{"id":22331,"date":"2025-05-18T23:07:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T17:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=598701"},"modified":"2025-05-18T23:07:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T17:37:20","slug":"gujarat-titans-rcb-and-punjab-kings-seal-playoff-spots-after-gts-10-wicket-win-over-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/gujarat-titans-rcb-and-punjab-kings-seal-playoff-spots-after-gts-10-wicket-win-over-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Gujarat Titans, RCB and Punjab Kings seal playoff spots after GT\u2019s 10-wicket win over Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"

The playoff race in IPL 2025 witnessed a major shift on May 18 as Gujarat Titans thrashed Delhi Capitals by 10 wickets at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. With this commanding victory, GT became the first team to officially qualify, while Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings also booked their spots in the top four based on points and net run rate.<\/p>\n

Delhi Capitals posted 199\/3 in their 20 overs, driven by KL Rahul\u2019s unbeaten 112. But Gujarat Titans made light work of the chase, finishing on 205\/0 in just 19 overs. Sai Sudharsan (113*) and Shubman Gill (84*) put on a record unbeaten stand, dismantling the Capitals\u2019 bowling attack.<\/p>\n

Updated points table (Top 3 teams qualified):<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. \n

    Gujarat Titans \u2013 18 points (12 matches, NRR 0.80)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Royal Challengers Bengaluru \u2013 17 points (12 matches, NRR 0.48)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Punjab Kings \u2013 17 points (12 matches, NRR 0.39)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    With only two league games remaining for most teams, the battle is now focused on the fourth spot, with Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, and Kolkata Knight Riders still in contention.<\/p>\n

    Gujarat\u2019s win has not only confirmed their playoff berth but also reshaped the qualification dynamics with MI holding on to fourth spot at 14 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The playoff race in IPL 2025 witnessed a major shift on May 18 as Gujarat Titans thrashed Delhi Capitals by\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":31615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}