India, May 23 -- The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season is reaching its business end. Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Mumbai Indians have qualified for the playoffs. This is the earliest in any IPL season that the four teams for the top four have been finalised. However, the race is constantly heating up between these four sides to finish in the top two and have two cracks of reaching the final.

The teams that finish in the top two have two chances of reaching the final. The loser of Qualifier 1 has another chance to reach the final by taking on the winner of the Eliminator in Qualifier 2.

The Shubman Gill-led Gujarat Titans, currently at the top of the table, looked set for a top-two fini...