Five-time champions of the IPL and of the most successful franchises of the entire league, Mumbai Indians (MI) have had a treacherous journey so far in the ongoing IPL season, with eight losses in their 12 games.
The Hardik Pandya-led team were winless in their first three games, before winning consecutive games at home against Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). As they hoped to get their season on track, MI lost against their arch-rivals, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at home, and then lost to Delhi Capitals.
They are eliminated from the playoffs race last week after going down against KKR.
The Sporting News takes a look at MI’s chances of qualifying for the playoffs and the amount of games they’d need to win in the process in order to do so.
How can Mumbai Indians make it to the IPL 2024 playoffs?
Mumbai Indians have currently won three out of their 12 games and have no chances of qualifying for the IPL 2024 playoffs.
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How many points do Mumbai Indians need to make it to the IPL 2024 playoffs?
Mumbai Indians currently have accumulated six points and are just above Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the table.
In order to stand a chance of making it to the play-offs they would need at least 14 points which is equivalent to seven wins in total. Teams with 14 points have previously qualified for the play-offs, but it could come down to a battle of Net Run Rate (NRR) if there are other teams in contention too.
However, at this point MI can only reach a maximum of 12 points which is unlikely to be enough to make it into the top four.
- Matches played: 12
- Matches won: 4
- No. of more wins required to reach playoffs: At least 4
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Mumbai Indians’ remaining IPL matches
MI still have three games to go in IPL 2024.
- May 11: vs KKR at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- May 17: vs LSG at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
IPL 2024 Points Table
| TEAM | P | W | L | PTS | NRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 11 | 8 | 3 | 16 | +1.453 |
| 2 | Rajasthan Royals | 10 | 8 | 2 | 16 | +0.622 |
| 3 | Chennai Super Kings | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 | +0.700 |
| 4 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -0.072 |
| 5 | Lucknow Super Giants | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -0.371 |
| 6 | Delhi Capitals | 11 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -0.442 |
| 7 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -0.050 |
| 8 | Punjab Kings | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -0.187 |
| 9 | Mumbai Indians | 12 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -0.214 |
| 10 | Gujarat Titans | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -1.320 |
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