T20 World Cup LIVE – World Cup Semifinals Race: Pakistan, England & Australia are officially through to the semis and South Africa have been knocked out of the tournament. The Proteas needed to restrict England under or at 131 to topple Australia’s NRR. Having failed to do so South Africa are now officially eliminated. Earlier, in a big relief for Indian fans, Virat Kohli’s team has beaten Scotland by some margin to considerably improve their Net Run Rate and also register 2nd victory of the competition. The 8 wicket victory in just the 7th over has now taken India above Afghanistan in the points table. Check out: Follow InsideSport.in for all T20 World Cup LIVE updates.
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- Group 1 Status: England and Australia have officially qualified for the semi-finals
- Group 2 Status: Pakistan through, New Zealand, India, Afghanistan in hunt for 2nd spot. Game between NZ vs AFG today @ 3.30pm to decide the group 2 semifinalist.
T20 World Cup Semifinals Race: Pakistan, England, Australia in semis, SA knocked out, India’s fate to be decided tomorrow : Follow LIVE Updates
World Cup Semifinals Race – How India can make it to the Last 4? Virat Kohli’s Team India clinched a commanding win over Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday to give some joy to the supporters a day before Diwali.
India’s NRR jumps from -1.609 to +0.073, Afghanistan slips down to +1.481 from +3.097. NZ at +0.816. New Zealand v Afghanistan game to decide the group 2
What India need to qualify for the semi-final:
- First thing first, like against Afghanistan & Scotland – India need to register huge wins against Namibia in last match. But that too will only come to play if Afghanistan beats New Zealand.
- If New Zealand beats Afghanistan – India, Afghanistan will be out & New Zealand will qualify as 2nd time, provided they also beat Namibia.
- Should New Zealand vs Afghanistan end in the latter’s favour, and Virat Kohli and Co. register win against Namibia – INDIA will go through as they have better NRR vs both NZ and AFG.
| POS | TEAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | +1.065 | 8 | |
| 2 | 4 | +1.277 | 6 | |
| 3 | INDIA | 4 | +1.619 | 4 |
| 4 | AFGHANISTAN | 4 | +1.481 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | -1.851 | 2 | |
| 6 | 4 | -3.494 | 0 |
New Zealand: Kiwis can avoid all that NRR discussion, if they win their last match against Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Afghanistan can only make it to semifinals if they beat New Zealand, if they lose they will be out. But to be sure, they not only should beat New Zealand, but they might also need to do so by a certain margin to factor in a huge win for India against Namibia the following day.
T20 World Cup LIVE – World Cup Semifinals Race: Group 1
- England: Have officially qualified for the final 4 spots.
- Australia: The Kangaroos have also made it to the final 4 spots on the back of their thumping 8 wickets win over the West Indies in the afternoon that boosted their NRR
- South Africa: The Proteas are knocked out of the tournament as they can’t topple Australia in NRR even if they beat England tonight. South Africa needed to restrict England before under or at 131 to topple Australia’s NRR.
GROUP 1
| Super 12 Group 1 | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Pts | NRR |
| England | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +3.183 |
| Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1.216 |
| South Africa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.742 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.269 |
| West Indies | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1.641 |
| Bangladesh | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.383 |
