IPL 2024 Play-off Situations: Rain Threatens To Wash Out SRH vs GT Sport. Here is How It Will Influence CSK, RCB

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 will see an essential conflict between SunRisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans in Hyderabad on Thursday. The IPL 2024 playoff race can be vastly impacted by the results of this match. To this point, Kolkata Knight Riders (19 factors in 13 matches) and Rajasthan Royals (16 factors in 13 matches) are via. Delhi Capitals (14 factors in 14 matches, -0.377) and Lucknow Tremendous Giants (12 factors in 13 matches, NRR -0.787) have solely a faint hope of qualifying however their poor Web Run-rate is a giant deterrent. 

The true race is between Chennai Tremendous Kings (14 factors in 13 matches, NRR +0.528), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (12 factors in 13 matches, NRR +0.387) and SunRisers Hyderabad (14 factors in 12 matches, NRR +0.406). 

SRH have two matches (vs GT on Thursday, vs Punjab Kings on Sunday) left. Even when they win one match, they are going to be assured of a spot within the playoffs. If RCB and CSK each are to qualify, they’d hope SRH to lose each their matches after which NRR will come into play. 

Nevertheless, RCB and CSK are actually dealing with one other massive fear. Going by the visuals from Hyderabad on Thursday, it’s raining closely. The possibilities of rain, in keeping with accuweather.com, in Hyderabad is near 50 per cent all through the night. 

It is raining on the Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad. pic.twitter.com/sruBKUt5Tm

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) Might 16, 2024

If the SRH vs GT match will get washed out, the 2 groups will get one level every. It could imply SRH will attain 15 factors and qualify for the playoffs. 

RCB vs CSK 

The RCB vs CSK match in Bengaluru on Saturday then turns into a straight knockout with solely one of many two groups progressing. RCB need to beat CSK to get to 14 factors. However that will not be sufficient as RCB would additionally need to preserve theur NRR above CSK. 

CSK will even hope for a win. However a loss might not knock them out both. Even when they lose, they need to goal to maintain the margin of defeat to as little as doable. In that state of affairs, their NRR should still be above RCB, thus serving to them seize the fourth playoff spot.