Delhi: The path of IPL 2025 playoffs has become extremely difficult for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), but their expectations have not ended completely. Despite a defeat of 38 runs against Gujarat Titans at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on May 2, Pat Cummins team can still make it to the top-4.
After this defeat, the SRH is ranked ninth in 10 matches in the points table with only 6 points. Now the team has only four league matches left, and the playoff hopes are very low. SRH will have to win all the other four matches to stay in the playoff race, and it is also not necessary that they will have to depend on the results of other teams.
Equation of qualifying for playoffs
If SRH wins the remaining four matches, they will have 14 points, which have been enough to reach the playoffs in the previous seasons. For example, in IPL 2024, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) made it to the playoffs with 14 points, that too based on a better net run rate (NRR).
But SRH’s biggest concern is its current net run rate, which is -1.192. This is the worst among all possible qualifiers teams. That is, SRH is not just to win, but will have to win with a big margin, so that his NRR can be much better.
SRH will have to monitor the performance of other teams along with its luck. Mumbai Indians, Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings have already reached 13 or more marks. If more than three of these teams go above 14 points, then the playoffs will stop for SRH, even if they win all their matches.
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