In the Super 8 round of the T20 World Cup 2024, the Afghanistan cricket team achieved their first-ever victory against Australia, defeating the former champions by 21 runs. The team’s pace bowling unit led by Gulbadin Naib played a crucial role in this victory, with Naib claiming 4 wickets and being awarded Player of the Match. This win kept Afghanistan’s semi-final hopes alive and added excitement to the Super 8 Group.
Currently, India leads Super 8 Group 1 with two wins in two matches. Australia and Afghanistan have won one game each, while Bangladesh has lost both of their matches. The win by Afghanistan against Australia impacted the standings, with Australia needing a victory against India to stay in contention for the semi-finals. If Australia loses to India and Afghanistan beats Bangladesh, Afghanistan will advance to the semi-finals alongside India, eliminating Australia.
For India, a win against Australia would secure their spot in the semi-finals, but a loss could complicate matters, especially if it’s a significant defeat. Afghanistan must defeat Bangladesh to qualify for the semi-finals, and even a narrow loss could be enough depending on other results. Bangladesh faces an uphill battle as they need to win by a large margin and hope for specific outcomes in other matches to have a chance of advancing.
In summary, India is currently leading Super 8 Group 1 with two wins in two matches. However, if they lose to Australia and Afghanistan defeats Bangladesh by any margin or just one run less than that of Bangladesh’s target score then both teams will qualify for semifinals while eliminating Australia from further participation.
The fate of these four teams hangs on every match played between now until the end of this tournament as they all strive towards reaching
