I couldnt point a source to it online, I remember reading that somewhere in the news papers, which keeps on changing the rule everyday but this is how it happens in other sports in India like Cricket & thats how the university tournament is played here in India, the original source for IBL. IBL seems to be an extension of Inter School and Inter University tournaments run here. Though with little lesser hooting and shouting from the crowd. What Jwala got was just a glimpse of what actually happens out there A link with the basic rules I can quote is here: http://hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20130810501901000.htm&date=tss3632/&prd=tss&
Sorry, Typo should be 1v4 not 1v3. By popular convetion I mean weakest vs strongest so it is 1v 4 not 1v3 IMHO, there are myriad of possible criteria to determine table standing -Table Points won -Number of matches won -Games won and Games Lost -Head to head -Sets won and Sets Lost -Game Points scored -Toss of coin (Heads or Tail) (in above, I define match as between Team A and Team B, a game as between Player A and Player B, a set as in best of 3 sets.) What makes it all more murky is the introduction of bonus points and points for games won. And the priority of the criteria does affect whether a team is above or below another team. I do not have any source for rules and just referring to criteria priority used in other sports like football. Number of sets won would be less likely used as criteria especially in this tournament where 3rd set is only to 11 points so does that mean the 3rd set is worth half a set or 1 set when they count it? Having said that, I would say Head to Head (H2H) would be higher and better criteria used as there are no draws here unlike with football. So when you count H2H between 2 teams it will decide. Except in your hypothetical example of 3 teams i.e. AW, PP and HH winning and losing once each. If that happens, then they will use the next lower priority criteria to determine. Have not heard of the rule of maximum 3 foreigners per match , only heard of that maximum 2 games per match that foreigner can play I agree with you in above scenario that it will be unfair if MM qualifies over HH if they have same table points even though HH has won more matches. Now that wouild create a controversy and big hooha so let us pray that does not happen. Cos the difference in this tournament is that bonus point thing and counting number of games won as table points . Usually winning team gets 3 table points (or 2 tables points in primitive days ) and losing team get zero points
What the? This news story claims it was Jwala Gutta that ruined the Banga beats v KDS match, claiming it was her that said her team would walk over and not play if banga (legally) played Jan O (after paying so much money to make it happen) http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/banga-beats-learns-a-few-lessons/article5062601.ece Banga would have been too embarrassed to let all the fans that had showed up not watch anything just because Jwala Gutta had thrown a strop KDS were out of the running anyway and with all these people paying so much money(fans and banga franchise) what business is it of Jwala Gutta's. Either that newspaper is wrong or that is the craziest thing I have ever heard
This looks like to be the match SN needed with all the lows after Olympics.... Yes she needs to prove after WC that she can beat the players of the callibre of JS, PVS and TTY conivincingly and consistently... A match against Ratchanok would have been brilliant. And SN has been showing that she can do it at this IBL. Take that confidence along girl with you and shed some weight! You are still the best India can rely on in the field.
That's it folks. With Tanongsak's win over Kashyap, Hyderabad has advanced to the SF and officially eliminates Banga
Although he is a real talent, he played as only 2nd MS twice and switched MS1 three times, So he never played any of the best single player from any other team. But well done The ways of the IBL eh!
The live commentary people are really getting the international players names mixed up. No idea which is the first or last names. Ah well, another thing to brush up on when the second edition of the IBL rolls around next year.
