Tuesday, 24 March 2015

World Cup 2015: India least fancied to win by bookies

Cricket experts may be calling the World Cup semifinal contest between India and Australia a close one but bookies are certain that Australia will prevail over India.

Australia is hot favourite to win the Sydney contest with bookies offering 50/100 (50 paisa for a rupee) on the hosts while India are pegged at 21 (two rupees for a rupee).

In the other last-four clash between South Africa and New Zealand, bookies are not very sure, which reflects in the odds on offer. For a South African win, bookies are offering 75/100 while New Zealand is not too far with 130/100 (one rupee and 30 paisa for a rupee).

As for the title itself, Australia are clear favourites. Bookies are offering 140/100 for the co-hosts winning again. South Africa are second favourites at 325/100. New Zealand are next favourites for the championship at 41 while and India are last among the four semifinalists at 51.

Due to illegal nature of transactions in the country, Indian bookies only accept bets for win or loss or for 'session' bets in a given match. Session bets are accepted for predictions on possible runs scored in a session of 10 overs each with a margin of 15 to 20 runs more or less.

The English markets say Australian opener David Warner is most likely to be Man of the Match in the semis with odds offered at 81 while from the Indian side, Virat Kohli is most likely to be the best player at 101.

According to sources, more than Rs 5000 crore is being wagered on the two semifinals.

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