New Delhi. India has almost confirmed its ticket to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024 by defeating Bangladesh. If Afghanistan does not do a miracle, then no team can stop India from playing the semi-finals. Due to this equation of the semi-finals, Dinesh Karthik is also confident that only India and Australia will qualify for the semi-finals from Group-1.
The picture of the semi-finals of T20 World Cup 2024 has now become quite clear. Especially from Group-1 where India has won both its matches. India is at the first position with 4 points after winning both its matches in this group. Its net run rate (2.425) is also very good. Australia is at the second position in the group with 2 points and 2.471 net run rate.
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Bangladesh out of the semi-final race
Bangladesh team has been eliminated from the semi-final race after losing its two matches. Now only 3 teams including India are in the semi-final race in Group 1. These include Australia and Afghanistan. The match between these two teams is today (23 June). If Australia wins, it will secure its place in the semi-final along with India.
If Afghanistan beats Australia then…
If Afghanistan makes an upset and defeats Australia then the race for the semi-finals will become interesting. If Afghanistan wins then it will have 2 points equal to Australia. After this, Australia vs India and Afghanistan vs Bangladesh matches will become important. Then Afghanistan will have a chance to increase its points to 4 by defeating Bangladesh. Similarly, Australia will also get 4 points only if it defeats India. If all this happens, that is, Afghanistan team wins both its next matches and Australia team defeats India, then the top-3 teams in the group will have 4 points each. Then the net run rate will decide which two teams will play the semi-finals.
DK does not expect much from Afghanistan
Now you know how high are the chances of India playing in the semi-finals. Australia’s position is also strong. This was the reason that as soon as India defeated Bangladesh, commentator Dinesh Karthik said that if Afghanistan does not make an upset, then India and Australia will play the semi-finals from this group (one). It is clear that DK does not have much hope from Afghanistan that it can spoil the game of India or Australia.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 23, 2024, 06:07 IST