ICC T20 World Cup 2022: India to take on England in semi-final on November 10
In the T20 World Cup 2022, the four semi-final teams have been decided and now the schedule of the knockout matches has also been cleared. New Zealand and England have reached the semi-finals from the first group. At the same time, India and Pakistan have made it to the semi-finals from the second group. The teams topping the points table of both the groups will play the semi-final matches against the second placed team in the other group. In this situation, India will face England and Pakistan will face New Zealand.
The first semi-final match of this tournament will be played on November 9 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. New Zealand will face Pakistan in this match. While, the second semi-final match will be played on 10 November at the Adelaide Oval Cricket Ground. In this match, India will face England team. The winning teams of both the semi-finals will play the final match on 13 November at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
What if it rains in the semi-finals?
Reserve day has been kept for both the semi-final matches. In such a situation, if it rains in any semi-final match, then the rest of the game will be held on the next day. The first semi-final is between Pakistan and New Zealand. If it rains in this match to be held on November 9, then the rest of the game will be on November 10, but it is necessary to play at least 10 overs in both the innings. If 10 overs is not played in an innings due to rain, then New Zealand’s team will reach the final. Because, New Zealand’s run rate is better than Pakistan and New Zealand’s performance in the group stage was better than Pakistan.
In the second semi-final too, at least 10 overs of play will be required in both the innings. If it is not possible due to rain, then Team India will reach the final. Because, India’s run rate is better than England and Team India has performed better than England in the group stage. If it rains in the final match, the rest of the match will be held on reserve day. If it rains even on reserve day, both the teams will be declared joint winners.
Position of each team reaching the semi-finals
India won four out of five matches and scored eight points. India’s net run rate is +1.319. Team India defeated Pakistan, Netherlands, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. At the same time, India had to face defeat against South Africa.
Pakistan won three out of five matches and scored six points. The net run rate of this team was +1.028. Pakistan defeated South Africa, Netherlands and Bangladesh, while they lost against India and Zimbabwe.
New Zealand won three out of five matches and one match was abandoned. The Kiwi team scored seven points and its net run rate was +2.113. New Zealand defeated Australia, Sri Lanka and Ireland. They had to face defeat against England and the match against Afghanistan was washed out due to rain.
England also won three out of five matches and scored seven points. England’s net run rate was +0.473. This team defeated Afghanistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. They had to face defeat against Ireland. At the same time, the match against Australia was canceled due to rain.
