Thankfully, my instinct proved me wrong in the end, and I AM DELIGHTED ABOUT IT!!! Great stuff from CSK, especially the spinners (Ashwin, Jakati and Murali). After the pasting in the Super Over in the last game, Ashwin came back superbly to snare Boucher just when he was running away with the game. But today, the fielding has been splendid. The catches by Hussey and Kemp at the boundary and the blinder by Kemp at the beginning were just sensational.
All IPL semifinal. The biggest rivalry of the IPL (Tamil Nadu/Chennai vs Karnataka/Bangalore) is now shifting to South Africa where they will fight for a final spot. So one IPL team is definitely making it to the final. Hope its CHENNAI! But Bangalore have a batting lineup in red hot form, and their bowling is more balanced than Chennai. Hope for the best!
SaiSrini added 2 Minutes and 4 Seconds later...
So Victoria are knocked out even though they won three matches.
I am not what the final net runrate is in group A, but I believe this will be the semi-finals:
Bangalore vs Chennai
South Australia vs Warriors
In the end, it sounds very fair. Chennai, Warriors and Victoria have all won 3 matches each and lost only one match each. In the end, the team with the higher NRR goes to the semis and its Chennai/Warriors. Both of them deserve their semifinal spot. Victoria knew at the start that it could come down to NRR (they should be knowing the rules)
SaiSrini added 0 Minutes and 27 Seconds later...
So it's RCB VS CSK in Semi's :crying
One team will go out ████...
The positive side of it is, one IPL team is assured of a final spot.
SaiSrini added 0 Minutes and 21 Seconds later...
I think Chennai will still pull it off.
You were proved right! Kudos