So this year Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings will play 10th final? Some such coincidences are being made, you will be surprised to know

Three teams have qualified for the IPL 2023 playoffs. These include the teams of Gujarat Titans, Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants. Gujarat currently has 18 points and the team will qualify for the playoffs by staying at the first position. At the same time, both Chennai and Lucknow have played 14-14 matches and ended the league round with 17-17 points.

While Krunal's team finished third. There is a battle between Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals for the fourth spot. However, a strange coincidence has come to the fore, according to which the team of Chennai Super Kings can play the 10th final this season.

How are matches played in the playoffs?

reaches. The first and second place teams get two chances to reach the finals. At the same time, every match is a virtual knockout for the third and fourth placed team. The 1st and 2nd placed teams play Qualifier-1, while the 3rd and 4th placed teams play the Eliminator. The winning team in Qualifier-1 directly advances to the final. Whereas, the losing team has to play Qualifier-2 with the winning team in the Eliminator. The journey of the losing team in the Eliminator ends. The winning team in Qualifier-2 advances to the final,

Top two teams of IPL points table Photo: IPL/BCCI

Actually, for the first time in 2011, the playoff format came in the IPL, in which the finalists are decided by the qualifiers. Since then, in the 12 seasons till now, the team that finished second in the points table in the league round has definitely reached the final.

Chennai in 2011, Kolkata Knight Riders in 2012, Mumbai Indians in 2013, Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014, Mumbai Indians in 2015, Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2016, Rising Pune Supergiants in 2017, CSK in 2018 and 2019, Delhi Capitals in 2020, 2021 In 2022, CSK and Rajasthan's team reached the playoffs by finishing second and also qualified for the final.

In such a situation, this season the Chennai team finished the league round in second place. Now it will be a matter to be seen whether the team can reach the finals or not. However, according to coincidence, Dhoni is sure to go to the final.

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Of these, in 2011 (CSK), 2012 (KKR), 2013 (MI), 2014 (KKR), 2015 (MI), 2018 (CSK) and 2021 (CSK), it has happened that the second-placed team after the league round The team has captured the trophy. In such a situation, CSK has a chance. Chennai Super Kings is the most successful team in terms of reaching the playoffs. The team has so far managed to reach the playoffs in 12 of its 14 seasons. Chennai was suspended in 2016 and 2017. Apart from this, Chennai was out of the league stage in 2020 and 2022 itself. The team became champions in 2010, 2011, 2018 and 2021, while the team was runner-up in 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2019. 

Chennai has achieved all this success only under the captaincy of Dhoni. Dhoni has captained Chennai in 233 matches since 2008 and has won 140. He had to face defeat in 90. One match ended in a tie and two ended in no result. These also include IPL and Champions League matches. In IPL alone, Dhoni has captained CSK and Pune in 224 matches and won 131 matches. His team had to face defeat in 91 matches. Two matches ended in no result. 

What happened in Chennai vs Delhi match?

Talking about the match played on Saturday, Chennai defeated Delhi Capitals by 77 runs in the last league match and became the second team to reach the playoffs. In response to Chennai's 223, Delhi scored 146 runs for nine wickets. This match was in Delhi, but Dhoni was in full swing in the stadium. The stadium was decked up in yellow number seven jerseys to support their favorite cricketer.

Dhoni also did not disappoint. He came down to play at number four for the first time this season. However, only four balls came in his part and he returned unbeaten on five runs. The architect of Chennai's victory was the 141-run partnership played in 87 balls between their opening pair Devon Conway (87) and Rituraj Gaikwad (79).

After this Shivam Dubey played an inning of 22 runs in nine balls. At the same time, Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten after scoring 20 runs in seven balls. Captain David Warner scored the highest 86 runs in 58 balls from Delhi. Apart from him, no batsman could score 20+ runs.

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