T20 World Cup Qualification Scenarios: In the Super 8 match of the ongoing T20 World Cup, held yesterday on 22 June, the Afghanistan cricket team has made a big upset by defeating the 2021 champion Australia. The Afghan team defeated the Kangaroo team by 21 runs on the basis of excellent bowling.

Defending 149 runs in the match, Afghanistan bowled brilliantly and bundled out the opposition team for just 127 runs in 19.2 overs. So after this victory of the Afghan team, the race for the semi-finals in Super 8 Group 1 has become more exciting.

The road to the semi-finals gets complicated

India need to win their final Super 8 match against Australia to make it to the semi-finals, but a loss against Australia could complicate matters, especially if the margin of defeat is substantial. Team India’s net run rate is currently +2.425, but cricket is an unpredictable game, anything can happen here at any time.

After this, Australia, which is in the group, will have to win against India in their last Super 8 match if they want to make it to the semi-finals. Australia’s run rate is currently +0.223 and they will also have to pray that Afghanistan does not win their next match against Bangladesh by a big margin.

So Afghanistan, which has a net run rate of -0.650 at the moment, can also make it to the semi-finals, but for this it is very important for them to win their last Super 8 match against Bangladesh. Also, the margin of this victory should be sufficient, and India should beat Australia by a big margin.

Apart from this, Bangladesh is also not completely out. Bangladesh has lost both the Super 8 matches played. Currently, its net run rate is -2.489 and to remain in the semi-finals, it will have to beat Afghanistan by a big margin, and pray that India beats Australia by a big margin.