Match delayed by rain

It is still raining and the hopes of a full match are washed away and now we will have a reduced match. Just how many overs can be bowled is the question. The ground has been covered because of persistent rain from the morning

A rained-out match well leave Delhi needing to win against Mumbai and hoping Mumbai lose their two other matches and it will eliminate Kolkata from the semi-final race.

Kolkata need to post big wins today and in their other remaining game against Kings XI Punjab to have any chance of making it to the final four. Even then, several other results have to go their way before the net run-rate calculations come in to decide who advacnes to the next stage. As a wise man once said "All you need to do is to keep winning and the NRR would take care of itself". The Knight Riders would be nodding their heads in affirmation

The last time both these teams met, a returning Shoaib Akhtar blew away the Delhi top order to notch up a facile win but this time around things seem to be a touch different as Shoaib is expected to sit out the match because of an injury.

Glenn "Pidge" Mcgrath reckons that the losses of Mumbai and Chennai yesterday has thrown the door open for them and is pretty excited in anticipation of today's high voltage clash

Virender Sehwag puts things into perspective by saying, "We would win if we play well". Reminds me of Howard Roark from Fountainhead