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On Saturday, June 22, the Indian cricket team defeated Bangladesh in a one-sided match by 50 runs in the T20 World Cup 2024, to strengthen their chances of making the top 4. Although India can still get eliminated from the semifinal race in the tournament if they end up losing to Australia in their final Super 8 Group 1 match by a big margin and the result in the other match doesn’t go in their favour.
In the current standings for the Super 8 Group 1 of the T20 World Cup 2024, India are sitting pretty in first place with two wins in two matches, accumulating four points with a great NRR of (+2.425). After Afghanistan shocked Australia with a 21-run win against them, both teams have earned one win from their first two matches.
Australia are in second place in the standings with two points and an NRR of (+0.223), while Afghanistan find themselves in third place with two points and an NRR of (-0.650). With that, Australia and Afghanistan are in a must-win situation against India and Bangladesh, to give them a realistic chance of making the top 4.
For India to get eliminated from the semifinal race of the T20 World Cup 2204, Australia have to defeat them by at least 41 runs in their upcoming match to get past their NRR. Following this, Afghanistan have to get the better of Bangladesh by at least 83 runs, to get past the NRR of India in the Super 8 Group 1, as per the report from ESPNcricinfo.
With that, it’s important for India to not sit on their laurels in the final Super 8 Group 1 match of the T20 World Cup 2024 against Australia. The pitch at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium is expected to be very good for some competitive cricket with bat and ball in the morning hours, which could make it a humdinger of a contest on Monday, June 24.
