Bangladesh eases Pakistan’s path to semi-finals, one more hurdle removed, complete equation

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New Delhi. There is good news for the fans of Pakistan cricket team. Bangladesh has simplified the semi-final equation for Pakistan team. Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 3 wickets in a match surrounded by controversies on Monday. With this, the Sri Lankan team was out of the race for the World Cup semi-finals. That means, another competitor of the Pakistani team has gone out of the way. India is currently at number one in the points table of World Cup 2023. Now no team can shake him from the top. India may face Pakistan, New Zealand, Afghanistan or Netherlands in the semi-finals. Let us understand the equation of Pakistan reaching the semi-finals?

4 teams challenging each other
Before understanding Pakistan’s semi-final equation, it is important to know what is the position of the teams in the current World Cup points table. So first know that India has made it to the semi-finals with 16 points and South Africa with 12 points. Apart from this, it is not decided yet whether any team will play the semi-finals. Australia is very close to the semi-finals with 10 points. Whereas Pakistan, New Zealand and Afghanistan are firmly in the race for the semi-finals with 8 points each. Netherlands (4 points) are also still hopeful. Whereas Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and England are out of the race for the semi-finals.

Australia’s fate will be decided today
Australia has won 5 out of its 7 matches so far in the World Cup 2023. The Australian team had lost the first two matches. But after this he made a brilliant comeback. After returning to winning ways, he has won 5 consecutive matches. His runrate is +0.924. Australia has to play Australia on Tuesday, 7 November. If it continues its winning streak then it will defeat Afghanistan and secure a place in the semi-finals. But even if he loses, his next match is against Netherlands. That means he will have another chance.

Pakistan and New Zealand have one match each left.
Now only one match each is left for Pakistan and New Zealand. New Zealand has to play Sri Lanka on 9 November. Pakistan team will face England on 11 November. That means, New Zealand’s match is first. If New Zealand wins, it will get 10 points. His run rate is currently +0.398, which will get better. This will make Pakistan’s job difficult. If this happens, Pakistan will not only have to win the match, but to improve the run rate, it will need to win by a higher margin. But if New Zealand loses then Pakistan will reach fourth position only by winning the match.

Afghanistan has 2 matches left
Even though the obstacle of Sri Lanka has been removed from the path of Pakistan, Afghanistan is still standing strong. Afghanistan has 8 points from 7 matches in the World Cup. If he wins the remaining two matches, he can reach 12 points. That means Afghanistan is the team which can spoil the game of Pakistan and New Zealand. Afghanistan’s matches are still to be played against Australia and South Africa. The path of the Afghan team is difficult. But former Afghanistan coach Lalchand Rajput is confident that this team can cause an upset. Let us tell you here that the run rate of Afghanistan is less than that of Pakistan.

Netherlands also has some hope
Netherlands can also reach the semi-finals now. But for this it will be necessary that he wins both his matches by a big margin. If this happens then he will score 8 points and the run rate will also be in plus. But even with 8 points, it will have to pray that Pakistan, New Zealand and Afghanistan, who are in the race for the semi-finals, lose.

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