IPL 2024 Points Table: Did Mumbai Indians’ playoff hopes end completely with the defeat against Delhi Capitals? , cricket news

Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2024 playoff dreams suffered a major blow when they suffered a 10-run defeat against Delhi Capitals on Saturday. Jasprit Bumrah and Co. looked completely helpless as explosive innings from Jake Fraser-McGurk and Tristan Stubbs took DC to a mammoth score of 257/4. In reply, Tilak Verma and Tim David made a brilliant comeback but it was not enough as MI suffered their sixth defeat of the season. MI have just 6 points from 9 matches with a net run rate of -0.261. On the other hand, this win took DC to fifth position with 10 points from 10 matches.

The defeat means MI is still in the race for the IPL 2024 playoffs but they will have to win all their remaining matches. Wins in their last 5 matches will take the Hardik Pandya-led side to a maximum of 16 points – a point that could prove enough for qualification.

However, there is no guarantee that MI will qualify with 16 points and they may have to depend on other results to clinch a top 4 finish after the group stage.

“This game is becoming more and more close. Earlier it (difference) used to be a few overs, now it is becoming a few balls. The kind of game and the pressure the bowlers are under, we have prepared ourselves to do that. Have done.” If I had to pick something, we could have taken a few more chances in the middle overs. The left-hander probably could have chased Axar a bit, that’s something we missed in terms of game awareness. The way he (Fraser-McGurk) batted was amazing, he took calculated risks, He performed really well on the field (if he had done anything different at the toss) not really, he said after the match.