IPL 2020: Chennai become first team to be officially knocked out of race for qualifiers

Despite a dominating victory over Bangalore on Sunday, MS Dhoni’s Chennai squ has officially become first team to be kcked out of race for qualifiers in Dream11 IPL 2020. This is first time in history of IPL that Chennai has failed to qualify for playoffs. Rajasthan’s victory over Mumbai kept ir hopes alive for a shot at playoffs but resulted in Chennai being forced out of tournament.

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Chennai 1st team to fail to qualify for playoffs in Dream IPL 2020

Ruturaj Gaikward's 50 helped Chennai chase down a tough score of 146 and beat Bangalore but here on, Yellow squ can only amass at most 12 points while top four teams will have to accumulate a minimum of 14 points for a spot in playoffs. re was a good chance for Chennai given ir past record in IPL as Dhoni's team has mand to reach playoffs every season except two seasons in which y were unable to participate. Chennai even won tournament in 2018 and reach IPL finals in 2019.

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Speaking at post-match presentation, Dhoni said, "We don't really have a chance to make it to play-offs, leave mamatical part of it. But three, three and a half hours out re can get really painful. You have to tell m - let's go out re and give it your best shot and enjoy game whatever result might be. If you aren't out re enjoying, it becomes very painful. But boys have always given ir 100%."

Two of Chennai’s star players, Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh, h to pull out of tournament and COVID-19 pandemic has been a determining factor in team's game. While y h held extended training in Chennai before arriving in UAE, COVID-19 scare forced m into extended quarantine resulting in m losing out on valuable training time right before tournament.

(Im: Twitter/@ChennaiIPL)

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