There's Only 3 possible winners in this IPL

The game is not over but I am sure the result is safe (although, the 438 game can testify against me). The Royal Challengers Bangalore made 263-5 against the Pune Warriors today in a T20 IPL game, a world record. Chris Gayle made 175 not out off 66 balls for the RCB, of course a world record. It took him 30 balls to reach 100 runs and 53 deliveries to reach 150. Gayle's innings included 17 sixes and 13 fours. Pune are currently 38-3 after 5.2 overs.

An innings like that shows that a great innings by a player can win a match. I believe this is especially true in T20 cricket. My summation from this is that right now there are only three brilliant teams in this season's IPL. Only these three teams have the kind of batsmen who can win games single-handedly while also having good bowlers, fielders and a good team spirit. From the current log you can probably determine which ones they are. 

Pos	Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Net RR	For	Against	Pts
1	CSK	7	5	2	0	0	+0.648	1058/136.1	997/140.0	10
2	RCB	7	5	2	0	0	+0.470	1046/133.0	1034/139.5	10
3	SRH	7	5	2	0	0	-0.104	910/138.1	921/137.4	10
4	RR	7	4	3	0	0	+0.588	1061/139.2	958/136.2	8
5	KXIP	6	3	3	0	0	+0.204	828/112.1	829/115.3	6
6	MI	6	3	3	0	0	-0.194	947/120.0	946/117.0	6
7	KKR	6	2	4	0	0	+0.021	860/118.4	843/116.4	4
8	PWI	7	2	5	0	0	-0.706	945/138.4	994/132.1	4
9	DD	7	1	6	0	0	-0.913	967/137.0	1100/138.0	2

The log can be seen at http://www.iplt20.com

The Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad are the best IPL teams right now. They are also the three teams with the best current form in the competition. Who are the batsmen who can win games in these three teams?

From Chennai there's Michael Hussey, MS Dhoni and Murali Vijay. 

From Bangalore there's Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan, AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli.

From Hyderabad there's Kumar Sangakkara, Cameron White and Thisara Perera.

All these teams have great depth, though the Sunrisers do not have as much. Nevertheless, I believe only one of these three teams will win the IPL. The other six lack the talent, belief, form or execution. The Rajasthan Royals are not bad right now but since they lost to Chennai yesterday by five wickets, after Shane Watson scored 101 for RR, I believe they are not in the same class as the other three teams. 

Chris Gayle of the West Indies today made 175* for RCB, the world record for the highest score by a batsman in a T20 game. It was also the fastest century achieved. If any person could do it he could. Image taken from http://www.supersport.com.