goose Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 9 seasons, 6 different winners, how cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBN Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 3 hours ago, goose said: Finalists RCB and SRH were 2nd and 3rd. oh yes, got too excited with team yuvi's win. but let's see if the 3rd/4th placed team can win the IPL since 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philcric Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 5 hours ago, goose said: 9 seasons, 6 different winners, how cute. T20 World Cup ... 6 tournaments, 5 different winners. That's cute too ? sscomp32 and tweaker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 When teams enter playoffs, 3rd and 4th teams have to win 3 consecutive matches Means the probability of winning is 0.5*0.5*0.5=0.125 So chances of 3rd and 4tn ranked team = 12.5% Chances of 1st and 2nd ranked team = 37.5% So top 2 teams have 3 times more chance. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, philcric said: T20 World Cup ... 6 tournaments, 5 different winners. That's cute too ? Which is why the 50 over world cup will always be considered the main prize. T20 by its nature is a lottery. Knockout tournaments further randomise the outcome. The IPL is no different despite being played over far more games. Actually it's even more random. But you are utterly missing the point. Unlike the IPL, the T20 world cup doesn't pretend to be a competitive league or some marathon of cricketing endeavour. The IPL is a knock out. The first 10-12 (this year it was worse than that) games played by each team have virtually no bearing on who wins it (except perhaps to establish the 2 minnows propping up the table). I get that it's entertaining for the youth of India who have little else to latch onto in sport. They are still being conned they just don't know it. At least fans of WWE know what the deal is. Edited May 28, 2016 by goose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 4 hours ago, randomGuy said: When teams enter playoffs, 3rd and 4th teams have to win 3 consecutive matches Means the probability of winning is 0.5*0.5*0.5=0.125 So chances of 3rd and 4tn ranked team = 12.5% Chances of 1st and 2nd ranked team = 37.5% So top 2 teams have 3 times more chance. Right? Congratulations you have proven my point. The IPL is more about probabilities than sporting prowess. That's the hypothesis, and the evidence fits. New guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New guy Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Well the lesser the overs a cricket match has, the more the probability of one or two performances changing the game as opposed to a sustained team effort like in a test. So even the weaker team has more chances of winning and therefore the spread of winners will be more. Why is this so surprising? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBN Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) what exactly is the IPL 'con'? The 2011 WC that India won was also about 'win 3 matches win the cup'? IPL unlike the football leagues have a relatively fixed salary cap and the teams choose out of the same auction pool. So in the end, the teams are more or less balanced and this is even shown in the table. Also, the seasons are a lot shorter than say the football or the american leagues. Furthermore, in t20 or even in 50 it takes just one or 2 players to tilt the course of the match with either a superb spell of bowling or batting. Fewer overs, Fewer teams, fewer matches, and all teams are relatively balanced which yields a tight points table at the end of the season. Is it really that surprising? Edited May 28, 2016 by PBN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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