IPL 2026 Playoff Qualification Scenarios: With 7 matches to go, SRH and GT qualify; final spot up for grabs — odds for each team explained
With seven games left, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Titans, and Sunrisers Hyderabad have secured playoff spots. Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians are out. Rajasthan Royals are in a strong position.
Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals, and Chennai Super Kings have slim hopes. The race for the remaining spots is intense with many possible outcomes.
NEW DELHI: With 7 games remaining in the league stage of IPL 2026, LSG and MI are already out of contention for the playoffs. RCB, GT and SRH have now qualified. RR is best placed among the others followed by PBKS.
KKR, DC and CSK are still in the mix but have slim chances. There are now 128 possible combinations of results, so nothing is for sure yet for any of the five remaining in the race. We look at the probabilities: RCB are now sure to qualify and to at least finish tied for no.
1 in terms of points. Their worst case scenario is a three-way tie for first place with GT and SRH SRH’s win over CSK on Monday means that both SRH and GT have qualified and for both the chances of at least being tied for the second spot are a healthy 75% RR have a 43. 8% chance of ending up among the top four on points and they could still end up in a three-way tie for second spot with SRH and GT, but there’s only a 6.