Irrespective of the tournament, no team likes to end a season with the wooden spoon. However, it is Delhi leading the way in that context as far as the Indian Premier League (IPL) is concerned. In the 12 seasons, they have finished last on four occasions. They ended with the wooden spoon in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2018.

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) aren’t too far behind. They’ve remained at the bottom of the points table thrice – 2010, 2015 and 2016. Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) finished last twice in the last three seasons – 2017 and 2019. It’s tough to predict before the season who will finish last this time around with most teams well stacked up. But with less than three weeks to go for the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), here we look at three teams that may just finish with the wooden spoon in this season.

1. Rajasthan Royals (RR)

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-337719" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Rajasthan-Royals.jpg" alt="Rajasthan Royals" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-337719" class="wp-caption-text">Rajasthan Royals. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

When you take a look at the Rajasthan Royals (RR) squad for the 2020 IPL season, you will find some big match-winners. Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, and a few others. However, all these are top-order batsmen and there will be a big rush at the top. There are a lot of other batsmen who are best suited to bat in the top three or at the maximum top four.

However, that won’t be possible and players are bound to play out of position. Moreover, they don’t seem to have firepower in the middle order to provide impetus at the back end. They have David Miller but it will be tough to fit him in the XI. Stokes may not be the enforcer and needs some time to get going.

Moreover, the absence of Jofra Archer creates a big hole. The bowling looks slightly thin with the Barbados-born pacer ruled out. Also, their spin department looks weak as well with only Shreyas Gopal being the only prominent name. Hence, there are flaws and RR might just end up at the last spot on the points table for the first time ever in the 2020 season.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-350981" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/CT_361932.jpg" alt width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-350981" class="wp-caption-text">Delhi Capitals. (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption>

It was a wonderful 2019 season for the Delhi Capitals (DC) as they qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2012. They played well and fired together as a unit and it paid off. However, it may not be the same this time around and they might be back at the bottom.

Delhi have a few quality top-order batsmen but none of them barring Jason Roy (who doesn’t look a direct shoo-in in the XI) can go hell for leather at the top. Chris Woakes has pulled out of the IPL while the likes of Kagiso Rabada and Ishant Sharma are under injury cloud.

They don’t have enough backup in the bowling department to fill those voids. Hence, their fitness will be the key.

3. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-337144" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Chennai-Super-Kings-5.jpg" alt="Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2020 Auction" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-337144" class="wp-caption-text">Kolkata Knight Riders. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS)</figcaption>

You might be surprised with the inclusion of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). However, there are a few evident flaws that have haunted them in the past as well. There’s no doubt they have some quality fast bowlers in their ranks. But it is no secret that most of them are injury-prone.

Be it Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Lockie Ferguson or even Prasidh Krishna, each one of them have had their fair share of injuries. Also, four of the five mentioned pacers are coming in on the back of some or the other injury. Hence, there’s hardly any backup and that had cost them even last year.

There aren’t enough quality Indian middle-order options for KKR. Barring Nitish Rana and to an extent, Rinku Singh, there’s hardly anyone who can bat in the middle. Hence, KKR might end up with the wooden spoon this time around.

Irrespective of the tournament, no team likes to end a season with the wooden spoon. However, it is Delhi leading the way in that context as far as the Indian Premier League (IPL) is concerned. In the 12 seasons, they have finished last on four occasions. They ended with the wooden spoon in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2018.
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) aren’t too far behind. They’ve remained at the bottom of the points table thrice – 2010, 2015 and 2016. Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) finished last twice in the last three seasons – 2017 and 2019. It’s tough to predict before the season who will finish last this time around with most teams well stacked up. But with less than three weeks to go for the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), here we look at three teams that may just finish with the wooden spoon in this season.
<h3>1. Rajasthan Royals (RR)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_337719" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-337719" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-337719" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Rajasthan-Royals.jpg" alt="Rajasthan Royals" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-337719" class="wp-caption-text">Rajasthan Royals. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
When you take a look at the Rajasthan Royals (RR) squad for the 2020 IPL season, you will find some big match-winners. Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, and a few others. However, all these are top-order batsmen and there will be a big rush at the top. There are a lot of other batsmen who are best suited to bat in the top three or at the maximum top four.
However, that won’t be possible and players are bound to play out of position. Moreover, they don’t seem to have firepower in the middle order to provide impetus at the back end. They have David Miller but it will be tough to fit him in the XI. Stokes may not be the enforcer and needs some time to get going.
Moreover, the absence of Jofra Archer creates a big hole. The bowling looks slightly thin with the Barbados-born pacer ruled out. Also, their spin department looks weak as well with only Shreyas Gopal being the only prominent name. Hence, there are flaws and RR might just end up at the last spot on the points table for the first time ever in the 2020 season.
<h3>2. Delhi Capitals (DC)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_350981" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-350981" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-350981" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/CT_361932.jpg" alt width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-350981" class="wp-caption-text">Delhi Capitals. (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption></figure>
It was a wonderful 2019 season for the Delhi Capitals (DC) as they qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2012. They played well and fired together as a unit and it paid off. However, it may not be the same this time around and they might be back at the bottom.
Delhi have a few quality top-order batsmen but none of them barring Jason Roy (who doesn’t look a direct shoo-in in the XI) can go hell for leather at the top. Chris Woakes has pulled out of the IPL while the likes of Kagiso Rabada and Ishant Sharma are under injury cloud.
They don’t have enough backup in the bowling department to fill those voids. Hence, their fitness will be the key.
<h3>3. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_337144" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-337144" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-337144" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Chennai-Super-Kings-5.jpg" alt="Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2020 Auction" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-337144" class="wp-caption-text">Kolkata Knight Riders. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS)</figcaption></figure>
You might be surprised with the inclusion of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). However, there are a few evident flaws that have haunted them in the past as well. There’s no doubt they have some quality fast bowlers in their ranks. But it is no secret that most of them are injury-prone.
Be it Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Lockie Ferguson or even Prasidh Krishna, each one of them have had their fair share of injuries. Also, four of the five mentioned pacers are coming in on the back of some or the other injury. Hence, there’s hardly any backup and that had cost them even last year.
There aren’t enough quality Indian middle-order options for KKR. Barring Nitish Rana and to an extent, Rinku Singh, there’s hardly anyone who can bat in the middle. Hence, KKR might end up with the wooden spoon this time around.

Irrespective of the tournament, no team likes to end a season with the wooden spoon. However, it is Delhi leading the way in that context as far as the Indian Premier League (IPL) is concerned. In the 12 seasons, they have finished last on four occasions. They ended with the wooden spoon in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2018.
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) aren’t too far behind. They’ve remained at the bottom of the points table thrice – 2010, 2015 and 2016. Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) finished last twice in the last three seasons – 2017 and 2019. It’s tough to predict before the season who will finish last this time around with most teams well stacked up. But with less than three weeks to go for the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), here we look at three teams that may just finish with the wooden spoon in this season.
<h3>1. Rajasthan Royals (RR)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_337719" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-337719" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-337719" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Rajasthan-Royals.jpg" alt="Rajasthan Royals" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-337719" class="wp-caption-text">Rajasthan Royals. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
When you take a look at the Rajasthan Royals (RR) squad for the 2020 IPL season, you will find some big match-winners. Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, and a few others. However, all these are top-order batsmen and there will be a big rush at the top. There are a lot of other batsmen who are best suited to bat in the top three or at the maximum top four.
However, that won’t be possible and players are bound to play out of position. Moreover, they don’t seem to have firepower in the middle order to provide impetus at the back end. They have David Miller but it will be tough to fit him in the XI. Stokes may not be the enforcer and needs some time to get going.
Moreover, the absence of Jofra Archer creates a big hole. The bowling looks slightly thin with the Barbados-born pacer ruled out. Also, their spin department looks weak as well with only Shreyas Gopal being the only prominent name. Hence, there are flaws and RR might just end up at the last spot on the points table for the first time ever in the 2020 season.
<h3>2. Delhi Capitals (DC)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_350981" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-350981" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-350981" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/CT_361932.jpg" alt width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-350981" class="wp-caption-text">Delhi Capitals. (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS)</figcaption></figure>
It was a wonderful 2019 season for the Delhi Capitals (DC) as they qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2012. They played well and fired together as a unit and it paid off. However, it may not be the same this time around and they might be back at the bottom.
Delhi have a few quality top-order batsmen but none of them barring Jason Roy (who doesn’t look a direct shoo-in in the XI) can go hell for leather at the top. Chris Woakes has pulled out of the IPL while the likes of Kagiso Rabada and Ishant Sharma are under injury cloud.
They don’t have enough backup in the bowling department to fill those voids. Hence, their fitness will be the key.
<h3>3. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_337144" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-337144" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-337144" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Chennai-Super-Kings-5.jpg" alt="Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2020 Auction" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-337144" class="wp-caption-text">Kolkata Knight Riders. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS)</figcaption></figure>
You might be surprised with the inclusion of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). However, there are a few evident flaws that have haunted them in the past as well. There’s no doubt they have some quality fast bowlers in their ranks. But it is no secret that most of them are injury-prone.
Be it Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Lockie Ferguson or even Prasidh Krishna, each one of them have had their fair share of injuries. Also, four of the five mentioned pacers are coming in on the back of some or the other injury. Hence, there’s hardly any backup and that had cost them even last year.
There aren’t enough quality Indian middle-order options for KKR. Barring Nitish Rana and to an extent, Rinku Singh, there’s hardly anyone who can bat in the middle. Hence, KKR might end up with the wooden spoon this time around.

Who will take up the wooden spoon?

3 Teams that might end at bottom of the table in IPL 2020

Irrespective of the tournament, no team likes to end a season with the wooden spoon. However, it is Delhi leading the way in that context as far as the IPL