Delhi Capital Qualification Scenario: How far is the DC of Exer Patel in the IPL 2025 playoff race?

Catch the IPL 2025 playoff qualification landscape for Delhi Capital (DC). How strong is a new coaching staff – DC opportunities with the new captain, Exer Patel?
Delhi Capital (DC) had a powerful successful Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction. Despite this, he not only had a complete improvement of their players’ roster, but also had large -scale disturbance in the coaching setup. Despite this, everything is well bent for the capitals. KL Rahul, Mitchell Starc, and FAF have done it brilliantly to bring to the choice of do Plessis. However, unseeded heroes like Vipraj Nigam, Abhishek Poral and Ashutosh Sharma have contributed equally. But will their 3 -year waiting for IPL qualification end soon? Let’s know below.
Delhi capitals in IPL 2025: Road so far
Under the new Captain Axar Patel, DC made a remarkable debut for its IPL 2025 campaign. He began with an epic 1-rin win on LSG, followed by SRH, CSK and RCB. The first disadvantage of the season came to the house when a revival of Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated him with a 12 -run win. Attractively, win a super over on RR Next.
However, now, Delhi has recorded two defeats in their last three matches. This has stopped their season a bit. Despite this, they are in a determined dispute to be in the top four. If some other results go in their way, GT and RCB lose some games, Delhi may also end in the top two.

Is Delhi’s qualification almost certain?
As of 28 April, Delhi Capital is one of the teams who have completed nine of their 14 group-phase matches. He sits with 12 points with a 6-3 win-defeat record and currently ranks fourth in the IPL 2025 points table. While he lost against RCB, Delhi is still at a great place.
Traditionally, 16 points For benchmark for Playoff qualification in IPLDelhi, currently 12 points from nine matchesWill need to win at least 2 of their remaining 5 matches Perhaps to automatically qualify for the playoffs.
The remaining IPL 2025 matches for Delhi capitals
date | match | venue | Result |
---|---|---|---|
April 29 | Delhi capitals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Delhi | TBD |
5 May | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi capitals | Hyderabad | TBD |
8 May | Punjab kings vs Delhi capitals | Hospice | TBD |
11 May | Delhi capitals Vs Gujarat Titans | Delhi | TBD |
15 May | Mumbai Indians Vs. Delhi capitals | Mumbai | TBD |
DC still has five matches left, which is a huge plus. And the good news is that they face one of the current bottom-four teams: SRH.
Large challenges GT, PBK and Mi, three teams will currently be in the top half. One or two of them is important. However, DC has won six of its nine games, you will expect from them to stop the campaign and at the same time they will need at least two win on the table to have 16 points, a tally that will reduce the veins.
Here is described how DC’s way for playoff gives shape:
Win in last 5 matches | Total victory | score | Playoff qualification |
---|---|---|---|
5 | 11 | 22 | Guarantee Top 2 |
4 | 10 | 20 | Guarantee Top 4 (Probably Top 2) |
3 | 9 | 18 | Guarantee Top 4 (Probably Top 2) |
2 | 8 | 16 | Possible top 4 |
1 or less | ≤7 | ≤14 | Most likely |

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