- By JE Sports Desk
- Mon, 22 May 2023 01:10 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
The last day of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season brought too much drama as it was yet to be decided who will be the last team to join Gujarat Titans (GT), Chennai Super Kings (CSK), and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the playoffs.
Mumbai Indians (MI) needed a sure victory to stay in the race whereas Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) had everything in their hands this time as they only needed to win their match against Gujarat Titans to go through irrespective of the result of Mumbai's game.
The day began with Rohit Sharmas's side thrashing Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by eight wickets at the Wankhee Stadium in Mumbai to climb up to the fourth position in the points table as they needed Titans to beat RCB in the second game of the day.
The defending champions made it easy for Mumbai in the end as they registered a thumping victory over Faf du Plessis' side to knock them out of the race to make it to the playoffs.
After the end of the league stage, Gujarat Titans remained at the top of the points table with 20 points in 14 matches as they were the first team to qualify for the playoffs. Chennai Super Kings (17 points) stand second in the table followed by Lucknow Super Giants (17 points) at third and Mumbai Indians (16 points) in fourth place respectively.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) (14 points) were looking like one of the strong contenders for most of the time in the season to finish in the top four but managed to remain at the fifth position with RCB (14 points) finishing at the sixth place.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) (12 points) ended their season in seventh place followed by Punjab Kings (PBKS) (12 points), Delhi Capitals (DC) (10 points) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (8 points) at the bottom of the table respectively.
Let's take a look at the schedule for the IPL 2023 playoffs:
QUALIFIER 1: Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings- May 23, Tuesday- 7:30 pm IST at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
ELIMINATOR: Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians- May 24, Wednesday- 7:30 pm IST at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
QUALIFIER 2: Loser of Qualifier 1 vs Winner of Eliminator- May 26, Friday- 7:30 pm IST at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
FINAL: Winner of Qualifier 1 vs Winner of Qualifier 2- May 28, Sunday- 7:30 pm IST at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Where to watch the live streaming of the IPL 2023 playoff matches in India?
All the playoff matches of IPL 2023 will be telecasted on Star Sports Network in India. The matches can be live-streamed on the Jio Cinema website and application in India.
How to book tickets for IPL 2023 playoff matches online?
Here is a step-by-step guide to booking IPL playoff tickets online:
1. Visit PayTm Insider's official website and select Chennai or Ahmedabad city as the first two playoff matches are set to be played at these locations.
2. Select the TATA IPL Match, and choose among Qualifier 1 or Eliminator or Qualifier 2 or Final.
3. Click on Buy ticket, select the preferred seat, and proceed with the payment. Ticket prices range from 2000-5000 depending on which stand one is opting for. But it should be noted that these prices do not include taxes.
4. Once the payment is made, the booking details will be sent to the phone number and the email id provided.
Squads of the teams qualified for the IPL 2023 playoffs:
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Dasun Shanaka, Rahul Tewatia, Mohit Sharma, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Yash Dayal, Srikar Bharat, Darshan Nalkande, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Shivam Mavi, Jayant Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan, Matthew Wade, Odean Smith, Urvil Patel, Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, Alzarri Joseph
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Dwaine Pretorius, Sisanda Magala, Ben Stokes, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, RS Hangargekar, Bhagath Varma, Simarjeet Singh
Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock (wk), Karan Sharma, Prerak Mankad, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya (c), Ayush Badoni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, Kyle Mayers, Yash Thakur, Daniel Sams, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Deepak Hooda, Swapnil Singh, Amit Mishra, Karun Nair, Manan Vohra, Mark Wood, Avesh Khan, Romario Shepherd, Arpit Guleria, Suryansh Shedge
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal, Cameron Green, Jhye Richardson, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Raghav Goyal.
