Drive against D/L

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deepakraam

Deepak Narayanan
DLF cup is in hands of Aus where Indians are not even able to make it to the final.I would blame a part of it on rain gods and rest on the Duckworth-lewis method.This may sound crazy but getting on to the pros and cons of the method I may sound a bit logical.

If my actuarials are correct the table of points looked something like below b4 Ind vs WI match

WI:9
Aus:7
India:2

WI sailed to final because of their win against India with bonus point by D/L method.(WI won the game not by strategy but by statistics)

Had the match been declared as a draw, the statistics could have been

WI:6
Aus:6
Ind:8

So the series would have been -"May the best man reach the final"

Is it worthwhile way of deciding the game of cricket(game of highest uncertainity till the last ball is bowled) by statistics.?I would say a blind no.Instead I would declare a draw in the absence of reserve day.

I dont see any similar rules in games like tennis,football where the match stands cancelled if it rains.why is this rule only in cricket?What is the main point in having such a rule which is proving fatal for a country?

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ahh...deepak....Your Say is absolutely....true...but look at the Blue Billion Hopes....the Ground level Psychology tells you that Team India is not at all comfortable with playing against any goods team.....the Confidence is to an xtnt shattered...and any game required the match between Equals and not otherwise.....
 
i dont agree. i feel the D/L method is fair .

the deicsion had to be made. thats a rule. u cant ask the ICC to abolish the duckworth lewis method.


even if india would have played, i doubt we could have won coz they were 141 in just 20 overs. and lost only 1 wicket.

so definately they were above the reqd rate.
 
Hi,
I agree the decision has to be made but it should not at any cost be biased.The method of judging the matches on the basis of the some statistics will always be not a fair decision.Think on the lines of the first match between WI and Aus were Windies were rolled over for meagre 29 runs.

No one ever dreamt of that.But it happened.



-Deepak.
 
Its just a game.

Some win, some loose and there are stupid rules to every game.

There is no fatal loss for any country.
 
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