Cricktalks provide latest cricket score, cricket matches review, live online cricket links
If in the earlier match, Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals, and Kings XI Punjab lose this match, Kings XI will still stand at par (14 points) with the losing side of the match between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore. But in that case, the losing team would know in advance what they need to do to keep their run rate better than Kings XI Punjab.
Bottom-line: Beat Chennai Super Kings and secure the semifinal ticket!
Now pray that Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab so that Kings XI Punjab remain at 14 points. This way Rajasthan Royals can get the 4th spot on the table, while Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore will have to battle it out between themselves for the 3rd spot (with one of them ending with 16 points and the other with 14 points).
Given Rajasthan Royals win their match and Kings XI Punjab beat Chennai Super Kings in the following match, Chennai can still make it to the semifinals by kicking out Rajasthan Royals because they would know (even if they lose the match!) by what margin they should manage their run rate so that they could still beat Rajasthan Royals on the net run rate factor.
Bottom-line: Beat Kolkata Knight Riders and keep praying that Chennai Super Kings win their match against Kings XI Punjab!
With Delhi Daredevils through to the semifinal, the rest of the places in the semifinals are yet to be decided. Last week witnessed some very closely contested matches and it hasn’t been easy to guess who will be in the semifinals.
Fans are already going crazy and the cricket madness will be on its peak when the last 4 matches of the league will be played on May 20 and May 21.
While Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be fighting their skins out on the last 2 days to secure a place in the semifinals, Delhi Dare Devils, who are already on the top of the table, will continue to experiment. Kolkata Knight Riders who are already out of the contest will be only playing for some respect… perhaps even to ruin the sport-dreams of Rajasthan Royals for their ticket to the semifinals.
This is a really tricky situation… other than how these 5 teams play, there are 3 other factors that will decide the fate of the teams. First is the performance of the Kolkata Knight Riders team, the second being the Net Run Rate and third being the God of Rain.
|
Team |
Mat |
Won |
Lost |
Tied |
N/R |
Pts |
Net RR |
| Delhi Daredevils | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | +0.251 |
| Chennai | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | +0.932 |
| Deccan Chargers | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +0.265 |
| Bangalore | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -0.253 |
| Kings XI Punjab | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -0.423 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | -0.360 |
| Mumbai Indians | 13 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | +0.401 |
| Kolkata | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -0.891 |
.
| Date and time | The Fixture |
| Wed 20 16:00 IST | Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Rajasthan Royals |
| Wed 20 20:00 IST | Chennai Super Kings vs. Kings XI Punjab |
| Thu 21 16:00 IST | Delhi Daredevils vs. Mumbai Indians |
| Thu 21 20:00 IST | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Deccan Chargers |
Keep reading CricTalks to know the fate of each of these 5 teams and their chances of making it to the Semifinals.
Some time back even Aakash Chopra, a KKR player, was suspected of being the fake IPL player. He says:
“Let’s face it, we as a society love our reality shows and love gossip… we’ve never had access to gossip on cricket and the blog is catering to that need… It’s just one more media product that’s up for consumption in this space.
Undoubtedly, the blog has brought in a new wave of freshness in the world of Cricket. It has sucked in a huge audience as well with its dressing room gossips and interesting tittle-tattles on the lives in the KKR team.
According to the reports from Pinstorm, a Mumbai-based digital marketing firm:
“The fake IPL player blog had at its peak, on 26 April, 150,000 visitors, who each spent 15 minutes on the site, which adds up to about 37,500 hours spent on the blog in one day. Much of the interest in the fake IPL blog has stemmed from cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore, even though the blogger apparently belongs to the Kolkata team”.
More than 41,502 people have voted already on the fake IPL player blog to determine whether the anonymous blogger should disclose his identity. Of course, the majority (almost 64% of the voters) feels the mystery blogger should stand by his word and disclose his identity at the end of the popular 20-20 cricket tournament.
I suppose the curiosity factor would keep all of us interested in finding out the true identity and face behind this blog. The people all over seem to be enjoying every bit of it… I guess that’s what really matters.
With all the speculations that have been going around, the mystery still continues… Do let us know if you have any clues!
Link: Fake IPL Player
This is one player, the KKR owners did not bargain for… with an alias as ‘Fake IPL Player’, this guy claims to be on the KKR team and is all set to wash the dirty linen for all to see and smell…
Interestingly, he has nicknames for all the players on the team (SRK-Winnie Dildo, Mallya-Mr Batlivala, Dada-Lord Almighty etc etc)… and leaks all the insider info to the world through his blog… well call it “spy-in-the-ranks” or a brilliant marketing strategy by the owners, they have got eyes glued in onto their team… all the Bollywood Masala finding its way into an equally addictive and insane format of cricket.
If this is the how the things are going to move ahead, what next: link-ups and breakups in the team… did anyone say casting couch during team selections???
I wonder…
