Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) suffered a great blow to his hopes of playoffs after a heartbreaking defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), but can it continue to qualify for the Playoffs of IPL 2025?
Srh pursued a 206 target with ease to record a six Wickt victory in the Ekana Stadium on May 19, riding Fifth Fifth of Abhishek Sharma and other significant contributions of Isehan Kishan, Kamindu Mendis and Heinrich Klaasen. Previously, Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh criticized the respective means to boost LSG to the total of more than 200, but in the end it was not enough. With the loss now, the big question remains: can it continue to qualify despite this setback?
Can LSG continue to qualify for the IPL 2025 playoffs?
The short answer: No. After the defeat against SRH, LSG remains in the seventh place with five wins and seven losses after 12 games. Even if they win their two remaining accessories, the side led by Rishabh’s pants will not reach enough points to ensure an end among the top four.
To answer the burning question, they are LSG of the Playoffs of IPL 2025, we need to break down the scenarios.
Can Lucknow still qualify for playoffs? The updated scenario
This is how the Lucknow Super Giants qualification scenario is now found:
LSG has 2 remaining games, against Gujarat Titans (May 22) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (May 27). If both games win, 14 points will reach, while the projected limit for the Playoffs qualification is 16 points. Three GT, RCB and PBK teams have already secured the qualification and only one place remains. With me and DC already in 14 and 13 points respectively, the winner of this game on May 21 will virtually complete the classification of the first four.
Updated IPL Table 2025 points (after LSG vs SRH on May 19)
TEAMS MAT WON LOST TIED NR PTS NRR GUJAAT TITANS (Q) 12930018+0.795 ROYAL CHALLENGERS BENALURU (Q) 12830117+0.482 PUNJAB KINGS (Q) 12830117+0.389 MUMBAI INDIENS12750014+1.156 DELHI CAPITALS12650 KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (E) 13560212+0.193 LUCKnow Super Giants12570010-0.506 SUNRISERS HYDERABAD (E) 1247019-1.005 RAJASTHAN ROYALS (E) 13310006-0.701 CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (E) 1239006-0.992
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Are they out of LSG? The final verdict
At this point, the LSG qualification scenario is extremely clear. If they had defeated SRH, they would have been in dispute. But after that dominant performance on the side led by Pat Cummins, LSG has no more chance of qualifying.
LSG, who broke the bank to acquire a new pattern in Rishabh Pant by turning it into the most expensive firm in the history of IPL for INR 27 million rupees after letting Kl Rahul out, could not go distance this time.
They will have to try again next season to win their bachelor’s degree, but for this edition, the response to “Are Lsg Out” is still affirmative.
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