Australia or England, whose card will be cut from the semi-final race today?
Before the start of the T20 World Cup 2022, England, along with defending champions Australia from Group 1, were considered as strong contenders to qualify for the semi-finals. But after losing the opening match, the road to the semi-finals of both these teams has become difficult. While Australia had to face a big defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the Super-12 opener. England was defeated by Ireland. Now a defeat would almost put these two teams out of the race for the semi-finals.
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Fans will also see this match as a knockout along with the Mini Ashes
Today, a big match is to be played between Australia and England at Melbourne Cricket Ground. This match will also be seen as a knockout with fans mini Ashes. The winning team in this match will take one more step towards the semi-finals. While the losing team will be on the verge of being eliminated from the tournament. The condition of the Pakistan team in Group-2 at this time will be similar to that of the losing team in this match. After the Australia vs England match, the losing team will have to depend on the defeat of the other team along with winning all their upcoming matches.
Talking about the points table of Group 1, Kane Williamson-led New Zealand are on top with 3 points and an excellent net run rate of +4.450. While Sri Lanka, England, Ireland and Australia have two points each. But due to net run rate, these teams are in second, third, fourth and fifth place respectively. At the bottom of this group is the team of Afghanistan, who have only 1 point.
Apart from England, Australia has to play the other two matches against Ireland and Afghanistan.
Apart from England, Australia has to play the other two matches against Ireland and Afghanistan. If Australia loses today, they can try to keep themselves in the race for the semi-finals by winning the next two matches. But England cannot tolerate defeat today. Actually, after Australia, he has to play two matches against New Zealand and Sri Lanka. In such a situation, every fight for them is going to be like do or die.