But then, they were playing against each other. How senseable will that make. Not unless you just wanna gamble on one of the team.
This is the classic bracket style format that I've mentioned in the past, thanks to Cro2's eSports question. You have the top 2 fighting each other, guaranteeing one in the final. The loser can still win the next game and move to the final anyway (and should be likelier to win since they will be higher in the table than their opponents). It has worked a treat in similar formats. I remember the NBA play-ins, I chose both the top seeds in both sides of the bracket. Both eventually made it through to the playoffs.
In any case, it can make sense to go for both two "sure things" to guarantee 1 correct finalist, if you feel your opponent might gamble for 2/2. Even in tennis it makes sense.
(I could just be messing with you guys too, though.)
So where are you guys the cricket geeks, could you explain it to me with layman's terms because I got no clue about this sport lol. Heck is Bengaluru even winning this game or not
They lost. I'm not an expert but in cricket, the first team that bats first will try to score as many runs (the first number you see) to set a target for the opponent. In your screenshot, Bengaluru scored 172 runs. Then, Royals must reach the target of 173 runs to win (which they did).
There's more, but I'm not 100% sure how it works. While batting, you get a max amount of balls to hit (20 in the bracket means Bengaluru reached max balls). At the same time, the bowling team (the ones... throwing the ball) will try and hit the wicket (three sticks behind the batter). If they hit all the wickets, the batting team can't bat anymore.
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