Sunday, May 25, 2008

IPL Semifinals Lineup

Two of the IPL's chart toppers Jaipur and Mohali qualified for the semifinals with 20 and 18 points respectively. The remaining two slots in IPL semifinals are still undecided.

The three IPL teams still in contention are Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings.

Delhi now has to play the waiting game. They have done their job and the rest is out of their hands and depends on the outcome of matches Mumbai and Chennai Teams play.

Both Mumbai and Chennai are within striking distance of a slot on the IPL Semifinals. However, Mumbai (13)have two games to play as of now, and can qualify if they win both the matches. Chennai, with 14 points and one games to play, also need to win to enter the IPL Semis.

If either Mumbai or Chennai lose a match, Delhi IPL teams gets a place in the IPL Semifinals.

One thing is for sure, unlike the Jaipur team we will not be going to Goa for a break," said Virender Sehwag when asked how his team planned to spend the next few days given that their playing time in the league phase of the IPL had come to an end. Delhi have 15 points from their full set of 14 matches.

All Delhi can do now is wait and see if either Mumbai, who have two matches left, or Chennai, who have one game in hand, can play themselves out of a IPL semifinal spot. Sehwag, who admitted that all his team could do now was "pray" that things went their way after it seemed like luck had finally turned for his team - they had lost more than one tight game and struggled with rain and Duckworth-Lewis - was not beyond looking for some help from above.

There are going to be some tense and nail biting matches in IPL now irrespective of which ever teams qualify for the remaining two slots in the IPL semifinals.

Latest IPL Team Points

Team

Matches

Won

Lost

Points

IPL JAIPUR

12

10

2

20

IPL MOHALI

12

9

3

18

IPL DELHI

14

7

6

15

IPL CHENNAI

13

7

6

14

IPL MUMBAI

12

6

6

12

IPL KOLKATA

13

5

7

11

IPL BANGLORE

13

4

9

8

IPL HYDRABAD

13

2

11

4

No comments: