How Sunrisers Hyderabad Can Qualify For IPL 2025 Playoffs After 4-Wicket Loss To Mumbai Indians?

Last Updated:April 18, 2025, 00:31 IST

Sunrisers Hyderabad find themselves in a crunch spot after losing their fifth match of IPL 2025.

Can SRH Qualify for playoffs after their 4-wicket defeat to Mumbai Indians? (AP Photo)

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) find themselves in a pickle after losing their fifth straight match in IPL 2025 against Mumbai Indians (MI) by 4 wickets on the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.

Their batting collapsed to a sub-par 162/5 in the primary innings on an atypically slow track in Mumbai, leaving their bowlers too little to defend. Despite Pat Cummins’ 3/26 and Eshan Malinga’s 2/26, MI chased the full in only 18.1 overs. It was the hosts’ only third win of the season, but they’re a lot better placed than SRH.

The Orange Army at the moment are placed at the underside spot within the points table with half of their group stage done. Of their remaining seven games, they should win no less than six to achieve 16 points — which is frequently enough to qualify for the highest 4 in a 10-team IPL.

They may qualify with 14 points or five wins, but that won’t be a guarantee. In that scenario, there could possibly be a high probability of 4 other teams ending with 16 points or some with 14 points, where the Net Run Rate will likely be the deciding factor.

A variety of teams have had such unlikely runs previously. MI have done it multiple times while Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) recovered from a worse spot last season to qualify for the final-four.

Nonetheless, SRH have an enormous list of issues to sort. Their team has shown a pattern of struggle on pitches with any sort of help for opposition bowlers, plus an enormous chunk of their starting players have been unable to shrug off bad form.

SRH’s Remaining Matches In IPL 2025

The worrying thing for SRH is that out of the subsequent seven, only three of their matches are on the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. They’re going home for the subsequent match to face MI again but then their campaign will include trips to Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Lucknow — which have been removed from flat tracks this season.