Mumbai Indians out of IPL

Abu Dhabi. The team of five-time champion Mumbai Indians has been out of the race for the playoffs of IPL 2021. Playing first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last league match, the team scored 235 for 9 wickets. This is his highest score in IPL history. Earlier, the team had scored 223 for 6 against Punjab in 2017. But the run rate of the team was in minus. In such a situation, he had to stop Hyderabad for less than 64 runs to reach the playoffs. But till the time of writing the news, Hyderabad had scored 64 runs in 5.1 overs without a wicket. In this way, KKR’s team became the fourth team to reach the playoffs. Earlier, Delhi Capitals, CSK and RCB have reached the playoffs.

The knockout matches of IPL 2021 will be played from October 10. CSK and Delhi Capitals are expected to clash in Qualifier 1. There may be a clash between RCB and KKR in the Eliminator. Delhi and RCB have not won the IPL title so far. In such a situation, both the teams will try to win the title for the first time.

Mumbai Indians won the IPL title of both the 2019 and 2020 seasons. But the team could not make it to the playoffs of the current season. Apart from this, the team could not reach the next season’s playoffs after becoming champions in 2015 and 2017. Apart from this, the team has also become the champion in 2013. Rohit Sharma is the only captain to have won 5 titles as a captain.

KKR’s team has reached the playoff as soon as it is out of Mumbai. The team has won the IPL title in 2012 and 2014. Both times the captain of the team was Gautam Gambhir. In such a situation, the team would like to capture the title after 7 years. On the other hand CSK has won the title 3 times under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Dhoni’s eyes will be on the fourth title. In the last season, the team could not even reach the playoffs. The last time CSK won the title was in 2018.