Having played ten matches each, MI are ninth on the IPL points table and RCB are tenth, but they can still qualify for the playoffs.
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians have played 10 of their 14 matches in the league stage of the 2024 IPL. They only have six points apiece, though ninth-placed MI (-0.272) are just ahead of RCB (-0.415), bottom of the pile, on net run rate.
Yet, both MI and RCB are still in the hunt for the playoffs – and not only if the other doesn’t qualify. Here’s how.
If the rest of the league stage is played out the way mentioned above, both RCB and MI can qualify. The qualification path for exactly one of them is simpler.
