DC Qualification Scenario: How Delhi Capitals Can Qualify For IPL Playoffs 2024 After DC vs RR, Match 56

Delhi Capitals (DC) are well and truly alive in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. The win over Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 56th game of the tournament has kept them in the hunt for the top four spots in the league.

The match between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals took place at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday (7th May). The Rishabh Pant-led produced a great effort with bat and ball and made sure that they won their 6th game of the tournament.

Delhi Capitals (DC) were asked to bat first and they had a glorious start to their innings. Jake Fraser-McGurk (50) yet again oozed his class with the bat at the top and slammed a brutal half-century. Abishek Porel (65) also made a vital contribution with the bat at the top as Rajasthan Royals bowlers came under pressure.

Even though Delhi Capitals lost wickets after that Tristan Stubbs made sure he takes his team to a big total. The South African batter scored a quick-fire 20 runs. Based on the top order blitz and a cameo by Stubbs in the end powered the team to a total of 221 runs.

With the ball, Delhi Capitals started pretty well as Khaleel Ahmed took the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal on the second ball of the innings before Axar Patel sent Jos Buttler packing for 17 runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

Delhi Capitals bowlers came under pressure when Sanju Samson (86) was going great guns. The Rajasthan Royals skipper played a vital hand for his team and with the way he was batting, it seemed that he would win the game easily for his team.

However, the home team pulled back things incredibly well. Kuldeep Yadav picked 2 wickets in the 18th over and that almost sealed the game for his team. They restricted Rajasthan Royals to a total of 201 runs and won the game by 20 runs to win their 6th game of the tournament.

Delhi Capitals Qualification Scenario for IPL 2024 Playoffs 

The win against Rajasthan Royals was the 6th win for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. It pushed them up to 5th on the points table. The Rishabh Pant-led side has 12 points from 12 games and also has a NRR of -0.316 along with 6 losses under their belt as well.

Delhi Capitals are very much in contention for the playoffs. To fancy their chances for the top 4 in the table, they need to win their remaining two games in the tournament by big margins. This will take them to 16 points and that might be enough to seal the spot in the top 4.

Even after getting 16 points, they might miss out because Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Chennai Super Kings (CSK), and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) can get to 16 points if they win two of their remaining three games. Therefore to qualify, Delhi Capitals would be hoping that two among the above-mentioned three teams lose their games so that path becomes easy.

If all the teams get tied to 16 points then Delhi Capitals can miss out as SRH (-0.065) and CSK (+0.700) have a better NRR. Therefore Rishabh Pant-led side needs to make sure that they win their last 2 games by big margins.

Read More: IPL 2024 Points Table