Mohan’s article was an interesting read about results in the Group stage that would maximize India’s chances of advancing to the semis. But, here is what I think will be the standing at the end of the Group stage –
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | |
| 1. | Australia | India | New Zealand | West Indies |
| 2. | South Africa | Sri Lanka | England | Pakistan |
The reasoning for these standings is that I believe the 8 teams shown above will beat the minnows easily and the real test is the match played between each other. Of these, I think Australia will beat South Africa, India will beat Sri Lanka and so on…
Based on these standings, these are the games India will be playing -
| Date | Opponent |
| March 28 | South Africa |
| April 01 | Pakistan |
| April 04 | England |
| April 12 | New Zealand |
| April 16 | Australia |
| April 18 | West Indies |
It is interesting to see that if this scenario plays out, India’s last game of the Super 8s will be on the 18th of April against the hosts – West Indies. All other teams will have another game to go after that and I hope India would have already qualified by then – rather than wait on the outcome of the next three games, which they will have no control over…
-Mahesh-
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