Sunday, May 25, 2008

IPL: Battle for Semis still open

After yesterday's results, the battle for semis in IPL is still open and three teams (Delhi Daredevils (DD), Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Mumbai Indians (MI)) are still in contention for last 2 places.
Yesterday's matches seem to have gone as per script of a thriller with all possibilities still open. Had there been any change in result, at least one or two teams would have booked their place in the semis and remaining matches would have become redundant and only for academic purposes. Had DD lost to MI, both CSK and MI would have qualified irrespective of result of the other match and had CSK won, they would have qualified irrespective of result of the other match. It could not have been better with the two slots still open at such a late stage of the tournament. This is going to be an exciting finish to a superb tournament.
Out of these three teams, MI looks to be having the worst chances as they need to win both their remaining matches and one of them is against the Rajasthan Royals (RR), currently the leading team in the tournament.

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