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IPL 2026 is progressing in an exciting manner. Royal Challengers Bangalore had started the tournament on a great note, but now they have lost 2 consecutive matches. Although RCB is still a part of the top-4 in the points table, but the question is when will it reach the playoffs. In the match played with Lucknow Super Giants on Thursday night, Royal Challengers Bangalore had to face defeat by 9 runs after the introduction of DLS method. With this defeat, RCB lost the chance to become table topper. But, the team still has every chance to reach the playoffs. So let us tell you in this article how many more matches will RCB have to win to reach the playoffs…

Royal Challengers Bangalore is at third place in the points table.

The journey of IPL 2026 so far has been full of ups and downs for the Royal Challengers Bangalore team. The franchise has played 10 matches in the season, winning 6 matches and losing 4 matches. In this way, the team is at third position in the points table with 12 points and +1.234 net run rate. The thing to note is that RCB has faced consecutive defeats in the last 2 matches.

How many matches will RCB win and reach the playoffs?

RCB is currently at third position in the points table with 12 points. And the team still has to play 4 more matches. In such a situation, if the franchise wins 2 out of its 4 matches, then it will have 16 points and the playoff ticket will be confirmed. At the same time, if RCB wins even one match, then it will have chances of reaching the playoffs, because the team which was ranked number-4 last season had only 14 points. In such a situation, now with better net run rate, RCB can qualify for top-4 even with 14 points.

Royal Challengers Bangalore would like to finish in top-2?

At present, many teams are still in the race for the playoffs in the points table of IPL 2026. If we look at the top-5 only, then table topper Sunrisers Hyderabad has 14 points, Punjab Kings have 13 and then RCB, RR and GT have 12 points each. But now the Royal Challengers Bangalore team would like to finish in the top-2. However, for this one should try to win as many matches as possible out of the remaining 4 matches.

So that it can be better than other teams and finish in the top-2. Actually, the team finishing in the top-2 has 2 chances to reach the finals. However, it will not be easy for RCB to do this, because the teams of Punjab, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Hyderabad are giving them tough competition in this matter.

Schedule of remaining 4 matches of RCB