Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 9 wickets at home on Sunday night to qualify for the play-offs as the top-placed team in the standings.
The loss also meant KKR were knocked out of the tournament with Sunrisers Hyderabad qualifying in fourth place, based on net run rate.
After 56 league stage matches of the 2019 IPL season, it is now over to Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad to fight it out over the next week.
Here’s the schedule of the IPL 2019 playoffs.
- Qualifier 1: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings - 7 May (Tuesday) 7:30 PM at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
- Eliminator: Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - 8 May (Wednesday) 7:30 PM at ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam
- Qualifier 2: TBD vs TBD - 10 May (Friday) 7:30PM at ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam
- IPL 2019 Final: TBD vs TBD - 12 May (Sunday) 7:30PM at Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
The winner of Qualifier 1 straightaway enters the final while the losing team gets another shot and plays the winner of the DC vs SRH Eliminator in the second Qualifier.
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