{"id":649590,"date":"2026-05-04T19:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649590\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T19:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:09:18","slug":"which-teams-are-out-of-ipl-2026-playoffs-contention-updated-list-of-teams-eliminated-from-indian-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649590\/","title":{"rendered":"Which teams are out of IPL 2026 playoffs contention? Updated list of teams eliminated from Indian Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The league stage of the Indian Premier League 2026 season is approaching its business end as teams are now competing fiercely for a spot in the playoff round.<\/p>\n<p>Teams like Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals are comfortably placed at the top half of the table and are among the favourites to make it to the next round.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, mid-table teams like Gujarat Titans, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders are fighting hard to secure their playoff spot.<\/p>\n<p>Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants are currently running the risk of facing early elimination from the league stage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Add The Sporting News as a preferred news source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which teams are out of IPL 2026 playoff contention?<\/p>\n<p>As of May 4, none of the teams have been formally eliminated from the IPL 2026 league stage, however, MI and LSG are at maximum risk of exiting. Neither of the two teams can afford one more loss this season.<\/p>\n<p>KKR are in a slightly better position compared to the bottom teams, however, they too cannot afford lose any more after going winless in their first 6 games.<\/p>\n<p>Chances of elimination:<\/p>\n<p>LSG: 90%MI: 80%KKR: 75%DC: 60%CSK: 50%GT: 30%RR: 30%SRH: 30%RCB: 10%PBKS: 5%IPL 2026: Points table and standingsRankTeamMatchesWonLostN\/RNRRPts.1Punjab Kings8601+1.043132Royal Challengers Bengaluru9630+1.420123Sunrisers Hyderabad10640+0.644124Rajasthan Royals10640+0.510125Gujarat Titans9540-0.192106Chennai Super Kings9450+0.00587Delhi Capitals9450-0.89588Kolkata Knight Riders9351-0.53979Mumbai Indians10370-0.649610Lucknow Super Giants9270-1.0764<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The league stage of the Indian Premier League 2026 season is approaching its business end as teams are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-649590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}