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IPL 2025 Playoffs Scenarios: The ongoing IPL 2025 has already reached its business end, and only two matches are remaining in the league phase before the playoffs begin on May 29.

Gujarat Titans, Punjab Kings, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians have made it to the playoffs, aiming to lift the title in IPL's 18th season. Only PBKS and RCB are the teams who are yet to taste the IPL title win in their history.

While Punjab Kings will face Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2025 match 69 in Jaipur on Monday, the league stage will end the next day with the final fixture being played between already eliminated Lucknow Super Giants and RCB at the Ekana Cricket Stadium.

GT seem to have lost the momentum lately, losing their previous two matches, including a defeat against MS Dhoni-led CSK at home on Sunday. Punjab Kings and RCB also lost their respective previous games. With so much thrilling action still going on, the race for the top two finish has become interesting. GT have already ended their league campaign, whereas the rest of the qualified teams will be in action in their respective final league games. All of them will be looking to secure one of the top two positions in order to play Qualifier 1 and have a shot at making it to the final straightaway. Notably, the loser of Qualifier 1 will get one more chance to reach the summit clash.

The third and fourth-placed teams will face off in the Eliminator fixture. While the winner of the Eliminator will still have to win Qualifier 2 to reach the finals, the loser will see the end of their campaign.

The winner of the PBKS and MI match will secure a top-two finish, as a victory would see the Shreyas Iyer-led side reach 19 points, while MI will reach 18 points if they manage to beat their opponents today.

Mumbai Indians have the best NRR among the top teams at +1.292, followed by Punjab Kings with +0.327.


Check scenarios for all teams to secure a top-two finish:

Mumbai Indians (4th position with 16 points in 13 matches)

If MI lose their last match, they will not finish in the top two as the Punjab Kings will then have 19 points and GT already have 18.

If MI win their final match against PBKS, they will make it to the top two as they have a better net run rate than Gujarat Titans.


Punjab Kings (2nd position with 17 points in 13 matches)

Win: They will secure a top-two finish as Gujarat are still at 18 points and RCB can finish with only 19.

Lose: They will have to depend on RCB losing or not winning by a huge margin.


Royal Challengers Bengaluru (3rd position with 17 points in 13 matches)

If they win their last match vs LSG, their place in the top two will be confirmed as GT have just 18 points under their belt, and Punjab will reach a maximum of 19 points.

A defeat will need them to depend on Punjab's defeat against MI and then hope that their own NRR is superior to GT.


Gujarat Titans (1st position with 18 points in 14 matches)

GT made things tricky for them after losing their last league match against CSK. Now, their chance of a top two finish depends on the results of the rest of the teams. Either MI or PBKS, or RCB should lose their remaining matches in order to let GT finish in the top two.