Complete Scenario of Royal Challengers Bangalore reaching playoffs explained

In one of the most humiliating moments, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) were beaten by Mumbai Indians (MI) in IPL 2024. Following this humiliating loss, the playoff chances of RCB also appear to be vanishing now. The team has managed to secure only one victory in the whole season, which is a clear indication of how poorly they have been performing. With this circumstance, the squad’s way to clinch the playoffs has turned very hard. We are here with you to break down what RCB needs to do this season to qualify for the playoffs.

The complete equation of Royal Challengers Bangalore going to the playoffs: While the RCB team have already participated in 6 matches, where they face defeat in 5 of them. The team managed only one win- Against Punjab Kings at their home ground but they went on to lose the subsequent matches. One bright thing on this dim day for the team is their batting. 

However, it is not enough to hide the fact that their bowling was very poor this season and this is why a team, who managed to score almost 200 runs, lost the match completely.

RCB is only occupying the 9th position right now in the table. Accordingly, they still have 8 more games ahead of them, and if the club aspires to get into the play-offs, then there is only one way to go — the way of eight consecutive victories. If RCB wins its remaining eight games then they will go into the playoffs with 18 points.

Let’s assume that the team wins 7 out of 8 matches but then, they will only manage to get 16 points at maximum. This will result in being dependant on the NRR and the result which they have received after this big defeat against Mumbai Indians has not been a good one in terms of NRR. 

During these circumstances the team of RCB have to desperately find a method to win all of its remaining games. Apart from this, if they win one or two matches by big margins then even if they lose one or two matches, they can still go ahead.