Table toppers clubbed together in Super 8s
New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- The International Cricket Council's convention of pre-ranking teams for the World Cups has resulted in slightly lopsided groups in the Super Eight stage of the tournament. As it turned out, all the teams which have topped their respective groups in the initial league phase of the World Cup are in Group 1 of the Super Eights, while all the four teams which finished second, are in the other group.
Group 1 in Super Eights has Group A toppers India, Group B toppers Zimbabwe, Group C toppers West Indies and Group D toppers South Africa. Group 2 has Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England and New Zealand. The top two teams from each of these two groups will play the semi-finals.
ICC's pre-ranking of teams discredits two vital aspects. ...
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