WPL 2024 Playoffs: Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians have reached the playoffs of the Women’s Premier League. But still there is a battle for the final. Apart from this, the playoff issue is stuck for RCB. In such a situation, the team is now in a do or die situation. UP Warriors are the biggest threat for this. While Gujarat Giants is the only team to be eliminated so far.
WPL 2024 Playoffs Scenario Points Table: The second season of the Women’s Premier League has reached an exciting turn. The RCB team, which was seen in very bad form in the first season, seems to be in trouble in the current season too. After winning the first two matches consecutively, the team led by Smriti Mandhana is now in tension. In the match played on Sunday, Delhi Capitals defeated the team by 1 run. After this, the team’s next match against Mumbai Indians is do or die. There is a fight for the top position between last season’s runner up Delhi Capitals and defending champion Mumbai Indians.
Exciting battle in the points table
Also, Gujarat Titans is the only team which is currently out of the playoff race. Whereas RCB faces the biggest threat from UP Warriors. Currently, Delhi Capitals is on top in the points table and Mumbai Indians is in second place. After 7-7 matches, both the teams are tied with 10 points. But Delhi’s net run rate is 0.918. Whereas Mumbai Indians is at second place with 0.343. But Q is written in front of the names of both these teams. That means both these teams will definitely play the playoffs.
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— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 10, 2024
After Mumbai Indians, @DelhiCapitals become the 2nd team to qualify for the #TATAWPL 2024 Playoffs! #DCvRCB pic.twitter.com/vV0f2aJdWV
How different is WPL playoff from IPL
Actually there are three matches in the IPL playoffs. Which consists of two qualifiers and one eliminator. But IPL is a tournament of 10 teams. But five teams participate in the Women’s Premier League. Here, the team that tops the points table at the end of the league stage goes directly to the finals. There is a playoff between the second and third place teams and it is called eliminator. The winning team in this match goes to the finals and faces the first place team in the title battle. Whereas the losing team is directly out.
Here's how the Points Table stands after Match 1๏ธโฃ7๏ธโฃof #TATAWPL!
— Women's Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) March 10, 2024
As the race for play-offs continues, which team will join Mumbai Indians & Delhi Capitals? ๐ค pic.twitter.com/qmd98qBVhO
How RCB can make it to the playoffs
Now if we talk about RCB, then to make it to the playoffs, they will first have to win their last match against Mumbai Indians. The defending champions will also not take that match lightly as they will also have to win that match to go straight to the finals. Even if RCB wins this match, the margin of victory will also matter. Because RCB is at third place with 6 points and UP Warriors is at fourth place with only 6 points.
UP’s last match will be with Gujarat Giants, the last team in the points table. If both UP and RCB win their respective last matches then the team with better run rate will go to the playoffs and the fourth placed team will be out. Currently RCB’s net run rate is 0.027 and UP’s net run rate is -0.365.
