The defending champions find themselves in exactly the same position as they were in the inaugral World T20 in 2007.

Back then, India had to beat England and South Africa (by a certain margin) to qualify for the semi finals.

This time round, they face the exact same opposition and the exact same scenario.

If India lose, their campaign will end; that would send South Africa into the semi finals and leave England to battle West Indies for the other semi final spot.

If England lose, however, they will still have a chance to qualify by beating the West Indies and hoping that South Africa beat India, which would result in net run rates coming into play.

Given that Pakistan rose to the occasion last night in a similar do-or-die situation, and considering how the neighbors have strangely followed similar patterns in ICC branded tournaments, my dollar is on India tonight.

I also owe my backing of India to good friend and fellow blogger, Ankit of All Padded Up, who sent his good vibes Pakistan's way last night, and to regular reader Raj, who has been backing Pakistan despite the Pakistanis not being behind them.

Hence, here's to India staying alive!

Not that England stood a chance anyway.

Going by Irelands's performances against India and New Zealand, I highly doubt that they have any surprise in store for the powerful Sri Lankans.

Sri Lanka though, should not be taking this match easily.

There is a high chance that net run rates can come into play if they lose to New Zealand, hence they should be looking to beat Ireland by a healthy margin to keep their NRR above New Zealand's and Pakistan's.

For Pakistan's sake though, I hope the margin is as low as possible.

Ever heard of Cricket Blips?

I hadn't either, till Ankit of All Padded Up pointed me to it.

Cricket Blips is a type of blog aggregator. They've got all the latest cricket news and articles gathered from different websites and blogs collected in one space.

What Cricket Blips also does is rank cricket blogs - Here are the rankings.

It is no surprise that the King of Cricket Bloggers - Jrod of Cricket with Balls fame - is ranked number 1.

Well Pitched is ranked 2nd, while Homer, of "My two cents", is ranked 3rd.

The best part is that all 3 of us - Jrod, Homer, and I - are well ahead of Cricinfo, who are 4th.

Yeah baby!

BCC! is also there on number 5.

What is strange though is that the top tag for Cricket with Balls is Sachin Tendulkar. I don't think Jrod writes that much about Sachin. Does he?

Well Pitched's top tag is Kolkata Knight Riders. Maybe that has something to do with the Fake IPL Player.

Homer's is Jacob Oram! Really? Oram? Homer?

I'm not exactly sure how the blogs have been ranked and scored by Cricket Blips but it has something to do with linking. They explain it all here.

Is your blog there? If not, you can tell them to put it up. Check it out.