Rajasthan Royals: Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Rajasthan Royals are the three franchise teams languishing at the bottom of the points table during this 18th edition of the TATA IPL 2025. RR is placed seventh, SRH is eighth, and the five-time champions, CSK, are last.
While Gujarat Titans, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and another five-time IPL trophy-winning team, Mumbai Indians, are in the top four, they can certainly qualify for the top four of this edition of the Indian Premier League 2025. However, the teams like PBKS, KKR and LSG are in the race as well to qualify for the playoffs.
How Can The Rajasthan Royals Make It To The Top Four In This Edition Of The TATA IPL 2025?
The 18th edition of the IPL is now in the business end, and now every team in this cash-rich league tournament will have to put big strides forward to stay in the hunt for the playoff qualifications. RR faced five straight losses in yesterday’s game against Bengaluru.
Now their job has become even more difficult to qualify for the playoffs after the 11-run defeat at M Chinnaswamy. In yesterday’s game, Samson wasn’t playing because of an injury, and Riyan Parag led the RR side. RR lost three back-to-back games while chasing a score, and that too after being in the game for so long. Parag and Co needed 18 runs from 12 deliveries.
But they lost the game by a margin of 11 runs, and this loss also brought their longest losing streak in the tournament since the 2009/10 edition. To qualify for the playoffs in the TATA IPL 2025. The Rajasthan Royals has won just two games and lost seven of them.
RR is on just four points from nine matches played in this edition as of now. To qualify for the playoffs in this edition of the Indian Premier League, RR needs to win their final five matches to stay in contention, and they need to win those games with a better NRR (Net Run Rate) because the other are also in the qualification race for the playoffs.
RR needs to win their remaining matches against Punjab Kings, Gujarat Titans, Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders to make to the playoffs in this edition. One loss for the Rajasthan Royals team now could end their campaign in the TATA IPL 2025.
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