T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 Group 1 Semi-final Qualification Scenarios: India, Australia, Afghanistan

Spots in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024 is up for grabs and following India’s clinical win over Bangladesh in the Group 1 Super 8 clash in Antigua, it has become clearer as to who are the two teams that are likely to secure a spot to the next stage of the tournament.

Having played their games against Afghanistan and now Bangladesh, the Men in Blue led by Rohit Sharma currently sit at the top of the table with all four points taken. Meanwhile, Australia will play their fixture against Afghanistan soon and will hope to take the win and match India in terms of points. The likes of Afghanistan and Bangladesh are sitting at the bottom of the pile as they are yet to register a win.

2024 T20 World Cup Semi-final Scenarios:

India has their final game against Australia pending. The latter will take on Afghanistan first and a win will seal both India and Australia’s spot to the semi-finals. Bangladesh’s chances of sealing a spot in the semi-finals come to an end while Afghanistan will have their final game against Bangladesh which will be a dead rubber.

Scenario 1: If Australia beat Afghanistan

If the Aussies get past Afghanistan to secure the two points, then it would mean that both Australia and India would qualify for the semi-finals with the rest of the group-stage fixtures ending up as dead rubbers.

Scenario 2: Australia wins against Afghanistan but loses to India:

Even if Australia get past Afghanistan and still loses to India, it would mean that both India and Australia still get the two semifinal spots as the other teams will not be able to reach four points.

Scenario 3: Australia loses to Afghanistan but wins against India:

The race to the semifinals would be very interesting if Afghanistan could secure a win over the Aussies by a massive margin to boost their net run rate as well. Then it would mean that Afghanistan have the outside chance of securing a spot but they would have to ensure that their wins would have to come by a massive margin to boost their net run-rate.

Scenario 4: Australia loses to both Afghanistan and India:

An unlikely but possible scenario is if Australia end up losing their remaining games against Afghanistan and India, it would mean that Afghanistan could sneak in assuming they win their final game against Bangladesh. Afghans could have a total of four points while Australia could end up with 2.

Scenario 5: Australia wins against Afghanistan and India loses to Australia:

This would mean that Both India and Australia will still make it through to the semi-finals of the tournament.

The first semi-final will be played at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad on June 27, while the second semi-final will be played at the Providence Stadium in Guyana later the same day.

The T20 World Cup 2024 final is scheduled to be played at the Kensington Oval in Barbados’s Bridgetown on June 29.

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