Mumbai Indians Playoff 2021: Kolkata Knight Riders’ huge win against Rajasthan Royals on Thursday has made Mumbai Indians’ task exceedingly difficult, if not impossible.
The Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, and Royal Challengers Bangalore appeared to be the favourites to make it to the Playoffs for the majority of the IPL 2021 season, and that’s exactly what happened.
CSK qualified first, followed by DC.
The hunt for the fourth and final spot remained a mystery once RCB had entered the top three.
Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, and Punjab Kings are all competing in a four-team match.
The fourth place will not be decided until the penultimate league matches, due to back-and-forth battles and a mix of wins and losses.
With an 86-run win over RR on Thursday night in Sharjah, KKR are almost certain to make the Playoffs; however, the outcome of the Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad match on Friday in Abu Dhabi will determine that.
On October 8, two IPL matches will be played at the same time for the first time, but one match is expected to draw more attention than the other. While the match between DC and RCB is expected to be spectacular, all eyes will be on the MI vs SRH match, which has a place in the Playoffs on the line. MI, the defending champions, can still qualify, but they’ll need a miracle result to join CSK, DC, and RCB in the top four.
With KKR’s massive win over RR on Thursday, the equation for MI has become extremely difficult, if not impossible. All MI needed before the KKR vs RR match was a win and the Knight Riders to lose. However, KKR’s victory made things even more difficult for MI. With a win over RR, KKR’s NRR jumped to +0.587, implying that MI will now have to not only win, but win convincingly to make the Playoffs. What do you mean by “completely”? To accomplish the impossible, they will need to defeat SRH by a margin of at least 171 runs or more.
With only three wins from 13 games in IPL 2021, SRH has been the most out of form team, but even defeating them by this large a margin will be difficult. You can be sure that if MI does this, they will make history. In the IPL, the largest margin of victory is 146 runs, which was achieved by MI against Delhi Capitals in IPL 2017.
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