Seriously they have! Because how meaningless in context are these so-called knockout rounds in the name of Semi-finals and finals are in the IPL! Let’s face it… in the case of a tournament having a large number of teams say the world cup where it is impossible for all the teams to play significant number of matches against each other considering a tournament that has to be spectator friendly, cannot go on for months. Hence it makes sense for the officials to divide them into groups and the leading contenders of the respective groups face off in a do-or-die clash all the way to the final.

But in the case of the IPL, does it make any kind of logical sense at all… after all, there are only 6 teams that duel with each other for well over 1O matches in the league stage. The concept of introducing a semi-final or final format is absurd and is only for the romantics that get a kick on the idea of the given team on that day that wins as the real winner.

So to me, the winner of the inaugural episode of the IPl are the Rajasthan Royals… congratulations to Shane Warne and his team!

Ah! It feels good to watch some cricket now in the name of semis and finals and not really bother about it!