Mumbai Indians become 1st IPL team to be knocked out of playoffs race

Mumbai Indians' chances of reaching the playoffs of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 are officially over and they are looking set to finish with the wooden spoon for the first time in the history of the tournament. MI became the first team to be knocked out of the IPL 2022 playoffs race on Saturday after Punjab Kings were beaten by Rajasthan Royals in Match 52 of the season by 6 wickets.

Mumbai Indians were eliminated from the race for the playoffs despite winning on Friday against Gujarat Titans in a last-over thriller.

MI are at the last spot of the IPL 2022 points table, with just 4 points from 10 matches. The maximum MI can get to from hereon is 12 points but it



seems the team that finishes at the 4th spot will have a minimum of 14 points.

Mumbai Indians have traditionally been slow starters but the five-time champions left, it too late this year. MI had an awful run in the Indian Premier League 2022 as they faced 8 defeats in a row before finally winning a game in the tournament in the 9th game. Victory over Rajasthan Royals last time out was their first win at the ninth time of asking but it's done little to lift spirits.

It's hard to see quite what's gone wrong. Clearly, if they'd retained certain players such as the Pandya brothers, the results may have been different, but Mumbai have kept much of their historically successful squad.