Lucknow Super Giants' win against the Mumbai Indians on Tuesday has opened up the playoffs race even more. But we now know that the defending champions, the Gujarat Titans will be the sole leader at the end of the league stage.
With 7 matches left to play in the league stage of IPL 2023, there are now 128 possible combinations of results. TOI looks at each of these possibilities to calculate the chances of individual teams making it to the playoffs. As things stand, one team is sure of finishing first, two others are almost certain to make the play-offs, a fourth one is a strong favourite to do so. Among the rest, two have been eliminated, two others have slim chances and two have a reasonable shot at their immediate target.