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The Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) has 13 matches of league stage. On Wednesday, Chennai Super Kings won their third match and almost dropped Kolkata Knight Riders out of the playoffs. KKR is now dependent on the rest of the teams.
Current situation of points table …
KKR needs others defeat
Kolkata scored 179 runs in the IPL on Wednesday, batting first. Chennai lost 8 wickets and achieved the target in the 20th over. This result almost excluded KKR from the playoffs.
- Kolkata lost sixth in 12 matches. The team is in sixth place with 5 wins and 11 points from a benanti match. KKR will now have to win both their matches to make a place in the playoffs and pray to lose all the matches in Mumbai and Delhi. Only then the team will be able to make it to the playoffs with 15 points.
- Chennai won the third match in 12 matches. The team has already been out of the playoffs, but spoiled the mathematics of Kolkata. CSK can now spoil the game of Gujarat in its last match. A match of the team remains from Rajasthan, but RR is also out of the playoffs.
Delhi will have to win today
The match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings will be played in the IPL. Delhi has 6 wins in 11 matches and 13 points from a benanta match. The team is currently at number 5. By winning today’s match, DC can reach number three. If the capitals are lost, they will have to win their run rate better than the rest of the teams with winning both the remaining matches to qualify again.
Punjab has a chance to reach number-1
Punjab Kings have 15 points from 7 wins and 1 benatija match in 11 matches. The team is currently at the third number. After winning today’s match, Pbks will reach number one and will almost confirm the place in the playoffs. However, the team may need to win 1 out of 2 matches even then to confirm the place. If PBKs lost today, they will have to win both the remaining matches again.
500+ runs for 3 batter of Gujarat
Suryakumar Yadav of Mumbai is at the top in the Orange Cap Leaderboard. He scored 510 runs. After him, 3 batters from Gujarat have scored more than 500 runs. Among them, Sai Sudarshan scored 509 runs, Shubman Gill scored 508 runs and Jose Butler is at number five. Virat Kohli is in fourth place for 505 runs.
Noor also took 20 wickets
Chennai spinner Noor Ahmed took 4 wickets on Wednesday. He reached the first number with the famous Krishna in the top bowlers with 20 wickets. Josh Hazlewood is third with 18 wickets.
Puran Top Six Hitter
Nicholas Puran of Lucknow remains the top six hitter of the tournament. He has hit 34 sixes in 11 matches. Punjab’s Shreyas Iyer is at number two with 27 sixes. Ryan Parag of Rajasthan and Suryakumar Yadav of Mumbai are present together at number three by planting 26-26 sixes.
