IPL standings after game 22

After 22 matches in this years IPL these are the standings. Our picks for the season were the Deccan Chargers and the Rajasthan Royals who are at present slugging it out in third and fourth place respectively.

Mumbai Indians 8 +1.167
Royal Challengers Bangalore 8 +0.961
Rajasthan Royals 6 -0.017
Deccan Chargers 6 -0.031
Delhi Daredevils 6 -0.618
Chennai Super Kings 4 -0.079
Kolkata Knight Riders 4 -0.851
Kings XI Punjab 2 -0

So has IPL 2010 caught your eye? Is it losing any of its "novelty" factor yet? I won't lie I haven't watched as much of it this year as I did last year and its been more of the quirky things like Matt Hayden and "The Mongoose" which has made the news.

IPL Season 3 betting

The third season of the T20 cricket bonanza that is the Indian Premier League (IPL) is on its way and it looks like quite an open season this year.

The pre-season odds as supplied by the team at World Sports Betting:

Delhi Daredevils – 3.5 / 1
Chennai Super Kings – 5/1
Deccan Chargers – 5/1
Bangalore Royal Challengers – 6/1
Mumbai Indians – 6/1
Kolkata Knight Riders – 7/1
Kings Xi Punjab – 7.5/1
Rajasthan Royals – 8/1

I am a Deccan Chargers fan so I’ve backed them and the Rajasthan Royals in this years competition.

The Chargers are a quality outfit and surprised that they are not favourites this year but I’ll take those odds thank you very much!

The Royals also surprised me that they were so far out of favour with the bookies. The side includes some quality T20 players including:

• Graeme Smith
• Shane Warne
• Morne Morkel
• Shaun Tait
• Yussuf Pathan
• Johan Botha

Suffice to say they are my outside bet but the Chargers remain my first pick. Bring on the IPL!

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Bugger!

So far my punt on the West Indies is not looking that great. It didn't help that Day 2 was rained out but now if they can show a bit of back-bone they can at least bat out for the draw.... They've just gotta get a few runs on the board.

Locally we're going into the last week of the IPL and what a great tournament it has been for South Africa.

A couple of nice games on the board today:

• Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils
• Deccan Chargers vs Kings Punjab
  

Lots of fun and games and well done to everybody who brought this competition to South Africa!