IPL 2018: 4 teams who might not qualify for the playoffs
IPL 2018 is entering a crucial phase where teams cannot afford to take their eyes off the ball. Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings are playing well and are in the top two places with 14 points each.
The top four teams qualify for the playoffs and only four points separate the team in fourth and the eighth-placed place. With 18 games remaining in the group stage, all eight teams are in with a chance of qualifying for the playoffs.
That being said, four teams in the bottom half will find it really hard to get into top four. On that note, let’s take a look at the four teams who might not qualify for the playoffs.
#1 Delhi Daredevils
Delhi Daredevils are currently seventh in the points table with six points. They have played 10 games so far and won 3 of them. Gautam Gambhir stepped down from captaincy six games into this year's IPL as Daredevils lost five of them, and the captaincy was then handed to Shreyas Iyer.
Though there were some brilliant individual performances from Shreyas Iyer, Rishab Pant, and Prithvi Shaw, they have failed to perform as a team. Their bowling has lacked sharpness and their overseas batsmen struggled to adapt to Indian conditions.
Glenn Maxwell, in particular, has been a massive failure so far with only 133 runs from 9 innings. They have to win all their four remaining games to have any chance of qualifying for the playoffs.