IPL 2022: Can Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians qualify for Playoffs this season?
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In IPL 2014, Mumbai Indians had lost 5 matches in a row but had still managed to reach the knockouts stage. This season, MI have managed to lose their first seven matches.
Five-time champions Mumbai Indians have had a horror start to Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season. On Thursday (April 21), MI became the first team ever to lose their first seven matches of an IPL season after their three-wicket defeat to defending champions Chennai Super Kings.
With each team playing 14 matches in the league round, Rohit Sharma’s MI have already lost half of them. At best, the franchise can go on to win the next 7 matches. But will that be enough to qualify for the IPL 2022 playoffs?
In IPL 2014, Mumbai had lost 5 matches in a row but had still managed to reach the knockouts. This time however, things have become trickier.
A team needs a minimum of 14 points to qualify for the playoffs. But that isn’t enough on its own. While 16 points could be enough to take a team through to the next round, 14 points can be deemed enough if the franchise’s Net Run Rate is good enough.
MI presently have an NRR of -0.892. Even if they go on to win all of their remaining games, they would need to do that with big margins in order to improve their NRR. While it’s not officially all over, there is only a mathematical possibility for them which will be difficult to achieve this.
