How can Sunrisers Hyderabad Still Qualify for Playoffs: Gujarat Titans defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 38 runs in the 51st match of IPL 2025 played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday (May 2). This is the seventh defeat of the Hyderabad team in ten matches and after this defeat, the team’s hopes of reaching the playoffs have suffered a major setback.
However, the funny thing is that even after this defeat, the team of Sunrisers Hyderabad has not been completely out. After this defeat, SRH ranks ninth in the points table with just six points in ten matches. Now that only four league matches are left, their playoff hopes are in danger. To remain in the race, SRH will have to win all the remaining four matches and at the same time their fate will depend on the results of other teams matches.
SRH will have 14 points for winning their last four matches and these 14 points are a figure that proved to be sufficient to take the team to the playoffs in the previous season. In 2024, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) reached the playoffs with 14 points and had a decisive role of a better net run rate (NRR). The current NRR -1.192 of SRH is, which can prove fatal to them. In such a situation, to keep their expectations alive, they not only need to win, but also need to win their NRR to a great extent.
The path ahead is not easy for SRH. His next match is against Delhi Capitals on 7 May. After that match, there are tough competitions against Royal Challengers Bangalore (at Chinnaswamy Stadium on 13 May) and Lucknow Super Giants (at Ekana Stadium on 18 May).
What should SRH do to reach the playoffs?
1. Win all the remaining four matches and win by a big margin.
2. Make a lot of improvement in your net run rate
3. Hope more than three teams do not come with more than 14 points
4. Mi, GT, RCB and PBKS matches have to be closely monitored.
At this time, the possibilities are of course against Pat Cummins’s team but SRH is still not out of the picture. In such a situation, the fans of the Orange Army will be expecting from here that a miracle happens and their team reaches the playoffs.
