IPL 2025 Points Table: Latest Standings & Playoff Picture After Today’s Matches

The Indian Premier League’s 2025 league phase is racing toward its climax, and every match is redrawing the points table in real time. After Punjab Kings’ tense 11-run win over Mumbai Indians in Jaipur on Sunday night, the standings have tightened further, setting up a thrilling final week of the regular season<TimesOfIndia_URL /><BusinessStandard_URL />. Punjab Kings (19 pts, NRR +0.42) Consistency with bat and ball has propelled PBKS to the summit. Shikhar Dhawan’s top-order stability and Sam Curran’s death-overs mastery have given the Kings a buffer of one victory over the chasing pack. One more win guarantees a top-two finish and a spot in Qualifier 1. Gujarat Titans (18 pts, NRR +0.55) The defending champions slipped against Chennai Super Kings in mid-week but remain comfortably inside the playoff zone. Shubman Gill’s Orange-Cap-leading 642 runs and Rashid Khan’s late-innings wickets continue to be GT’s twin trump cards. Victory in their last fixture versus Royals will lock a top-two berth<ESPNcricinfo_URL />. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (17 pts, NRR +0.31) RCB have stitched together five wins from their last six outings. Virat Kohli’s purple-patch at the top and Mohammed Siraj’s power-play strikes have flipped their season narrative. A crunch face-off against Mumbai remains; a win could even push them into the top two depending on NRR. Mumbai Indians (16 pts, NRR +0.19) Mumbai’s loss to Punjab has complicated matters. Hardik Pandya’s side must beat RCB and hope other results go their way. Jasprit Bumrah’s fitness scare in Jaipur adds another layer of anxiety for the five-time champions. Mid-table traffic jam Sunrisers Hyderabad’s seven-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders lifted them to sixth (14 pts) and kept their campaign alive<Sportstar_URL />. KKR, Lucknow Super Giants, Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals all hover between 12–14 points; any two wins in their remaining games could catapult a side into fourth if Mumbai stumble. Key qualification scenarios • 20 points = mathematically certain top-two finish. • 18–19 points = assured playoffs; NRR decides top-two seeding. • 16–17 points = at least one team will sneak into fourth; NRR could be the tiebreaker. • <16 points = elimination likely unless a cluster of results produces a multi-team tie. What to watch this week – Titans vs Royals in Ahmedabad: Gill vs Trent Boult in the power play. – Indians vs Challengers at Wankhede: Kohli’s return to Mumbai and potential virtual knockout. – Kings vs Super Kings in Dharamsala: Punjab can seal first place; CSK fight to avoid wooden spoon. Why net-run rate matters With five franchises still capable of finishing on 16 or 18 points, NRR is poised to determine playoff seedings. Punjab’s healthy +0.42 and Gujarat’s +0.55 give them breathing space, while Mumbai’s +0.19 is under threat from Bengaluru (+0.31) and Hyderabad (+0.27). Momentum versus mathematics Historical data shows seven of the last nine IPL champions entered the playoffs on a winning run of at least three matches. Bengaluru and Hyderabad currently fit that profile, while Punjab and Gujarat have each dropped a game this week—adding spice to the “form vs table-position” debate. Bottom line Every delivery over the next seven days can swing the 2025 IPL narrative. From the Orange Cap tussle between Gill and Kohli to the last-gasp scramble for playoff tickets, the standings are a living document—refreshing after every six, yorker and fielding brilliance. Cricket’s biggest T20 carnival has never felt more alive.