Can MI finish in top four after loss to Royals? All scenarios explained

Yashasvi Jaiswal struck form with an unbeaten 104 as Rajasthan Royals consolidated their position at the top of the IPL table with a ninewicket thrashing of Mumbai Indians on Monday Mediumpace bowler Sandeep Sharma took 518 to help restrict Mumbai to 1799 after Yuzvendra Chahal claimed an IPL first of 200 wickets at Rajasthans home ground in Jaipur Jaiswal a lefthanded opener whose previous best this season was 39 steered the team home in 184 overs in an innings interrupted by rainRajasthan who won the inaugural IPL in 2008 under late Australian hero Shane Warne registered their seventh win in eight matches Jaiswal struck his second IPL hundred both versus Mumbai as he smashed nine fours and seven sixes in his 60ball knock and put on 109 runs with skipper Sanju Samson who made 38 Sharma set up victory his first ever fivewicket haul in T20 cricket as he took the spotlight away from Chahals remarkable feat and was named man of the match Chahal sent back Mohammad Nabi caught and bowled for 23 with his legspin as he celebrated the achievement with hugs from teammates But Chahal was taken for 48 runs in four overs and Sharma stood out after he took three wickets in the 20th over including Tilak Varma who topscored with 65 and Tim David who made three Chahal was substituted with Jos Buttler coming in as impact player and he began with two boundaries in the opening over by skipper Hardik Pandya who played his landmark 100th IPL match Pandya has endured a tough time this season after he replaced veteran Rohit Sharma as skipper only to be booed by the fans across venuesAlso ReadWaistlevel conundrumThe lefthanded Jaiswal joined in the charge as he hit South African speedster Gerald Coetzee for a six and two fours to get the chase underway Rajasthan raced to 610 in six overs when rain stopped play and action resumed after 45 minutes Piyush Chawla bowled Buttler for 35 after the break but Jaiswal stood firm and in the company of Samson made the chase a cakewalkMumbai although alive in the playoff race would be required to win all the six remaining matches in order to finish in the top four While winning all of them is not impossible one cant rule out the contraryRemaining matchesvs Delhi Capitals April 27 Saturday 330 PM IST Arun Jaitley Stadium vs Lucknow Super Giants April 30 Tuesday 730 PM IST Ekana Stadium vs Kolkata Knight Riders May 3 Friday 730 PM IST Wankhede Stadium vs Sunrisers Hyderabad May 6 Monday 730 PM IST Wankhede Stadium vs Kolkata Knight Riders May 11 Saturday 730 PM IST Eden Gardens vs Lucknow Super Giants May 17 Friday 730 PM IST Wankhede Stadium As it turns out the side will play three of their remaining league stage matches at home however they are to face SRH by whom they have had been beaten by a huge margin not so long ago Mumbai are scheduled to play LSG and KKR twice over the course of the next few weeks Having beaten Delhi in the past Pandyas Blue Brigade will hope to make it two out of two in pursuit of a topfour finish Having said that both KKR and LSG could be tricky opponents and will each need to win at least five of their six remaining games to reach the playoffs