IPL

IPL 2019-looking ahead to the last 4

abn397 IPL, IPL 2019, IPL cricket , , ,

As we now know, the last four after the group stage are:

  1. MI    18
  2. CSK  18
  3. DC    18
  4. SRH  12

Can we predict anything about the final result? Let us see how the past 3 editions have turned out.

2016

1 GL (RIP) 18, 3rd place

2 RCB        16, 2nd place

3 SRH        16, won

4 KKR       16, 4th place

2017

1 MI         20, won

2 RP (RIP)18, 2nd

3 SRH       17, 4th

4 KKR      16, 3rd

2018

1 SRH       18, 2nd

2 CSK       18, won

3 KKR      16, 3rd

4 RR         14, 4th

Notes: In 2019 SRH qualified with 12 points, which must be the lowest points to qualify in the 56-match format. Last year RR qualified with 14 which may be the second lowest.

Based on the history given above, the winner could be the 1st, 2nd  or 3rd placed in the group stage.

 

 

 

No 2 always tries harder (IPL)

abn397 Advertising, Avis, Avis car rental, Hertz, IPL 2018, IPL cricket, T20 cricket , , , , , , , , , ,

Comparing the league table position with the final result of IPL from 2015 to 2018:

2015: The winner MI had come second in the league

2016: The winner RCB had come second in the league

2017: The winner MI had come first in the league

2018: The winner CSK had come second in the league

Reminds one of the famous advertising slogan of Avis which ran for a few decades:

https://othmarstrombone.wordpress.com/2015/02/28/we-are-number-two-but-we-try-harder-the-underdog-narrative-of-progressivism/

and

http://www.adwomen.org/2012/05/we-try-harder-technology-vs-ideals/avis2/