Well, India could be B1 or B2 and Pakistan could be D1 or D2 after the group stage. Chances are India will be B1 but not sure about Pakistan. But anyways, IT IS EITHER D2 v B1 ON APRIL 1, BI v D1 ON APRIL 18, B2 v D2 ON APRIL 19 AND B2 v D1 ON APRIL 15. COULD BE ANY OF THOSE 4. NOW PPL MAY ARGUE THAT ARPIL 1 AND APRIL 15 ARE SUNDAYS AND COULD BE INDIA VS PAKISTAN, BUT NOTHING CAN BE SAID WHEN IT REALLY IS. REPLY BELOW!!!! CHEERS!
RE:Super 8s : India vs Pakistan, April 15
by Amitava Majumdar on Mar 05, 2007 11:39 PM Permalink
It is not like that. B1 here does not mean the topper of Group B . Sri Lanka has been designated as B1 and India as B2. Even if India top the group and Sri Lanka come second, India will remain B2 and Sri Lanka B1. The schedule has been drawn up like that . The only difference will be that India will start with some points on the board if they manage to defeat SL. Similarly if SL defeat India and top the group and India qualify as second , SL will start with some points and India will start with 0. But the schedule still remains the same. The only difference will be if one of the minnows cause an upset and finish with more points than some heavyweight. Then the designation of the heavyweight will be taken over by the minnow and they will continue in the Super Eights.
RE:RE:Super 8s : India vs Pakistan, April 15
by Satish Kulkarni on Mar 05, 2007 11:57 PM Permalink
Hello dear Amitava,
Who told you that India will remain B2 and Sri Lanka B1 irrespective of the result between the two. If you look at the ICC schedule (which incidentally the author of the article put a link to), the schedule for the Super 8s points out that the contestants of that particular match for e.g. B2 vs D1 are TBC (or to be confirmed). That how the Super 6 or 8 stage works, and thats how it was in the last 2 WCs. There would be no fun if each team knew who it was playing and where in this situation. The ICC would also have directly put down the the schedule as India vs Pak or SL vs WI whatever instead of B1 vs D2 etc
RE:RE:RE:Super 8s : India vs Pakistan, April 15
by Udai Agarwal on Mar 06, 2007 12:13 AM Permalink
yes thats true. Why is Amitava saying India is b2 and sL b1. if they were given b1 or b2, they wouldn't write TBC in the super 8s. What if SL play worse than other playing nations in the group? I think Rediff has displayed a really stupid article.
