Bookies bet on Jaipur and Mohali final

here might be a break in the action on the field with the IPL semi-finalists decided, but off the field, the betting game is only getting hotter. British bookies are backing Team Mohali to lift the Trophy, while for Indian punters it's a toss up between those two teams. Neither lot sees either Chennai's or Delhi's chances of reaching the final as bright. Those who place bets with Indian bookies, though that's illegal, are being offered winnings of Rs 2.25 for every rupee bet on either Jaipur or Mohali. According to their rate cards, Chennai and Delhi are the also-rans of the knock-out stage. That's reflected in their offering, Rs 3.40 on Chennai and Rs 3.80 on Delhi for every rupee you bet. British bookies Ladbrokes and William Hill seem to agree that Mohali and Jaipur are most likely to play the final, but do not otherwise see eye to eye with the Indian bookies. Both see Delhi as more likely to win the IPL than Chennai, for instance. Ladbrokes is offering 7/4 on Mohali (Rs 1.75), 9/4 on Jaipur (Rs 2.25), 3/1 on Delhi (Rs 3.33) and 4/1 on Chennai (Rs 4.00) winning the inaugural IPL. William Hill sees the chances of the four as relatively more even with odds of 2/1 on Mohali (Rs 2.00), 9/4 on Jaipur (Rs 2.25), 11/4 on Delhi (Rs 2.75) and 10/3 on Chennai (Rs 3.33). Interestingly, despite rating the Delhi team as least likely to win the event, Indian bookies give it more of a chance against Jaipur in the first semi-final of the IPL on Friday than they are willing to give to Chennai against Mohali on Saturday. In the first semis, for every Indian rupee spent on Team Jaipur, you can win 90 paise while betting on Delhi can win you just a little more than a rupee. On the other hand, in the second semis, while you can win Rs 1.50 for every rupee you bet on Chennai, if the team wins, you can at best win 60 paise for the rupee on Mohali. Ladbrokes is offering 8/11 (Rs 0.73) on Jaipur for the first semis and a rupee for every rupee you bet on Delhi. For the second semis, they are offering 11/8 on Chennai (Rs 1.37) and 8/15 on Jaipur (Rs 0.53).