Against the Spin

Despite losing both of their group matches so far, India still have a chance to go through to the semifinals — beat Sri Lanka by 20 runs.

India just posted 163 in their innings, so they need to restrict Sri Lanka to 143, and then hope that Australia beat West Indies.  Then net run rate will take India through, regardless of the margin of WI’s defeat to Australia.  Here’s what the table would look like if India beat SL by 20 runs (Ind 163, SL 143), and then Aus beat WI by 1 run (Aus 160, WI 159).

It’s a long shot, but there’s hope for Indian fans!  I’m tweeting out live updates on the required run rate for SL to knock India out.  Check it out on Twitter: http://twitter.com/againstthespin