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Will Team India play the semi-finals? If she plays, who will she face? Will the West Indies team also play the semi-finals? What will happen to South Africa and Australia? Answers to all these questions can be found today in the T-20 World Cup.
The fate of South Africa and West Indies will be decided first.
England had qualified for the semi-finals from Group-2 of Super-8 on Sunday itself. Today the decision of the second team of this group will be taken. South Africa is facing West Indies in the last match of this group on Monday morning. The team that wins this match will enter the semi-finals with England.
Who will be the table topper of Group 2?
- If the South African team defeats West Indies, then it will be the topper team of Group-2 with 6 points and will go to the semi-finals. England team will remain at second position with 4 points.
- If West Indies team beats South Africa then England and West Indies will go to the semi-finals. The table topper among them will be decided on the basis of net run rate. Right now England’s net run rate is better. But, West Indies can go beyond this.
What is the status of Group-1?
India vs Australia match is to be held today. The result of this match can clarify the situation of this group to a great extent.
India-Australia match equations
Condition-1- India wins.
If the Indian team wins this match, then it will reach the semi-finals while remaining at number-1 with 6 points. Australia will have only 2 points, although it will not be out if it loses the match. Then Australia will have to pray that Bangladesh team beats Afghanistan.
Condition-2- Match gets washed out in rain
If this happens, the Indian team will top the table with 5 points and reach the semi-finals. Australia will have 3 points. Then Australia can reach the semi-finals only if Bangladesh beats Afghanistan in the last match.
Condition-3- If India loses
Then both India and Australia will have four points each. Then who will be the top-2 teams of this group will be fully known only from the Afghanistan and Bangladesh match. If Afghanistan wins that match, it will also get four points. In this situation, the top-2 teams with better net run rate in India, Australia and Afghanistan will go to the semi-finals. In case of Afghanistan’s defeat, India and Australia will reach the semi-finals.
Can India also be out of the race?
It is very difficult for this to happen. The Indian team can be out of the race for the semi-finals only if it loses against Australia by a big margin of more than 41 runs and the Afghanistan team beats Bangladesh by 83 or more runs.
If India reaches the semi-finals, who will it play?
Right now there is more hope that the Indian team will go to the semi-finals by finishing first in Group-1. In this situation, India will face the second placed team in Group-2. This match will take place in Guyana.
