Group B (Mumbai , Lions, Redbacks, Bangalore, Guyana)

[surendar]

MI look very sluggish in the fielding department. They could have easily avoided 20-30 runs while bowling especially - when those three fielders never bothered to claim a catch during initial stage of the match was surprising ( communication problem? ).

Also Sachin's bowling options/strategy were not convincing. Part timers shared around 50 runs between them where McLaren just bowled a over. Need to be more smart to survive in this league.

 

[Ollie_H]

Teams	         Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	  For	        Against
South Australia	 3	3	0	0	0	6	+0.529	  515/58.0	501/60.0
Lions	         3	2	1	0	0	4	+0.716	  502/55.1	503/60.0
Mumbai Indians	 4	2	2	0	0	4	+0.221	  706/80.0	684/79.3
Bangalore	 3	1	2	0	0	2	+0.852	  423/52.2	423/58.3
Guyana	         3	0	3	0	0	0	-2.509	  404/60.0	439/47.3

The table with 2 games remaining.

Games to come are South Australia vs Guyana and then Lions vs Bangalore.

South Australia have already qualified, with the last spot battled out between the Lions, Mumbai and Bangalore. Lions vs Bangalore is basically a quarter-final game.

If South Australia and Lions qualify from this group, and then Warriors and Victoria qualify from the other we will see 2 Australia vs South Africa semi-finals.

 

[pcfan123]

Bangalore vs Lions is essentially a quarterfinal?

 

[Ollie_H]

Yeah as Bangalore have a superior net run rate to the other teams on 4 points. If they win they will go through.

 

[used2bcool]

Bangalore vs Lions is essentially a quarterfinal?

It is only if you assume that SA will win, because both Lions and RCB have a better NRR than MI. MI's chance would have been for RCB to beat the Lions, which leaves three teams on 4 points, fighting on NRR for one spot assuming the Redbacks are already through by beating Guyana. Unfortunately, even in that situation, at least one out Lions and RCB will have a better NRR than MI. Thus MI would be SOL.

It would get really interesting if Guyana can beat SA via some fluke. Then you have four teams on 4 points, fighting for two spots. RCB have the best NRR, which would improve if they beat the Lions. SA's NRR isn't great but still better than MI. In that scenario, if RCB beat the Lions, they are through and will win the group. If the Lions get flogged and their NRR dips below SA, then they are gone, otherwise the Redbacks would go home. Even then, MI will have a tough time getting through - they have to hope that the Lions/RCB game is a blowout either way (preferable if the Lions get blown out) and that the Redbacks also lose by a decent margin.

In summary, MI = SOL.

On a completely unrelated note, I just noticed that the leading Marathi daily here calls the Redbacks the "Reeboks." Wow.

 

[Prithvi]

Strong blow to RCB!

Jacques Kallis withdrew from Champions League T20 due to an injury.

Source: Jacques Kallis withdrawn from CLT20 - Royal Challengers Bangalore News

 

[cricketmad09]

My prediction is Guyana will go through along with a non-IPL team.

And I feel Guyana will be able to produce another Pollard in Jonathan Foo. His last 5-10 ball show really changed a participating team in this tournament. I thought it was Barbados all the way but this guy was simply unbelievable.

lol you were wrong.

south australia won't win. they've over-achieved and played above themselves this tournament. during the big bash most sa players struggled and they only got through with the help of afridi and pollard