The picture of the playoff round in IPL 2026 has finally become completely clear. The ongoing race to reach the playoffs ended with the victory of Rajasthan Royals in the 69th match of the season on the last day of the league stage of the tournament. Rajasthan defeated Mumbai Indians by 30 runs in their last match. With this, Rajasthan entered the playoffs as the fourth and last team with 16 points. With this result, it has now become clear which teams will clash with each other in the first two matches of the playoffs.
Rajasthan became the fourth team by defeating Mumbai
It was decided in the first match of the double header played on Sunday 24th May at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai that Rajasthan Royals Will reach the playoffs this season. It was necessary for Rajasthan to win this match at any cost and it presented a difficult challenge to Mumbai by scoring a big score of 205 runs. Mumbai could not overcome this challenge and could score only 175 runs. In this way Rajasthan registered its 8th win in the season and made it to the last-4. Due to this, the journey of Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders ended.
With this, the names of the four teams in the playoffs, their positions and the dates of the matches also became clear. First of all let’s talk about the points table. With the end of the league stage, Royal Challengers Bangalore secured the first position with 18 points. Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad also scored 18 points. Just because of the difference in net run rate, Gujarat got second place and Hyderabad got third place. Rajasthan Royals stood fourth with 16 points.
Full playoff schedule
With the positions of the four teams being decided in the points table, it also became known that there will be a clash between the current champions Bengaluru and Gujarat in Qualifier-1. Hyderabad and Rajasthan will clash in the eliminator. You will get information about when and where these matches will take place below-
Qualifier-1: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Gujarat Titans (26 May, Dharamshala)
Eliminator: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals (May 27, New Chandigarh)
Qualifier-2: Winner of Eliminator vs defeated team of Qualifier-1 (29 May, New Chandigarh)
Final: Winner of Qualifier-1 vs Qualifier-2 (31 May, Ahmedabad)
Leave a Reply