New Delhi. Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians to capture the first place of the IPL 2025 points table. Now no one can remove them from the first number. But still the position of the second, third and fourth teams is not clear. Until the result of the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Supergiants is out. The picture of the eliminator will not be clear.
The team of Lucknow and Bangalore will be face to face at the Ekana Stadium on 27 May. The team of Lucknow has already been out of the tournament. If the Bangalore team wins in this match, then it will reach the second number in the point table and the Gujarat Titans will slip to the third. In such a situation, RCB will face Punjab Kings in qualifier 1. Then whatever team will win here, it will reach the final directly. At the same time, the losing team will get a chance again in qualifier 2.
But if the team of Royal Challengers Bengulru loses in the match against Lucknow, then it will remain at number three in the table. Then they will get only one chance to reach the finals and they will have to face Mumbai Indians in a do or die match in the eliminator. Therefore, RCB would like to kill her entire life in the match against Lucknow. Because living in the top 2 will be beneficial for them. The Mumbai team will eye on whether they have to face Gujarat in the eliminator or from Bengaluru.
What will happen if the match was canceled?
If the match of Lucknow and Bengaluru is canceled due to rain, then it will be beneficial for Bengaluru. If they get one point, they will come to another place. Because their netrain rate is better than Gujarat Titans. At the same time, the points of both teams will remain 18-18. However, according to the Meteorological Department, the possibility of rain in Lucknow on 27 May is only 5 percent.
This can be like RCB and LSG’s playing XI
Potential XI of Lucknow: Mitchell Marsh, Aryan Juyal, Nicholas Puran, Rishabh Pant, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur/Akash Singh, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, William O’Rurke
RCB’s potential XI: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood
