Thursday, May 8, 2008

ROYALS-IPL'S PHOENIX

It’s been three weeks since Brendon McCullum's blitzkrieg set the perfect launch pad for probably the event of the millennium as far as the game of cricket is concerned. And whatever the statisticians had predicted at the beginning of the tournament have gone haywire.




Kolkata and Hyderabad who were supposed to rule the roost, have ran out of gas .The team
which was not even considered as underdogs has risen from the ashes and look set to make
mince meat of every other team in the IPL.

Here are the ratings as on 8.5.2008

Team Played Won Lost Ties No Result Points Net Run Rate

Punjab Kings

7 5 2 0 0 10 0.442

Rajasthan Royals

7 5 2 0 0 10 0.436

Chennai Superkings

8 5 3 0 0 10 -0.001

Delhi Daredevils

7 4 3 0 0 8 0.654

Mumbai Indians

7 3 4 0 0 6 -0.455

Kolkata Knight Riders

6 2 4 0 0 4 0.482

Deccan Chargers

7 2 5 0 0 4 -0.05

Bangalore Royal Challengers

7 2 5 0 0 4 -1.426