Afghanistan team have been impressive in this ODI World Cup 2023 edition with three wins in six games so far and with their back-to-back victories against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. With these performances, they have got a ray of hope to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament. Here, in this article, we will see how Afghanistan can qualify for the semi-finals ahead of strong contenders like Australia (or) New Zealand.
Afghanistan team remaining schedule in ODI World Cup 2023:
vs Netherlands in Lucknow, 3rd Nov
vs Australia in Mumbai-WS, 7th Nov
vs South Africa in Ahmedabad, 10th Nov
ODI World Cup 2023 Points Table (All teams have played six games):
India - 6 wins
South Africa - 5 wins
New Zealand - 4 wins
Australia - 4 wins
Afghanistan - 3 wins
Sri Lanka - 2 wins
Pakistan - 2 wins
Netherlands - 2 wins
Bangladesh - 1 win
England - 1 win
Afghanistan can win a maximum of six games in the ODI World Cup 2023 if they go on to win all their remaining games.
If Afghanistan win all their remaining games then teams like Netherlands, Australia and South Africa will lose one more game in the tournament.
Teams like Bangladesh, England, Netherlands, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have already lost more than three games in the ODI World Cup 2023, hence they will stand below Afghanistan in the points table.
Now if we look at the top-four sides either one among Australia, New Zealand (or) South Africa should have less than six wins in the table.
So for Afghanistan to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament either of the mentioned three points should happen (provided Afghanistan ends with six wins in the table)
1. Australia should lose one more game against either England (or) Bangladesh.
(OR)
2. New Zealand should lose two more games in their remaining ODI World Cup 2023 schedule.
(OR)
3. South Africa should lose two more games against New Zealand and India in ODI World Cup 2023.
