title: Sanjay Manjrekar’s audacious claims

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Two losses in two games was hardly anything to be alarmed about and in fact typical of Mumbai Indians starts, according to Sanjay Manjrekar. He was speaking exclusively on Kuhl Fans Match Centre Live on JioHotstar, and said the start of the match had been a downer, but not particularly relevant to title hopes.  “Mumbai Indians didn’t look in the race when they lost two wickets for 35. In comparison, Gujarat Titans had around 129 runs for their first two wickets. After that, it seemed like Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav were trying to build a partnership. The challenge with building a partnership in a chase of over 190 is that the required run rate starts to suffer, and that’s exactly what happened. In the end, you have to say that Gujarat Titans batted better—I thought they got maybe 15 to 20 runs over par,” Manjrekar said. “The dew never came in, which made Mumbai’s job even more difficult,” he added. But he remained gung ho about their championship aspirations after a few dire seasons. …

‘KKR were 57 for 5… what was the point of bringing your sixth bowler’: Irfan Pathan slams Hardik Pandya’s captaincy again | Ipl News

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Irfan Pathan has slammed Hardik Pandya again following Mumbai Indians (MI) 24-run loss against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The former all-rounder believes Pandya’s decision of bringing part timer Naman Dhir, when KKR were was reduced to 57-5 in 6.1 overs. Its high-scoring top order failed for once; openers Phil Salt (5) and Sunil Narine (8), skipper Shreyas Iyer (6) and youngster Angkrish Raghuvanshi (13). Rinku Singh, who missed the India bus to the T20 World Cup next month, was out to spin for 9. The Knight Riders remained second overall, and Mumbai was ninth and eliminated from playoffs contention. “Mumbai Indians story is over now,” Pathan starts his video. “This team looks so good on the paper but it has not been managed properly by their captain Hardik Pandya. The questions raised on Hardik Pandya’s captaincy were correct. “Today again KKR were reeling at 57 for 5 and he introduced their sixth bowler Naman Dhir and gave him three overs. There was no point giving your sixth bowler, three …

‘I felt Hardik did not want to face Rashid’: Irfan Pathan blames Pandya’s poor captaincy for Mumbai Indians loss | Cricket News

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Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan has made a scathing attack on Mumbai Indians’ newly-appointed captain Hardik Pandya after their loss against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Former India all-rounder says not giving the new ball to Jasprit Bumrah and promoting Tim David ahead of him were the two blunders Hardik Pandya made on his captaincy debut for Mumbai Indians. No Bumrah with the new ball Hardik Pandya bowled two overs up front with the new ball and the Mumbai Indians captain gave away 20 runs from his first two overs. “Hardik Pandya made big mistakes in the match. In the powerplay, he bowled 2 overs himself, that was a big mistake. He brought Jasprit Bumrah into the attack a bit late,” Irfan Pathan said. Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of Gujarat Titans’ David Miller during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 T20 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad. (PTI) Bumrah was brought into the attack in the fourth over …