Now CSK will need a calculator: see how the team can qualify even after 5 consecutive defeats?

Delhi: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, things for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are continuously deteriorating. Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, CSK suffered another crushing defeat. This time the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), captained by Ajinkya Rahane, wounded the defeat. After this match, Chennai’s number of defeats have been 5 out of 6, and now the question arises whether CSK can still make it to the playoffs?

What happened in CSK vs KKR?

After winning the toss, Ajinkya Rahane chose the bowling first. The start of Chennai once again was bad. The initial wickets fell quickly and no batsman could play a big innings. Vijay Shankar and Shivam Dubey took the front for a while, but KKR’s spin bowlers stopped the team at 103/9.

In response, Kolkata started fast. Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narin jointly made a 46 -run partnership. After this, the work became easy for the rest of the batsmen and the team achieved the target in 10.1 overs.

CSK has lost 5 out of 6 matches so far and has won only 1. The team’s net run rate has also deteriorated. In such a situation, the hopes of reaching the playoffs are weak, but it is not completely over.

How can CSK reach the playoffs?

Each team plays a total of 14 league matches in the IPL. CSK has just played 6 matches, that is, they now have 8 matches left. If the team wins 7 of these matches, then they will have a total of 8 wins and 16 points in their account.

Usually, a team of 16 points easily reaches the playoffs. However, if more than one team collides at 16 points, then the role of net run rate becomes important. The current net run rate of CSK is quite bad, which will also be necessary to improve.

If the team wins only 6 matches out of 7, then they will have only 14 points and in such a situation, the path of playoff will become more difficult.

However, it is worth noting that by looking at the performance that CSK has shown so far, it is difficult to say that the team will now win 6 or 7 consecutive matches. If this happens, it will not be less than a miracle.

Now it will have to be seen whether Chennai Super Kings will be able to return to their old color under Dhoni’s captaincy or the IPL journey will end in the middle.

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