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Desk. Another important match of IPL is going to take place today. After the league phase is over, it is now the turn of the playoffs, whose matches are going to be held now. The first qualifier match will be played today. Whichever team wins this match will go straight to the finals, but the losing team will also not be out. Why is this so? You must know about this.

Actually, when the playoffs start after the league phase in IPL, a total of four matches including the final are played in it. By the way, let us tell you that playoff matches in IPL are not knockout. That means even if the team loses, there is a possibility of going ahead, but this happens only in Qualifier 1. After this, the story of the team that lost in the subsequent match ends. Actually, the rules of IPL are slightly different from ICC tournaments. In ICC tournaments, the four teams that go to the semi-finals, the first-placed team faces the fourth-placed team, while the second- and third-placed teams face each other. But the story is different in IPL.

In IPL, the first match is played between the first two ranked teams. Which is called Qualifier 1. The team that wins in this will go to the finals, but the chances do not end for the losing team. He has a chance to play the second qualifier. In the second qualifier, there is a face-off between the losing team of the first qualifier and the winning teams of the eliminator. That means the teams ranked first and second have two chances to go to the finals. This is the reason why after teams secure their place in the playoffs, they think about finishing in the top 2.

Such a rule has been kept in the Indian Premier League because the team which has reached the top 2 by winning its matches continuously, should not be eliminated by the fourth-ranked team by defeating it in one match. In such a situation, there will be discrimination against the team. That is why this rule has been kept. That is, if we talk about today’s match, the match will be played between RCB and Gujarat Titans. The team that wins will go to the finals, while the losing team will get a chance to play Qualifier 2.