Before the 2009 season, I never cared to look at the points table before or after the game.
There was no motivation to look at the table, because neither were we contending for the top spot in our group or making it to platinum group!
But things have changed and changed for good :)!
With great form shown by the team, I cant stop myself from doing pre-match analysis.
Here is one for this weekend:
Group F : Matches and Points Table
I read in Cricbox, that top 5 teams from every group make it to platinum and currently 7 teams from group F are closely contesting to take these slots.
Although we will like to make it as top team....WAIT....we WILL make it as top team in our group and go to platinum:) , It is still important and interesting tit-bit on how the points table might end up after this weekend.
To start with, lets see how the table looks like right now.
Team Matches Points
YuvaXI 5 18
Skiers11 5 16
Blitz CC 5 16
Cougars 5 14
ChampsXI 5 12
Aryans 5 12
Syndicate 5 12
All teams having played 5 games each.Yuva is leading the table with 18 points, closely followed by Skiers11 and Blitz CC with 16 points each taking second & third position respectively. With other teams within striking distance to topple the current top 3.
Following is my prediction and hence the points table after the matches that are going to be played in Group F this weekend.
Legends Vs Champs XI: Considering the batting potential & bowling stability of ChampsXI, with Legends managing to win only 1 game out of their 5 encounters. I will give ChampsXI an upper hand to win this one and gain 4 points.
Daredevils Vs Skiers11: This might be one of the most interesting game for this weekend. And result in favour of Daredevils might be good news for teams trying to make it to Top 3/Top 5. Although Daredevils shocked us with a win, I will still bet on current form of Skiers11 to bag 4 points from this game.
GSCC vs Syndicate CC: Cricket is a funny game, upsets happen when you least expect them. But going purely by statistics and current form, this should be an easy win for Syndicate CC.
Chargers Vs Xterminators: Result of this game does not affect Top 7, so i will reserve discussion on this game for future blogs.
Blitz CC Vs YuvaXI: Depending on who will win this game and the predictions above, this is how the points table should look end of this weekend.
Blitz CC Win
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Team Matches Points
Skiers11 6 20 -- Better RR than Blitz CC
Blitz CC 6 20
YuvaXI 6 18
ChampsXI 6 16
Syndicate 6 16
Cougars 5 14
Aryans 5 12
Yuva XI Win
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Team Matches Points
YuvaXI 6 22
Skiers11 6 20
ChampsXI 6 16 -- Better RR than Blitz CC
Blitz CC 6 16
Syndicate 6 16
Cougars 5 14
Aryans 5 12
Blitz CC Vs Yuva XI Match Preview
Here are some of the important tit-bits about Yuva XI
> Ranked # 7
> They have only lost 11 of 45 games they have played and with 2 Ties and 1 Abandoned game, they hold Win % of 68.88.
> The only time they won a Toss they elected to bat First, so again we might be looking at bowling first - our strength.
Players in Action
Yuva XI - Batsmen:
> Samrat Deb: Captain & leading run getter for YuvaXI this season (51) , he is definitely a player to look out for. Sitting at 736 cricbay career runs with an average of 16.36! , he is one consisten middle order batsman.
> Kiran Josyula: Opener & second highest scorer for Yuva XI, has managed to gather 37 runs this season at an average of 12.33.His cricbay career statistics read 436 runs at an average of 10.14
YuvaXI - Bowlers:
> Dinesh Jalisatgi: Leading wicket taker (6) at an Economy of 2.42 bowls first/second change for Yuva XI and has given away only 1 Wide and 0 no-balls! He is new to Cricbay and YuvaXI, having just bowled 13 overs in his cricbay career out of which 12 were bowled this season.
Blitz CC - Batsmen:
> Puneet Shetty: Just like his opposite number, he is the leading run getter for Blitz CC (51) at an average of 25.5. With 363 career runs at an average of 15.12, is warming up for some big innings this season!
> Arun Ram: With an average of 37! he holds 5th position in 2009 Cricbay Top 20 Batting Averages. & having already hit 3 sixes this season, he also holds 10th position in 2009 Cricbay Most 6's.
Blitz CC - Bowlers:
> Avinash Kumar: This quickie is joint leading wicket taker this season (6) at an economy rate of 2.46. He just needs 3 more victims to complete 50 wickets in his cricbay career.
> Siddharth Kasat: Joint leading wicket taker this season (6) at an economy rate of 1.20, features in 2009 Cricbay Best Economy and holds second spot!
As far as my analysis go, Yuva does have experience on their side but we should win this one on current form!!
Also, all our Wins have been convincing! whereas Yuva has had some close games.
Like,
- They took 19.1 overs to chase down 68 runs with fall of 7 wickets despite being assisted with 17 Extras!! by the bowling team (Daredevils).
To top that, they are still to face teams like ChampsXI and Skiers11, so i don't think we should read too much into their unbeaten record!
Lets Blitz! em with our performance
Go Blitz!!
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