Mumbai Indians have now become the first team to be eliminated from the IPL 2024. And it happened without the team even playing their next game. SunRisers Hyderabad defeated Lucknow Super Giants on Wednesday to eliminate the five-time champions. Here are the full details of how Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai Indians were eliminated on Wednesday. (IPL 2024 points table)
Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals already have 16 points each as they sit at the top of the IPL 2024 points table. SRH defeated LSG by 10 wickets on Wednesday, with the Pat Cummins-led side rising to 14 points. This means that Mumbai Indians cannot overtake any of these three teams as the Hardik Pandya-led side has just 8 points after playing 12 matches. They have two games left and the best they can achieve is 12 points in total.
Meanwhile, Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants, who both have 12 points, will face each other next week in the 64th match of IPL 2024. This means that one of the two teams will finish above 12, which again exceeds the maximum points that MI could achieve.
Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya recently said that he was not getting carried away as far as MI's play-off chances are concerned. “I don't know what mathematical situation we are talking about, but at the same time you want to concentrate on playing good cricket,” Hardik said in a post-match presentation, responding to Manjrekar's suggestion.
“The way our batters batted, it was excellent. My bowling, I like to bowl in the right areas, I bowl depending on the situation. I bowled in the right areas today and it worked. It was like Chawla had to go from the shorter areas bowling He (Chawla) had to be accurate, the margin of error has become less for the bowlers these days.
“It's unbelievable, SKY's best history is putting pressure on the bowlers. It's pure confidence, his game has changed, he's one of the best hitters. He can change a game in a different way, lucky he has him (SKY ) on our side,” Hardik further said at the presentation ceremony.
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