IPL playoff landscape: With 14 matches to go, RCB has 98.2% chance of progress – explained obstacles for each team. Cricket news
New Delhi: With the remaining 14 games in the league stage, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad are already out of controversy for the playoffs. Rial Challengers Bangalore, Punjab kings And Gujarat Titans The knock-outs are almost certain to build the stage, but the capitals of Mumbai Indians and Delhi still have a single chance, while the Lucknow Super Veterans have Kolkata Knight Riders Slim opportunities. There are 16,384 potential combinations of the results, so nothing is yet sure for any of the remaining seven in the race. We look at the possibilities:
| Team | Best case landscape | worst case scenario | Possibility of making or tying for top 4 (%) | Possibility of making or tying for top 2 (%) |
| RCB | The only topper with 22 PT. If they win the remaining games and GT loses at least one | Final 6Wan. If they lose all their remaining games then it can happen | 98.2 | 76.0 |
| GT | The only topper with 22 PT. If they win their remaining games and RCB can lose one or more | Finished 6Wan Losing all the remaining games | 98.4 | 74.6 |
| PBKS | The only topper with 21 PT. If they win the remaining games and both RCB and GT lose at least one | Finished 7Wan Losing all the remaining games | 89.9 | 44.5 |
| Mi | The only topper with 18 PT. If they win the remaining games, RCB and GT lose their remaining games and lose two PBKs two | Finished 7Wan Losing all the remaining games | 58.5 | 15.8 |
| DC | The only topper with 19 PT. If they win the remaining games, RCB, GT and PBK lose each and MI loses one | Finished 7Wan Losing all the rest of the games | 57.2 | 14.8 |
| KKR | End tied to the top location with PBK and DC at 17. If they win the remaining games, RCB and GT can lose, PBK loses two, DC and Mi lose one -one -one | Joint joint 8Wan Losing all the rest of the games | 14.8 | 1.1 |
| Agitation | End tied 2Ra 16 PT with RCB, Mi and GT. If they win the remaining games, RCB and GT lose all of them, MI loses two and either PBK loses all his games or DC wins no more than one. | Finished 8Wan Losing all the rest of the games | 7.9 | 0.1 |
How do we reach the possibilities:There are 16,384 potential combinations of remaining results with 14 games. For each team, we saw how many of them are with them either out of the top four or tied. We also saw how many combinations placed each team either alone or jointly in the top two.
For example, RCB ends in the top four in 16,092 of the possible combinations of match results, translating 98.2% chance. In 12,452 of them they end up first or second, alone or jointly, 76% translate to the spot.
