Host Sri Lanka became the first team to be eliminated from the T20 World Cup Super-8 stage. The team was defeated by New Zealand by 61 runs in the Super-8. From Group-2, England has qualified for the knockout stage. Now if New Zealand defeat England, Pakistan will also be eliminated. Two matches will be played in Group-1 today. South Africa and West Indies will clash from 3 PM. While India will face Zimbabwe from 7 PM. The team that loses this match will be out of the semi-final race. Will India qualify for semi-final? In the Group-1 points table, West Indies and South Africa are currently in top-2 positions with 2-2 points each. India and Zimbabwe are in the last 2 positions, both having negative run rates. For direct qualification, India needs to win both remaining matches and also hope that South Africa wins against West Indies. If India wins both remaining matches and West Indies defeats South Africa, then 3 teams will have 4-4 points each. In such a case, India will need to maintain a better run rate than other teams to qualify. If India loses even one match, the team will be out of the knockout race. Today the team will face Zimbabwe. What are the equations for the remaining teams in Group-1? South Africa will now reach the semifinals by defeating West Indies and Zimbabwe. If the team loses even one match, they will need to maintain a better run rate. If they lose both matches, the team will be eliminated. West Indies need to win their last two matches against South Africa and India to qualify. If the team loses even one match, they will need to maintain a better run rate. If they lose both matches, the team will be eliminated. Zimbabwe has already lost one match. The team must win their last two matches against India and South Africa to qualify. If they lose even one match, the team will be eliminated. England seal semifinal berth, Sri Lanka eliminated England secured a place in the semi-finals with 4 points in Group-2. Now by winning the last match against New Zealand, the team can finish at number-1 in their group. On Wednesday, New Zealand won the match by 61 runs and knocked host Sri Lanka out of the semi-final race. The team also lost to England. Now Sri Lanka can knock Pakistan out too by defeating them in the last match. New Zealand reached number-2 with 3 points. To reach the semi-finals, the team will need to win their last match against England, if the team loses then they will have to pray for Pakistan’s defeat. If Pakistan wants to qualify, they will have to win their last match against Sri Lanka and also pray for New Zealand’s defeat in their last match. Along with this, they will also need to maintain a better run rate than New Zealand. Post navigation India take on Zimbabwe to keep semifinal hopes alive:Will Sanju Samson, Axar Patel return to the playing XI in Chennai?
