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T20 WC: South Africa, England Reached in Semifinal. India-Australia Match Today

  • By Thetripurapost Desk, St. Lucia
  • Jun 24, 2024
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Will Team India play the semi-finals? If it does, who will it face? What will happen to Afghanistan and Australia? Answers to all these questions can be found today in the T-20 World Cup. 

South Africa has become the second team to reach the semi-finals from Group-2 of Super-8. Earlier, England had confirmed its place in the semi-finals.

England had qualified for the semi-finals from Group 2 of Super 8 on Sunday itself. The second team of this group was decided today. In the match held on Monday morning, South Africa defeated West Indies by 3 wickets and entered the semi-finals. 

South Africa's team reached the semi-finals by coming first with 6 points and England reached the second position with 4 points.

Today is the India vs Australia match. The result of this match can make the position of this group clear to a large extent.

If the Indian team wins this match, it will reach the semi-finals at number-1 with 6 points. Australia will have only 2 points, although it will not be out as soon as it loses the match. Then Australia will have to pray that the Bangladesh team defeats Afghanistan and Australia stays ahead in net run rate.

The match gets washed out due to rain If this happens, the Indian team will reach the semi-finals by topping the table with 5 points. Australia will have 3 points. Then Australia can reach the semi-finals only if Bangladesh defeats Afghanistan in the last match.

If this happens, the Indian team will reach the semi-finals by topping the table with 5 points. Australia will have 3 points. Then Australia can reach the semi-finals only if Bangladesh defeats Afghanistan in the last match.

If India loses, then both India and Australia will have four points each. Then which will be the top-2 teams of this group will be known only from the match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh. If Afghanistan wins that match, it will also have four points. In this situation, the top-2 teams with better net run rate among India, Australia and Afghanistan will go to the semi-finals. In case of Afghanistan's defeat, India and Australia will reach the semi-finals.

The Indian team can be out of the semi-final race only if it loses against Australia by a margin of more than 41 runs and the Afghanistan team defeats Bangladesh by 83 or more runs.

Right now, there is a high possibility that the Indian team will reach the semi-finals by finishing first in Group-1. In this case, India will face England, the team that is second in Group-2. This match will be held in Guyana. However, the situation will be completely clear only after the India-Australia match.