The raiding Mumbai Indians hitters cut the Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowlers to size. With 4.3 overs remaining in the match, Faf du Plessis‘ team lost, despite reaching 196 runs, and the Wankhede Stadium became a horror show for him.
Every hitter for the Mumbai Indians who took the field made sure to grab the bull by the horns. Ishan Kishan set the precedent by scoring 69 runs off of just 34 balls. After that, Suryakumar Yadav put the finishing touches on things by scoring 52 runs off of 19 balls.
With only one victory in their previous six games, the Bengaluru-based team has now dropped to ninth position in the IPL 2024 Points Table as a result of this defeat. They are now in a difficult situation, which has seriously jeopardized their chances of making it to the playoffs.
Is this the year that Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s dream ends?
There is significant pressure on RCB to advance to the final four after their Thursday loss to the Mumbai Indians. To stay in touch with the top half of the standings after six games, they should have ideally hoped to win three games at least.
In the next few weeks, Bengaluru will play some difficult games that could seriously affect their chances of winning the championship this year. On Monday, Sunrisers Hyderabad is scheduled to play the seventh match of the season at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium for the Royal Challengers of Bengal.
They would need to win each of their final seven games and pray for favorable outcomes if they lost that one. Hyderabad and Pat Cummins are winning two straight games and are playing some incredible cricket.
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Following the match against SRH, the Kolkata Knight Riders will play at Eden Gardens. After the beating they suffered in front of their own home supporters, RCB is fully aware of what KKR can do with the bat and the ball. Winning these two games and maintaining contact with the other mid-table teams would be crucial.
After traveling to Hyderabad to play the rematch against SRH, RCB will play twice against the Gujarat Titans in a week. The Shubman Gill-led team showed with their victory against RR that playing the Titans both at home and away will not be a simple job.
The final three matches of the season for the RCB are at home against the Delhi Capitals and away against the Punjab Kings at Dharamshala. To reach 14 points from these 7 games, RCB can only win up to 6 of them.
The season’s last match will again be played at home against the Chennai Super Kings. It’s never easy to play CSK, home or away, as they are the reigning champions and have a wealth of quality that can destroy any opposition. To the dismay of their supporters, RCB’s IPL 2024 campaign could end with anything less than seven victories in the eight games remaining
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