IPL 2024: Can RCB Make it to the Playoffs? Here’s What the Numbers Say

Royal Challengers Bangalore are at the bottom of the table with one win from their eight league games so far in IPL 2024 and their chances of making it to the IPL 2024 playoffs are looking slimmer by the day. Most of the teams have played eight games – more than half of what they will play in the league stage and there are four other teams, who have played seven games, well ahead of RCB at this point. Their recent one-run defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday has more or less sealed RCB’s fate for the playoffs this season. With a 10-team league, the points threshold to secure a playoff berth is 16, and with six games remaining, RCB could mathematically reach 14 points if they manage to win all their remaining games.

How many points are needed to reach the playoffs?
As long as the league consists of eight teams (until 2021), reaching 14 points more or less ensures that you qualify for the playoffs, unless you are tied on points with other teams and your net run rate is what you Timo Cho was less than that. bound together. In the 2019 edition, SRH qualified for the playoffs with 12 points. But, in the last two editions, with two additional teams, the fourth-placed team (the last team to qualify for the playoffs) had to earn 16 points to finish in the top four. That means you must win eight games in the league stage to secure passage to the IPL playoffs, and even if you’re tied on points with the other teams, that won’t be enough.

Can RCB still make IPL 2024 playoffs?
RCB can only manage 14 points and it looks absolutely impossible for the Faf du Plessis-led side to make the playoffs, even if they win all their matches. But, mathematically, RCB are not yet out of the playoff race, and apart from the fact they have to pull off an incredible comeback, some results from other matches will also have to go their way. The IPL is known for its unpredictability, and it is still too early to predict which team will make it to the playoffs. For instance, Rajasthan Royals are just one win away from reaching the 16 points threshold with six matches remaining while Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad are just two wins away from reaching 16 points. Both teams still have seven matches to play.

Accumulated maximum points in IPL history
In the inaugural season of the IPL in 2008, Rajasthan Royals topped the league stage with 22 points, winning 11 of their 14 matches – a feat repeated by the former Kings XI Punjab in 2014. In 2012, Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) also reached 22 points, followed by Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians in 2013—but in both those seasons, the teams played two extra games with 16 matches in the league stage.