Overview
- Play-ins begin on October 25 at Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium with Haryana Steelers vs Jaipur Pink Panthers followed by U Mumba vs Patna Pirates, and winners advancing to Eliminator 1.
- Bengaluru Bulls face Telugu Titans in a mini-qualifier on October 26, feeding into a sequence of eliminators through October 29 to produce the opponent for the loser of Qualifier 1 in Qualifier 2.
- Puneri Paltan meet Dabang Delhi in Qualifier 1 on October 27 for a direct berth in the October 31 final, with the loser getting a second chance in Qualifier 2.
- All playoff matches run October 25–31 in New Delhi and will be broadcast on Star Sports and streamed on JioHotstar from 7:30 p.m. IST.
- Season 12 introduced tiebreaker raids and saw 48 of 108 league games decided by five points or fewer, with captains noting the need for calm in a field topped by Puneri Paltan and Dabang Delhi and featuring Patna Pirates’ late surge.