The excitement of IPL 2023 is at its peak. All the teams have played their 13 matches so far. That means now everyone has one match left. But only one team has qualified for the IPL playoffs. Apart from Gujarat Titans, no team could get the playoff ticket. On the other hand, after the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday, the matter has become even more stuck. RCB's victory has doubled the tension between other teams. At the same time, the danger of being out of the playoffs is also looming over Mumbai Indians.

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RCB can take the position instead of Mumbai Indians

The Mumbai Indians team made a strong comeback in this year's IPL after a poor start. But now he is once again in danger of being out of the playoff race. Let us understand how the RCB team has become a threat to them. At present, RCB's team is fourth in the points table with 14 points from 13 matches. At the same time, the Mumbai team is also in the same position but due to poor run rate, their team slipped to number five.

RCB defeated Mumbai by winning the match against Sunrisers. From here, even if Mumbai Indians win their next match, their team can still be out of the playoff race. Actually, the run rate of RCB is very good at this time. If Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants win their last match. At the same time, the RCB team will play the last match of the league stage. In such a situation, even if Mumbai corrects the net run rate in their last match, even then RCB will know by what margin they have to win their last match. If this happens then RCB will qualify for the playoffs and Mumbai will be out.

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This was the condition of the RCB vs SRH match

In the match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad, RCB won the toss and decided to bowl. Batting first, the Sunrisers team scored 186 runs losing 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. During this, Heinrich Klaasen played an inning of 104 runs in 51 balls. RCB had a huge target in the second innings of the match. But right from the start, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis kept hold of the match and RCB scored 187 runs losing 2 wickets in 19.2 overs, and won the match by 8 wickets. During this, Virat Kohli also scored a century. Virat scored 100 runs in 63 balls. He was also adjudged Player of the Match for his innings.