Can RCB make it to IPL 2024 Final? Here is what the unique stat suggests

RCB stunned everyone with their ‘historic’ playoff qualification in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 with an ‘iconic’ and ‘dramatic’ win against CSK in the ‘virtual quarter-final’, the 68th game of the tournament at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. While defending 218 runs, RCB managed to restrict CSK before the cut-off score of 201 runs as the latter scored 191 runs for losing 7 wickets in the entire 20 overs.

Now, we’ll look at an interesting stat that RCB have quite a higher chance of qualifying for the Final of the tournament in comparison to the other three teams, RR, KKR, and SRH in the playoffs.

However, it is one of the rare occasions in the history of the Indian Premier League when RCB has qualified for the playoffs with 5 or more consecutive wins in the league stage of the tournament.

In the same line of interesting facts, RCB have always made it to the Final of the IPL whenever they have won 5 or more consecutive matches in the league phase of the tournament. But one disappointing fact for the RCB is that they ended as runners-up in all these appearances in the summit clash of these particular seasons.

Here’s a look at the IPL seasons when RCB won 5 or more consecutive matches:

IPL 2009 – 5 Consecutive wins – Runners Up

It was only the second season of the Indian Premier League in 2009; Royal Challengers Bengaluru had a very horrific run in IPL 2008; but they interestingly made an amazing comeback in the second season of the tournament in 2009.

RCB made it to the semi-finals of the tournament and they also registered 5 consecutive wins in the league stage of the tournament. Furthermore, they also made it to the tournament's final, where they unfortunately lost to the Deccan Chargers as the latter became the champions under the captaincy of Adam Gilchrist.

IPL 2011 – 7 Consecutive wins – Runners Up

It was one of the IPL seasons when RCB came up with their best performance throughout the entire season. The same way they played in the IPL 2011 season when they qualified for the Final of the tournament, having 7 consecutive wins to their name in the league stage of the tournament followed by a win in the semi-final.

RCB won 8 matches out of 14 games they played in the tournament, including 6 defeats on their credit, finishing in the third spot on the points table. However, they had a sad ending with a defeat in the summit clash against the Chennai Super Kings.

IPL 2016 – 5 Consecutive wins – Runners Up

It was the season when the former RCB skipper Virat Kohli enjoyed a golden run with the bat as he scored 973 runs in the season, the highest ever by any batter in a single IPL season. RCB made it to the final of the season where they lost to the eventual champions SRH.

Speaking of the league-stage performance of RCB in the 2016 season, they won 5 matches successively and entered into the playoffs.

IPL 2024 – 6 Consecutive wins -?

An interesting fact arising in the ongoing season is that it has now been the fourth occasion when RCB won 5 or more consecutive matches in the league stage. RCB was on the brink of an exit from the tournament after 7 consecutive defeats in the first half of the tournament.

But they made a dramatic and one of the best comebacks in the IPL history to qualify for the playoffs. Now, it will be interesting to see if RCB’s record of entering the finals in an IPL season where they have 5 or more successive wins will also continue this season.