IPL 2024 playoffs: KKR vs RR match is a washout. Check out who plays Qualifier 1, Eliminator

As the league stage has now ended and we have the four teams who will play in the playoffs.

The final league match between Rajasthan Royals(RR) and Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) turned out to bit of a dampener as not a single delivery was bowled due to heavy rainfall in Guwahati. The match ended without any result and both teams shared a point each. While KKR finished the league engagements on 20 points with nine wins and two more solitary points courtesy wash-outs, SRH (17 points) pipped RR (17 points) by virtue of better Net Run Rate (NRR). SRH finished with NRR of 0.414 compared to RR's 0.273.

As the league stage has now ended and we have the four teams who will play in the playoffs.  Kolkata Knight Riders finish at the top of the table with 20 points from nine wins and three losses and two matches having no result.

Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) finished in second place ahead of Rajasthan Royals as both the teams have 17 points but SRH has a better net run rate than RR.

SRH will play against KKR in Qualifier 1 on  21 May at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.  Meanwhile, RR who slipped to third position will play against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the same venue on 22 May in the Eliminator.

The losing team of Qualifier 1  will face the winner of Eliminator in Qualifier 2 which will take place MA Chidambaram Stadium on 24 May and the final will be played on 26 May at the same venue.

Rajasthan Royals would blame themselves for getting into a nice little rut after an incredible run during the first half of the tournament when they had won eight out of their nine games. But their campaign lost a bit of steam towards the back end as they lost four games on trot and with no Jos Buttler for crunch games, facing a marauding RCB in a winner-takes-all match could be a very tough proposition. But their campaign lost a bit of steam towards the back end as they lost four games on trot and with no Jos Buttler for crunch games, facing a marauding RCB in a winner-takes-all match could be a very tough proposition.

On the other hand, SRH, a team that redefined power-hitting with optimum use of 'Impact Sub', had one of their best chases on Sunday, albeit on a track that once again resembled a highway in terms of its placid quotient. The chase of 215 against a depleted Punjab Kings with five balls to spare also bolstered their NRR just when it was needed.

*With Agency Inputs