{"id":339228,"date":"2026-05-23T03:43:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=339228"},"modified":"2026-05-23T03:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:13:35","slug":"ipl-2026-playoff-race-how-csks-loss-impacts-rr-pbks-kkr-and-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/ipl-2026-playoff-race-how-csks-loss-impacts-rr-pbks-kkr-and-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 Playoff Race: How CSK\u2019s Loss Impacts RR, PBKS, KKR and DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The IPL 2026 playoff race has come right down to one remaining spot and 4 teams after Chennai Super Kings suffered an 89-run defeat to Gujarat Titans on Thursday. CSK finished their campaign with 12 points from 14 matches. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Three teams have already secured playoff qualification \u2014 Royal Challengers Bengaluru with 18 points from 13 games, GT with 18 points from 14 matches, and Sunrisers Hyderabad with 16 points from 13 games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The fight for the ultimate playoff berth is now between Rajasthan Royals (14 points), Punjab Kings (13 points), Kolkata Knight Riders (13 points), and Delhi Capitals (12 points). All 4 sides ideally need victories of their remaining matches to qualify. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There continues to be a slight likelihood for Rajasthan Royals to make the playoffs even in the event that they lose their final game against Mumbai Indians on Sunday. For that scenario to occur, RR would wish a superior net run rate while also hoping the opposite contenders lose. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Delhi Capitals must defeat Kolkata Knight Riders by a narrow margin of their final match on Sunday evening for RR to remain in contention despite a defeat.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Gill, Sudharsan and Buttler Star as GT Crush CSK to Boost Top-Two Hopes<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Gujarat Titans strengthened their possibilities of a top-two finish with a dominant 89-run win over Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026. Openers Shubman Gill (64 off 37) and Sai Sudharsan (84 off 53) added a 125-run stand, while Jos Buttler smashed an unbeaten 57 off 27 balls to power GT to 229\/4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In reply, CSK lost 4 wickets contained in the powerplay and were bowled out for 140 in 13.4 overs despite Shivam Dube\u2019s quick 47 off 17 balls. Mohammed Siraj starred with the ball, taking three early wickets, including Sanju Samson off the primary ball of the innings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The defeat knocked CSK out of the playoff race for the third straight season, while GT finished the league stage with 18 points from 14 matches.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Get the newest cricket news here, like us on <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/cricfitupdate?wtsid=rdr_0r9TyTtGMzhJUSzAh\">Facebook<\/a>, and follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricFit\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/cricfit?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">Instagram <\/a> for more such updates.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IPL 2026 playoff race has come right down to one remaining spot and 4 teams after Chennai Super Kings suffered an 89-run defeat to Gujarat Titans on Thursday. CSK finished their campaign with 12 points from 14 matches. Three teams have already secured playoff qualification \u2014 Royal Challengers Bengaluru with 18 points from 13 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":339229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20675],"tags":[28036,8076,9843,13008,670,28971,2441,997],"class_list":["post-339228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-csks","tag-impacts","tag-ipl","tag-kkr","tag-loss","tag-pbks","tag-playoff","tag-race"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339231,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339228\/revisions\/339231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}