Doing it right at right time

I am following cricket like most Indians. Currently I am following CLT20. Victoria played 4 matches won 2 and lost 2 matches, so does Delhi and Bangalore. But Victoria went to semifinal where as Bangalore and Delhi were knocked out. Though Victoria have better run rate than either Delhi or Bangalore, it went to semifinal based on points without considering the run rate. I was looking into the All Star 11 It has 3 players from Bangalore, 2 from Delhi and only one from Victoria (so does 1 from Cape Cobra and New South Wales). So despite showing better individual brilliance and 2 teams have been knocked out of the tournament.

Both Delhi and Bangalore knocked out because they lost the group match to a team which went to the next round. So they went to the next round but with 0 points. Victoria lost a match but to a team which was eliminated from the group stage. That was the differentiator between Victoria and other teams.

So it is not only a mistake (loosing a match) but the mistake which got added (carried forward points) costed Bangalore and Delhi.