How Can Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians Qualify For IPL 2024 Playoffs - All Scenarios Explained

From the dominance of Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders, and SunRisers Hyderabad at the top of the standings to the underwhelming displays of Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the bottom, the Indian Premier League 2024 points table has witnessed contrasting fortunes.

A handful of sides still have a point to prove in the second half of the season and a couple of these teams are Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians. The last time these sides took on each other, hosts MI grabbed a comfortable 29-run win at the Wankhede Stadium earlier this season.

They fell short while trying to chase a target of 235 although Delhi Capitals did take home positives from the game, especially in the form of Tristan Stubbs who went after MI bowlers from ball one. The South African batter scored an unbeaten 71 off 25 balls, including seven towering sixes.

Since then Delhi have won three of their four matches and can secure a playoff spot if they continue to win their remaining matches. After the defeat to MI, a couple of wins against Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans have made their ideal team combination much clearer with skipper Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel returning to form with the bat.

Furthermore, the fact that swashbuckling top-order batter Jake Fraser-McGurk is firing on all cylinders for DC in the powerplay is just the icing on the cake for the team.

After packing their batting with overseas options, DC needs to polish their Indian-heavy bowling attack considering they almost failed to defend 224 runs against GT at the Arun Jaitley Stadium at home.

Skipper Pant does have two quality bowlers in Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel to lead the spin department but their pacers could perhaps do better. However all things