A possible scenario:
This is the table after today's matches (assuming India beat Ireland).
India 5
England 5
West Indies 4
South Africa 4
Ireland 2
Bangladesh 2
Netherlands 0
remaining matches:
25th Match, Group B: India v Netherlands at Delhi - Mar 9, 2011 >>>> easy win for India
27th Match, Group B: Ireland v West Indies at Mohali - Mar 11, 2011 >>>> narrow win for WI
28th Match, Group B: Bangladesh v England at Chittagong - Mar 11, 2011 >>>> Bangladesh MUST win.
29th Match, Group B: India v South Africa at Nagpur - Mar 12, 2011 >>>> India 60%
32nd Match, Group B: Bangladesh v Netherlands at Chittagong - Mar 14, 2011 >>>> Bangladesh MUST win.
34th Match, Group B: Ireland v South Africa at Kolkata - Mar 15, 2011 >>>> SA win 75%
36th Match, Group B: England v West Indies at Chennai - Mar 17, 2011 >>>> very unpredictable
37th Match, Group B: Ireland v Netherlands at Kolkata - Mar 18, 2011 >>>> Ireland win
39th Match, Group B: Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka - Mar 19, 2011 >>>> SA are favourites
42nd Match, Group B: India v West Indies at Chennai - Mar 20, 2011 >>>> India.
So this could be the final table:
India 11
SA 8
WI 6 or 8 (depending on England match)
England 5 or 7 (depending on WI match)
Bangladesh 6 (beating England and Netherlands, losing to SA)
Ireland 4
Netherlands 0
according to the predicted/predictable results, Bangladesh qualify IF West Indies beat Ireland and England.
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