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This is an archive article published on January 7, 2006

Who, where, how on the table

Delhi went to Bangalore expecting a place in the semi-finals but they lost and are facing relegation. That’s the story of both groups, ...

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Delhi went to Bangalore expecting a place in the semi-finals but they lost and are facing relegation. That’s the story of both groups, in fact, where the battle to move up or avoid the drop will go down to the wire

Promotion/ relegation rules

Top two teams in each group move into semis, one each relegated

If teams are on equal points then

Team with most number of outright wins qualify

If points same, then head-to-head tally

If still same, runs scored divided by wickets lost

If still the same, runs conceded divided by wickets taken

Group A Points table

Mumbai 16, Karnataka 12, Bengal 9, TN 9, Gujarat 6, Maharashtra 6, Delhi 6, Railways 4.

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Who’s where: Mumbai have qualified for the semi-finals, Karnataka, Bengal and Tamil Nadu are in with a chance. Railways, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Delhi all face relegation

What decides: Last round of matches, and every run/ wickets scored in it will affect each other.

The probability: Bengal must beat Railways and hope that TN and Karnataka lose their games against Delhi and Gujarat, respectively. In that case, Railways are relegated and Delhi are safe.

If Railways win, then TN have to win outright over Delhi to reach the semis and hope that Karnataka don’t take any points from Gujarat.

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If Delhi get two points from TN, or Maharashtra bag points against Mumbai, they are both safe, the fight is between Gujarat and Railways

Group B Points table

Baroda 13, Punjab 11, Hyderabad 9, Uttar Pradesh 9, Andhra 7 Haryana 6 and Services 0

Who’se where: Baroda are through, second spot still up for grabs. Punjab, UP, Hyderabad have realistic chance, Andhra outside chance.

The probability: If UP beat Andhra they are through but if Hyderabad manage to pull off win with a bonus point then they move into the next round as they would have 14 points.

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