The knockouts begin with the Eliminator rounds. Today the teams of Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians will be face to face in the Eliminator. This match will be played in Chepauk. The journey of the losing team in this match will end. However, be it Lucknow or Mumbai, it will not be easy for both the teams to become champions by playing the eliminator.
Playoffs along the lines of qualifiers were introduced in 2011.
IPL 2023 How Sunrisers Hyderabad Won 2016 IPL Final After Playing in Eliminator
These four teams reached the playoffs - Photo: Amar Ujala
Qualifier and Eliminator rounds were introduced in 2011. Since then, this has happened only once in 12 seasons when a team has become champion by playing Eliminator. This happened in 2016 when the Sunrisers Hyderabad team became champions under the leadership of David Warner. Apart from this, since the introduction of the playoff system, the third and fourth placed team has never become the champion.
In the points table of IPL 2016, Gujarat Lions team is first with 18 points, Royal Challengers Bangalore team is second with 16 points, Sunrisers Hyderabad team is third with 16 points and Kolkata Knight Riders team is fourth with 16 points. Was staying After this Qualifier-1 was played between Gujarat Lions and Bangalore, which was won by RCB. The Gujarat team had gone to Qualifier-II.
How Sunrisers Hyderabad turned around -
IPL 2023 How Sunrisers Hyderabad Won 2016 IPL Final After Playing in Eliminator
Sunrisers Hyderabad team became champions in 2016 - Photo: Amar Ujala
At the same time, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 22 runs in the Eliminator and were eliminated from the tournament. After this the team faced Gujarat Lions in Qualifier-2. Warner's team defeated Suresh Raina's captaincy Gujarat by four wickets and made it to the final. SRH then faced Virat Kohli's Bangalore in the final. Then Hyderabad captured the title by defeating Bangalore by eight runs.
It will not be easy for Lucknow or Mumbai to repeat this history. The winner of the two teams will face defending champions Gujarat Titans, who are in excellent form, in Qualifier-2. On winning this match as well, either Lucknow or Mumbai will face four-time champions Chennai Super Kings. In such a situation, the path is not going to be easy at all.
The team reached the final only thrice by playing the eliminator.
david warner srh beat virat kohli rcb
However, this has only happened three times when the third or fourth place finishers in the playoffs (since 2011) made it to the finals. Apart from Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016, Chennai Super Kings in 2012 made it to the final after finishing fourth in the league round. Then the CSK team managed to win the Eliminator (vs MI) and Qualifier-2 (vs DC).
However, KKR defeated CSK in the final. At the same time, in 2021, the team of Kolkata Knight Riders also did the same. Then KKR defeated RCB in Eliminator and Delhi Capitals in Qualifier-2. However, Chennai Super Kings defeated KKR in the finals.
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