I6MTW Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 (edited) Half the season's over. Other than CSK, no team looks certain to qualify yet, 5 of the teams are closely in contention with similar no of wins. Even RR, and RCB aren't ruled out completely yet. Edited April 15, 2019 by I6MTW Stan AF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero_Unit Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 RCB needs a miracle at this point to get to top 4. If you ask me, two top teams this season has been CSK and KKR (mainly for Russell - take him out and it would be interesting to see how many games they win) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahubali Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 11 hours ago, I6MTW said: Half the season's over. Other than CSK, no team looks certain to qualify yet, 5 of the teams are closely in contention with similar no of wins. Even RR, and RCB aren't ruled out completely yet. Edit: thread opened twice, Mods please delete one. It's the most suspicious ipl I would say. I6MTW, velu and Jimmy Cliff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philcric Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 12 hours ago, I6MTW said: Half the season's over. Other than CSK, no team looks certain to qualify yet, 5 of the teams are closely in contention with similar no of wins. Even RR, and RCB aren't ruled out completely yet. On the contrary, 2 of the 8 teams being practically out of the tournament even before half way through, makes it far from being the most open IPL. Practically ... 1 team through, 2 teams out of comp, 5 teams fighting for remaining 3 playoff spots ... so, out of 8 teams only 5 teams would need to be really invested in their matches for remaining half of the tournament .... that's quite ridiculous and far from being a competitive tournament. For something like a 8 team, 14 games/team league, it will be competitive only if the win-loss differential is not more than (+ or -) 2 at any point for each team. CSK is +6, RR is -3, RCB is -5. The position of these 3 teams drastically reduces the competitiveness of this IPL. The interesting, crucial and meaningful matches from here on would be the ones played by SRH, KXIP, KKR, MI and DC. Their W-L differentials are -1, 0, 0, 1, 2. Mariyam, Unstable Joe, I6MTW and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I6MTW Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 BUMP Almost the end of the IPL, and still no one out of the IPL yet. CSK, DC, MI are almost sure to qualify, KXIP, SRH, RR,KKR, RCB not out of it yet. IPL is still open. velu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 If 2 teams are at the same points at the end of the league stage, do they count NRR or head to head between the two as a tie breaker? What if there is a three way tie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philcric Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, I6MTW said: BUMP Almost the end of the IPL, and still no one out of the IPL yet. CSK, DC, MI are almost sure to qualify, KXIP, SRH, RR,KKR, RCB not out of it yet. IPL is still open. No. RCB and RR are practically out because of NRR, even if they win their remaining games (which they won't anyway). CSK, MI and DC should be through comfortably. The last spot is between SRH, KXIP and KKR. SRH probably has the best chance among the three. They just have to win 2 out of 3 games, they have an excellent NRR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philcric Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, Mariyam said: If 2 teams are at the same points at the end of the league stage, do they count NRR or head to head between the two as a tie breaker? What if there is a three way tie? NRR. Any number of teams. Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philcric Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 15 minutes ago, I6MTW said: BUMP Almost the end of the IPL, and still no one out of the IPL yet. CSK, DC, MI are almost sure to qualify, KXIP, SRH, RR,KKR, RCB not out of it yet. IPL is still open. But yeah, the late resurgence of RR and RCB, and the middle muddle of KKR, KXIP and SRH, has made it much more interesting than what it looked like at half way in the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I6MTW Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 KKR has to win the remaining 3 games and considering their 6 game losing streak, it is almost impossible. SRH has the best chance but with Bairstow gone, Warner departing soon after. Their top order will weaken, already their middle order is weak. Even the bowling is a let down compared to their prev years. KXIP should have the best chance but they seem to choke at the end stages. Lost quite a few close matches this year. Lost almost everything last year after such a great start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Realist Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 It's the most mediocre. Teams relying on past it oldies and journeymen overseas players while the quality of younger talent is patchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehardpacer Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 5 teams are in Fierce competition for 4th spot.If MI and DC lose their remaining matches by big margins,they can be knocked out of top 4 depending upon other results.MI have less to worry due to their NRR. RR,RCB & KKR should still fancy their chances.They need to win all their games now & win them big.It's pretty open now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 14 hours ago, philcric said: But yeah, the late resurgence of RR and RCB, and the middle muddle of KKR, KXIP and SRH, has made it much more interesting than what it looked like at half way in the tournament. thanks to pappu , he won 2 games for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philcric Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, velu said: thanks to pappu , he won 2 games for Big fan. Should make him the captain of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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