RCB vs DC and MI vs RR - Day to Decide the Final Four

IPL Live Streaming 2012

Update: MI beats RR, DC beats RCB
Teams in the play-offs - DD, KKR, MI and CSK

IPL 2012 reaches the last day of round robin stage and we couldn't have asked anything better than this! Last day of round robin and still the fourth team for the play-offs is yet to be decided. With the defeats of Rajasthan and Punjab in their last matches; it is now pretty clear that alongwith Delhi and Kolkata it is Mumbai who will qualify for the next round.

The major permutations and combinations are as follows:

• Delhi remains on first position irrespective of today's results
• Kolkata remains on second position irrespective of today's results
• If Bangalore wins against Deccan Chargers and Mumbai loses against Rajasthan, Bangalore will take the third position and Mumbai will take the fourth position
• If Bangalore loses today and Mumbai wins, Mumbai will take the third position and Chennai will take fourth position as Bangalore will be eliminated
• If both Bangalore and Mumbai lose, still Mumbai finishes on third position and Chennai takes the fourth place

1st Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan Chargers 

Royal Challengers Bangalore need to follow a very simple equation. If they win they are through to the play-offs and if they lose they make way for Chennai Super Kings to the next round. Bangalore registered a thumping victory over Delhi Daredevils where Gayle scored a quick fire century. This win has boosted their confidence. Deccan Chargers have played well recently and beating them won't be an easy job. On the other hand Deccan Chargers has nothing to lose. So they can play a role of party poopers.

Bangalore heavily relies on the batting of Gayle, Dilshan and Kohli. AB de Villiers is one of the best batsmen in cricket but he hasn't got enough chance to bat. So he may look rusty on the crease if other batsmen fail. Similar is the case of Deccan Chargers. The batting heavily relies on Shikhar Dhawan and Cameron White.

2nd Match: Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals

Mumbai Indians are already through to the play-offs and today's result doesn't matter to them. Even if they lose to Rajasthan they would finish fourth and have to play eliminator with the fourth team that will qualify for play-offs.

Rajasthan Royals made a flying start to this year's IPL and they could have been in the contention if they could have won the last match. But their defeat has eliminated them from IPL 2012. This could also be the last IPL of Indian great Rahul Dravid. So he would like to finish it on a winning note against the most popular IPL team viz. Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan Chargers - IPL Extravaganza

MI vs CSK Live Streaming - RCB vs DC Live Streaming
Time for IPL 2012 Sunday extravaganza with two huge matches today! Mumbai Indians take on defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Deccan Chargers. First let us have a look at the number of boundaries and sixes hit so far in this year's edition:

No. of boundaries - 1144

No. of sixes - 440

Now isn't that mind blowing? Isn't that swashbuckling? It is indeed! IPL 2012 is not only the most open edition we have ever seen but it has also provided us with a huge entertainment from bowling, batting and fielding perspective.

We can expect more and more entertaining moments from IPL for sure. Now let us preview today's matches:-

1st Match:- Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings

It is pretty obvious that the stadium has to be housefull when IPL's most popular team Mumbai Indians take on the defending champions Chennai Super Kings. There is a striking similarity between these two teams and that is "inconsistency". Both these teams have a lot of "match turners" but inconsistency has not allowed these teams to dominate this edition of IPL.

Mumbai Indians have certainly not performed to their potential and so is the case of Chennai Super Kings. MI has to win atleast 3 to 4 matches of their remaining 6 to make a place in the play-offs. Sachin Tendulkar has provided good starts to the innings but he couldn't convert his small scores into big ones. Rohit Sharma has been inconsistent throughout the tournament whereas Rayudu has been the most consistent guy with the bat. Mumbai's bowling has the upper hand. Lasith Malinga has clinched 17 wickets from only 7 matches as he missed out few due to an injury. Pragyan Ojha has been a good support to Malinga.

Chennai Super Kings registered a win against Deccan Chargers lately before they suffered some big blows at home. Chennai's batting highlight this year has been their overseas player Faf du Plesis. He has gathered 376 runs so far and is in the race of orange cap. Murali Vijay seems to have gained his lost form whereas Morkel and Bravo has always been a good contributor to the side with bat and ball. A lot is expected from Dhoni, Raina and Hussey if CSK has to thump Mumbai in Mumbai.

2nd Match - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan Chargers

Deccan Chargers has always seen themselves at the bottom of points tally this year and now they take on the most fancied team of 2012 viz. Royal Challengers Bangalore. RCB finished runner ups last year and this year they haven't been able to repeat those winning performances.

Royal Challengers is a team which deserves a much better position than 7th on points tally. They are in the group of those teams who are sitting in bottom half of the table and eager to win all the matches they play. So this match is vital for RCB and they need to win this one. Again a lot depends on the performance of Zaheer Khan, Chris Gayle, Dilshan, Vettori and AB de Villiers. If this is a day of Virat Kohli then no one can snatch away a victory from RCB because when he gets going its almost impossible to stop him. He is still in search of his lost good form.

Deccan Chargers have nothing to lose and they can very well play the role of spoiling other's parties. Every match they win now on will shatter dreams of other team's to make into the knock out stages of IPL. Cameron White is in an emphatic form and so is Kumar Sangakkara.  We can't write off brilliant bowling of Dale Steyn as well. 

Although Royal Challengers look favourites to clinch this one, we won't be surprised if Deccan Chargers can pull out a surprise here and turn tables on Royal Challengers Bangalore.