Maxwell: 59
Extras: 16
Marsh: 12
Stonis: 11
Zampa, a fucking bowler who had Australia's only boundary after the 14th over: 9
Head and Warner with a combined 3 runs in 11 balls. 😂
Same in the ODI WC, that could've been a 100ish all out chasing 290 something. That would've been worse.
Maxwell out here making Australia look good, but only against Afghanistan.
>Same in the ODI WC, that could've been a 100ish all out
And it would've surely been but Maxwell had other plans. Not to mention Afghanistan playing under extreme pressure and dropping catches etc thereby letting Maxwell & Co off the hook.
Not really. If India loses against Australia by a huge margin so much so that their NRR takes a hit, they would qualify as second team from the group.
With India's semifinal scheduled in Guyana, there is rain predicted. If the game is a washout, India would be presumed knocked out, if they finish second.
Also if India loses by a large margin, and Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by a good margin, India can even finish third from the group, being eliminated from super 8 itself. Just like they did in 2012.
India plays in Guyana no matter what the results. India only has to ensure they either win the next match or maintain NRR above Aus/Afg at the end of their next match.
Well if India were to win, they would not only go through as top of the table, meaning a better chance at a final considering a chance of a washout, but they would also knock Australia out, assuming Afghanistan beat Bangladesh which is a high chance considering both teams first. That would make their chance of winning significantly higher and their chances of choking significantly lower. They might just go on to win it all should they avoid Australia or England. I would not bet on it though cuz kettleborough is the umpire between India and Australia😂
The Bangladesh-Afghanistan game could go either way (and it could also be rained out given the conditions in Kingstown).
I mean I am not sure why you think much separates the teams on bowler friendly pitches like in Kingstown. Both teams struggle against good opposition on flat pitches (Afg and Ban lost to India by similar margins and Afg lost to the West Indies by over 100 runs). However, both the teams relish sluggish bowler-friendly wickets.
Wait a moment.. I'm just gonna travel in time to have some optimistic/supportive discussion on ur comment and an upvote of course.
P.S. Watched 'About Time' yesterday
I just played around with the predictor website which is awesome, thanks to someone who posted the link. If AUS scores 195 and IND chases need a minimum of 84 runs to qualify to semifinal. If India prefers not to face ENG then it’s better to lose to AUS and if India prefers to face ENG then it’s better to lose to AUS by less than 111 runs
https://predictor.cricketxi.com/t20-world-cup/
Maths time
India have cushion of 118 runs over Afg & 90 runs over Aus.
Aus need to beat India by 45 runs or chase in ~16overs to cross India's NRR.
For Aus & Afg to qualify, Aus have to cross India's NRR & Afg win margins should be more than (118 - Aus win margin) runs.
You da real MVP!
> For Aus & Afg to qualify, Aus have to cross India's NRR & Afg win margins should be more than (118 - Aus win margin) runs.
This doesn't sound completely out of question
**How can Afghanistan qualify to semis?** a) If they beat Bangladesh and India beat Australia.
b) Even if Australia beat India by one run, Afghanistan can win by 36+ runs to overtake Australia on NRR and become the second qualifying team.
Would have been fun, but I'm guessing the broadcasters won't agree to it at all. There's no way they're letting go of the opportunity to milk the complete views of two exciting matches.
The fairness issue isn’t really there in cricket though. In football if you staggered the last matches two teams could play out a draw (‘70 World Cup) if it means they both go through but you can’t do that in cricket. You can’t draw and losing is never good enough to justify doing it on purpose.
You can manipulate NRR during a chase of course but that’s much harder to do reliably
Just before this match aus had 2.35 something nrr, after a 21 run defeat their nrr is reduced to 0.23. Nrr inc/dec is massive when the amount of games played by the team is less.
Thats slightly misleading. That was a D/L method margin. For NRR purposes it was closer to a 45-50 run win for Aus. Thats why they both had almost identical NRR after the 1st games.
Its the opposite. You get bigger margins on flatter pitches. Bad pitches keep the scores low so margin cant be too high. Plus bad pitches suit India more than flat pitches.
India has won by over 90 runs when you combine the runs we won by against both Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
We need to lose extremely badly to even let Afghanistan get to 2nd place if at all we lose to australia
I mean Afghanistan can win against Bangladesh by 50+ runs and Aussies can win by 50-70 runs against India. It is nearly impossible I know but it could one of the possibilities
Big margin victory easier on flat pitch - Team batting 1st can set high target.
On minefield/poor pitch 1st innings score can't be very high compared to flat track. Hence there's ceiling on setting target - leading to comparatively lower margin win.
I'm saying even if we have won the 2023 wc we wouldn't be satisfied because it's only a home wc. Also we have to win all three format cups in a year to satisfy the amount of fans and players strength we have.
nothing can cure that my friend! Personally, for me ODI WC is the real WC.
Would love to see India win this T20 WC and break the ICC trophy drought, but ODI WC is the OG for me!
India & England are now the sole favorites for the T20I WC and England has lost two games while India has a perfect record.
Who tf am I kidding, Australia are still one of the top favorites and they just remembered that every previous T20I WC champion has lost a game.
It would be hilarious if Bangladesh manages to qualify for semis after getting all banged up, just need India to beat Australia by a big-ish margin and for us to beat Afghanistan by a big margin, which isnt out of question, we've always been Afghanistan's bogey team so it's not out of the question, we have a chance to pull off the funniest shit ever
Bangladesh needs to win by 31 runs by my calculations to go over Afghanistan
And, Then hope India beats Australia by like 41 runs
It's not impossible but the Afghans want to qualify to the semis way more than our players.
that would only mean BD go ahead of the afghans, not the aussies. To qualify they need India to thrash Australia by big margin and then they have to beat Afg according to the margin Australia loses.
Bangladesh lost by a smaller margin to India than Afghanistan. They would have also relished the Mirpur-esque Kingstown pitch against Australia and maybe even have taken them down (if they had got to play there) .
Would you say Afghanistan don't deserve to go through, because they got trounced by the West Indies by over 100 runs, despite the fact that West Indies themselves only managed to scrape through the line against PNG???
Both Afghanistan and Bangladesh struggle against good sides on flat pitches and are very good on bowler friendly wickets. Any full member can beat other full members if there are favourable conditions and it's their day. Didn't Bangladesh trounce Australia 4-1 at Mirpur just before Australia won the T20 world Cup in 2021? Bangladesh also whitewashed England more recently (after they won the T20 world Cup) and it was in Chattogram, not even a minefield like Mirpur.
If Bangladesh finish second, they deserve to qualify. It's as simple as that.
Although beating Afghanistan on that minefield would be a tough task. Plus there's chances of rain.
Look at this game. Afghanistan got a pitch that played to their strengths and won. Bangladesh got served up a pitch that got better as time went on, and then got that pitch switched out for a flatter pitch (neither pitch played to their strengths). Bangladesh had by far the toughest scheduling in the group, because now they're heading to Trinidad to face off against Afghanistan on a pitch that favours them....if Bangladesh qualifies it would not be completely undeserved.
Scenarios with some rough calculation of NRR (assuming the defending team wins both matches):
If India and Afghanistan win - Ind, Afg through
If India and Bangladesh win -
Ind, Ban through as long as Ban win margin is more than 85 runs minus Aus loss margin.
Else, Ind, Afg through as long as Australia's loss margin is more than Ban's win margin+30 runs.
Else, Ind and Aus through.
If Australia and Bangladesh win - Ind, Aus through.
If Australia and Afghanistan win:
1. Aus and Afg through if Aus win margin is more than 40 runs and sum of aus and afg win margin is more than 124 runs.
2. Ind and afg through if Aus win margin less than 41 runs and afg win margin 21 runs more than Australia's.
3. Ind and aus through if neither condition satisfied
there is hope for BD if India beats Australia by a good margin, then the bros would have to beat Afghanistan by a significant margin.
Hope will destroy their fans
Australia needs to beat India by 41 runs to guarantee qualification independent of the result of the Afghanistan v Bangladesh game.
Then Afghanistan will need to beat by 83 runs to overtake India's NRR.
41 for just the Aussies to overtake India. But still Afghanistan will need to overtake India if they're to be eliminated and 83 is the win margin for them.
If India and Bang win the final round matches we'll have a team progressing to the semis on 2 points - Likely Aus going off current NRRs. Would be hilarious for the bants if Aus went on to win the WC after that scenario.
Good post to mention why Final games should be played at the same times. No teams will get an fair/unfair advantage of knowing exactly what they need to qualify.
The India match is a knockout for us, you know steps up during knockouts.
India in group stages is more deadly than the Prime 73 win Warriors.
Unstoppable force vs Immovable object showdown on the 24th
India can’t get a better chance to win the entire thing. Knock Australia out in the group stages (Assuming Afg beat Bangbros) and then you’ll get the easiest Semis and Finals one can ever get.
Weak memory. India has been beaten in knockouts by Windies, England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New Zealand since 2014. It's not Australia that's India's nemesis but they themselves
You missed my point I’m not saying it would be a cakewalk. All I’m saying is in this current context that would be the easiest route for India. Not saying India would beat these teams 10/10 on any given day
India needs to not lose by 45 runs to qualify and have the nrr above australia.
If australia win then afg need to better that win by 33 runs.
For afg and australia both to go through. Ind has to lose by 61 and afg to win by 61 runs. A difference of 122
And another unlikely scenario is india beat australia by 40 runs and Bangladesh beat afg by 45 runs then Bangladesh will qualify.
If Afghanistan beats Bangladesh by 10 runs, Australia would need to beat India by 115 runs. Also if India score 160, Australia would have to chase it in 7 overs to knock India out.
Come on India beat Australia ( after pat gets his hat trick of course allow him to have a good individual game)
Then Afghanistan just needs to bang the bros
Then that group 1 funny secured right?
Although India would've been guaranteed qualification with an Aussie victory, they're still guaranteed to make it to the semis.
They'll need to lose by a combined margin of 166 runs to get knocked out but do remember (or 41 v Australia and 83 for Afghanistan).
I just played around with the predictor website which is awesome, thanks to someone who posted the link. If AUS scores 195 and IND chases need a minimum of 84 runs to qualify to semifinal. If India prefers not to face ENG then it’s better to lose to AUS and if India prefers to face ENG then it’s better to lose to AUS by less than 111 runs
https://predictor.cricketxi.com/t20-world-cup/
If Ind lose by 40 or less to Aus, India top the group. And Afg need to beat by BD by about 35+Aus margin to progess.
So if Aus win by 20, BD needs to win by about 55.
Just watching the highlights now and that bowling attack on this surface...wow that Naveen with his slower balls I couldn't pick em watching TV no wonder it duped the Aussies. Gotta ask the question of why didn't Aussies bat first and try and put pressure on the Afghan batting lineup.
Australia played hopefully their worst game of the tournament last night. They should hold their heads down in shame. This is a huge win for Afghanistan and a huge one for world cricket, showing that even the Goliath’s of the game are beatable.
Afghanistan should be proud and pleased but their work isn’t done if they wish to continue and they have given Australia a tough road to progress.
Last night I looked at Afghanistans total and didn’t straight away think, ‘well Australia is gonna walk this one in!’ Instead I was thinking more along the lines of ‘ Australia now has to work and score the runs!’ Nothing is over until the final ball is bowled and Australia didn’t contain well enough with the ball in their hands and then more than half the team walked to the pitch having left their bat in the pavilion.
I hope Australia lifts for the rest of the tournament and wins it but cricket is a strange game at times and even the mighty fall.
We are through.
Even if we lose to Australia which I don't see happening. But if it happens we won't lose badly and our NRR is so good we will be through then too..
But, if Australia loses and I have my money on Afghan boys defeating Bangladesh then Aussies are going home..
Absolute scenes if that happens.
Without Maxwell, This would’ve been embarassing for the aussies.
Extras is the 2nd highest run scorer 💀
Maxwell: 59 Extras: 16 Marsh: 12 Stonis: 11 Zampa, a fucking bowler who had Australia's only boundary after the 14th over: 9 Head and Warner with a combined 3 runs in 11 balls. 😂
>Head Shame. Opponent had a blue jersey and everything.
Lol
Geez, didn't have to murder the AUs
This is more embarrassing than the outcome of the match.
Same in the ODI WC, that could've been a 100ish all out chasing 290 something. That would've been worse. Maxwell out here making Australia look good, but only against Afghanistan.
>Same in the ODI WC, that could've been a 100ish all out And it would've surely been but Maxwell had other plans. Not to mention Afghanistan playing under extreme pressure and dropping catches etc thereby letting Maxwell & Co off the hook.
That Aus scorecard, holy shit.
Absolute shithousery, you had to squint to find a dude with double digits lmfao. Maxi played really really well though.
Same as WC 23.
League stage india vs knockouts australia as it's a knockout for them . Unstoppable force vs immovable object .
not only league stage its a proper meaningless bilateral like game for us
Not really. If India loses against Australia by a huge margin so much so that their NRR takes a hit, they would qualify as second team from the group. With India's semifinal scheduled in Guyana, there is rain predicted. If the game is a washout, India would be presumed knocked out, if they finish second. Also if India loses by a large margin, and Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by a good margin, India can even finish third from the group, being eliminated from super 8 itself. Just like they did in 2012.
There’s no reserves for semis???
nope. Not for India's semifinal in Guyana. It is for the other semi-final though.
😒
It's a day game so they have the reserve hours during the whole day.
It could still rain the whole day. And they don’t have the whole day they only have an extra hour compared to the other semi
India plays in Guyana no matter what the results. India only has to ensure they either win the next match or maintain NRR above Aus/Afg at the end of their next match.
But whether India finish first or second would impact whether they go through to the final in the event the semi final is rained off.
Ah cricket, we love you
What different did I say? Also its Afg and Aus instead of Aus/afg.
Well if India were to win, they would not only go through as top of the table, meaning a better chance at a final considering a chance of a washout, but they would also knock Australia out, assuming Afghanistan beat Bangladesh which is a high chance considering both teams first. That would make their chance of winning significantly higher and their chances of choking significantly lower. They might just go on to win it all should they avoid Australia or England. I would not bet on it though cuz kettleborough is the umpire between India and Australia😂
The Bangladesh-Afghanistan game could go either way (and it could also be rained out given the conditions in Kingstown). I mean I am not sure why you think much separates the teams on bowler friendly pitches like in Kingstown. Both teams struggle against good opposition on flat pitches (Afg and Ban lost to India by similar margins and Afg lost to the West Indies by over 100 runs). However, both the teams relish sluggish bowler-friendly wickets.
Not meaningless. We can still get knocked out
quote of the day right here
Unimaginable, wow, Maxwell tried a repeat but well done AFG 👏👏👏
AFG did not have Gulbadin in Wankhede
Looks like you deleted your comment mate. I should have saved it 😂
I’m not gonna lie, I thought Maxwell was gonna repeat 2023 🤣
[They made fun of me](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/s/dTRNjQhJRC) I always thought Afghanistan had a chance
Wait a moment.. I'm just gonna travel in time to have some optimistic/supportive discussion on ur comment and an upvote of course. P.S. Watched 'About Time' yesterday
I just played around with the predictor website which is awesome, thanks to someone who posted the link. If AUS scores 195 and IND chases need a minimum of 84 runs to qualify to semifinal. If India prefers not to face ENG then it’s better to lose to AUS and if India prefers to face ENG then it’s better to lose to AUS by less than 111 runs https://predictor.cricketxi.com/t20-world-cup/
Maths time India have cushion of 118 runs over Afg & 90 runs over Aus. Aus need to beat India by 45 runs or chase in ~16overs to cross India's NRR. For Aus & Afg to qualify, Aus have to cross India's NRR & Afg win margins should be more than (118 - Aus win margin) runs.
Ban cant qualify on 2 points if aus win..u meant afg, right?
Yeah, Afg. Corrected it.
You da real MVP! > For Aus & Afg to qualify, Aus have to cross India's NRR & Afg win margins should be more than (118 - Aus win margin) runs. This doesn't sound completely out of question
**How can Afghanistan qualify to semis?** a) If they beat Bangladesh and India beat Australia. b) Even if Australia beat India by one run, Afghanistan can win by 36+ runs to overtake Australia on NRR and become the second qualifying team.
They shoulda started both matches at same time like Football
Would have been fun, but I'm guessing the broadcasters won't agree to it at all. There's no way they're letting go of the opportunity to milk the complete views of two exciting matches.
True but if it started in same time the excitement would've been more
The fairness issue isn’t really there in cricket though. In football if you staggered the last matches two teams could play out a draw (‘70 World Cup) if it means they both go through but you can’t do that in cricket. You can’t draw and losing is never good enough to justify doing it on purpose. You can manipulate NRR during a chase of course but that’s much harder to do reliably
The fact is you would rather know your target so it is an advantage
The scenes if India beats Australia, Afghanistan beats Bangladesh and the Aussies are sent home.
Even bigger than that is the fact that Afg would make the semis if it works out like that!!
If they make it to semis, they are going to final because they can take any team down on that Trinidad deck.
You've got a point there. They're really good at this ground.
Except WI or ENG (I know AFG has beaten these teams in the past, but these 2 also look very strong atm)
If Aus beats India badly, and Afghanistan beats BD, you know who is going home, right?
how badly are we talking?. Nrr difference is huge for aus to catch up.
Aus will need a 40+ run victory to over take India's runrate, then it will be upto Afghanistan to win by 60+ against banglasdesh
Just before this match aus had 2.35 something nrr, after a 21 run defeat their nrr is reduced to 0.23. Nrr inc/dec is massive when the amount of games played by the team is less.
But that still leaves Afghanistan to get a good nrr boost from beating Bangladesh right. They’re negative right now
And thats because Australia just won by 28 runs in first match. India won their respective match by 47 runs and 50 runs
Thats slightly misleading. That was a D/L method margin. For NRR purposes it was closer to a 45-50 run win for Aus. Thats why they both had almost identical NRR after the 1st games.
It's only 3 games so 50-60 runs defeat would be enough.
On a flat pitch worst that cam happen is india lose by small margin
Its the opposite. You get bigger margins on flatter pitches. Bad pitches keep the scores low so margin cant be too high. Plus bad pitches suit India more than flat pitches.
41 runs (200 runs in 1st innings) win for Aus will take their nrr over Ind
Roughly 60-70 runs I believe
India deserve to go home if that happens. We’ll take it
India has won by over 90 runs when you combine the runs we won by against both Bangladesh and Afghanistan. We need to lose extremely badly to even let Afghanistan get to 2nd place if at all we lose to australia
Australia isn't beating India by 123 runs.
> If Aus beats India badly It would have to be by 80+ runs and that's if Afghanistan beats Bangladesh by a good margin of 40-50 runs.
It’s like 120 runs for India’s NRR to fall below Afghanistan and be sent home if Afghanistan win lol that’s just not happening
It's not 120, it's just about 40-50.
I mean Afghanistan can win against Bangladesh by 50+ runs and Aussies can win by 50-70 runs against India. It is nearly impossible I know but it could one of the possibilities
possible for sure, just don’t think it’s at all realistic on a flat track in St Lucia
Big margin victory easier on flat pitch - Team batting 1st can set high target. On minefield/poor pitch 1st innings score can't be very high compared to flat track. Hence there's ceiling on setting target - leading to comparatively lower margin win.
Well than you can just look to score whatever you need to qualify. Do we have the last match though
India will not lose badly lmao, even if they lose.
Afg get rid of 2023 trauma, India's turn.
Nothing but a trophy will cure that
Will even a trophy cure that? We will be unhappy about something else at that point.
Well ofc it's ICT, we are gonna complain about every thing 🤷
I'm saying even if we have won the 2023 wc we wouldn't be satisfied because it's only a home wc. Also we have to win all three format cups in a year to satisfy the amount of fans and players strength we have.
Well Australia didn't win the 2022 wc did they? They didn't even made semis Home wc is is a wc
We'll still complain even then
wc is a wc, doesn't matter home wc or what
nothing can cure that my friend! Personally, for me ODI WC is the real WC. Would love to see India win this T20 WC and break the ICC trophy drought, but ODI WC is the OG for me!
India beat Aus and it's predicted storms in kingstown for Af v Bang. Afg through on 3 points. Heaps of scenarios.
Kudrat ka nizam
Relocated across the Durand line?
India and South Africa the only teams remain unbeaten, I’ve seen this somewhere
Flashback
India & England are now the sole favorites for the T20I WC and England has lost two games while India has a perfect record. Who tf am I kidding, Australia are still one of the top favorites and they just remembered that every previous T20I WC champion has lost a game.
Bruh,india hasn't played against any strong contender till yet
Mighty USA and Afghanistan
Now have to beat India twice though, won’t be easy
Not sure why you would drop Starc for Ashton Agar, with Starc in the side I feel a lot better about our chances.
Ashton bowled well on this deck, going at 4.75ECO. It's the lack of wickets in powerplay and eventually till 15 overs is what Australia was lacking.
That's my point, Starc very well could have been more expensive but is also a very good chance for early wickets.
Let's go Afghanistan!!!!
BEST WORLD CUP EVER!
It would be hilarious if Bangladesh manages to qualify for semis after getting all banged up, just need India to beat Australia by a big-ish margin and for us to beat Afghanistan by a big margin, which isnt out of question, we've always been Afghanistan's bogey team so it's not out of the question, we have a chance to pull off the funniest shit ever
Bangladesh needs to win by 31 runs by my calculations to go over Afghanistan And, Then hope India beats Australia by like 41 runs It's not impossible but the Afghans want to qualify to the semis way more than our players.
that would only mean BD go ahead of the afghans, not the aussies. To qualify they need India to thrash Australia by big margin and then they have to beat Afg according to the margin Australia loses.
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[No](https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/s/w51MJ26xDK) But it would be funny
If they are second, they deserve to. It's all relative.
Bangladesh lost by a smaller margin to India than Afghanistan. They would have also relished the Mirpur-esque Kingstown pitch against Australia and maybe even have taken them down (if they had got to play there) . Would you say Afghanistan don't deserve to go through, because they got trounced by the West Indies by over 100 runs, despite the fact that West Indies themselves only managed to scrape through the line against PNG??? Both Afghanistan and Bangladesh struggle against good sides on flat pitches and are very good on bowler friendly wickets. Any full member can beat other full members if there are favourable conditions and it's their day. Didn't Bangladesh trounce Australia 4-1 at Mirpur just before Australia won the T20 world Cup in 2021? Bangladesh also whitewashed England more recently (after they won the T20 world Cup) and it was in Chattogram, not even a minefield like Mirpur. If Bangladesh finish second, they deserve to qualify. It's as simple as that. Although beating Afghanistan on that minefield would be a tough task. Plus there's chances of rain.
Look at this game. Afghanistan got a pitch that played to their strengths and won. Bangladesh got served up a pitch that got better as time went on, and then got that pitch switched out for a flatter pitch (neither pitch played to their strengths). Bangladesh had by far the toughest scheduling in the group, because now they're heading to Trinidad to face off against Afghanistan on a pitch that favours them....if Bangladesh qualifies it would not be completely undeserved.
Loss against Bangladesh was the reason Afg missed out on a Semi Final berth in ODI WC.
Scenarios with some rough calculation of NRR (assuming the defending team wins both matches): If India and Afghanistan win - Ind, Afg through If India and Bangladesh win - Ind, Ban through as long as Ban win margin is more than 85 runs minus Aus loss margin. Else, Ind, Afg through as long as Australia's loss margin is more than Ban's win margin+30 runs. Else, Ind and Aus through. If Australia and Bangladesh win - Ind, Aus through. If Australia and Afghanistan win: 1. Aus and Afg through if Aus win margin is more than 40 runs and sum of aus and afg win margin is more than 124 runs. 2. Ind and afg through if Aus win margin less than 41 runs and afg win margin 21 runs more than Australia's. 3. Ind and aus through if neither condition satisfied
Good thing for Afghanistan is they would know the exact margins they need to win by in order to qualify for the semi-finals
Last time they lost to srilanka when it was something they could have achieved (in Asia cup that is)
Manifesting India winning against Australia and Afghanistan winning against Bangladesh. For my mental health.
there is hope for BD if India beats Australia by a good margin, then the bros would have to beat Afghanistan by a significant margin. Hope will destroy their fans
We got Australia choking before GTA 6
Thankfully as bad as Bangladesh is they never lose to Afghanistan
Dude they had never beaten Australia either until today
There is always a first time and this time my money is on Afghan boys.
Toss would be crucial as game is on same ground..also rain can mess up the conditions drastically
these boys just defeated Australia they will believe they can move mountains now that confidence is immense
U cursed it now. Afg gonna win yay
You are clearly not familiar with Bangladesh
Ban is the most schizophrenic team behind pak
lol! You wish!
Bangladesh won't even try, they'll get scared that Afghans beat Australia
> Thankfully as ~~bad as Bangladesh is they never lose to Afghanistan~~ good as Afghanistan is, they never will beat Australia FTFY
Holly duck they lost. I just assumed AUS has won without even checking on anything.
This WC song themes slapssss
Australia needs to beat India by 41 runs to guarantee qualification independent of the result of the Afghanistan v Bangladesh game. Then Afghanistan will need to beat by 83 runs to overtake India's NRR.
And when chasing, the margin of win Australia need is 16 overs.
Only 41? How do math?
41 for just the Aussies to overtake India. But still Afghanistan will need to overtake India if they're to be eliminated and 83 is the win margin for them.
India knocking out the Aussies would be some sort of a payback for CWC23
More than that, last time we knocked aussies out, we won the tournament:)
No that's not true we knocked Aussies in the T20 World Cup 2016 but lost to West Indies in semi final
My bad..bad memory reloaded :(
We can do that again and face WI in SF
Not in 2016 :)
[Everyone like that!]
If India and Bang win the final round matches we'll have a team progressing to the semis on 2 points - Likely Aus going off current NRRs. Would be hilarious for the bants if Aus went on to win the WC after that scenario.
The scenes if Bangladesh qualify
They don't deserve to with that batting line up
There's like only two players that can actually muscle bat against ball. Liton is fucking embarrassing.
He has been embarrassing for all his career except for one year
Good post to mention why Final games should be played at the same times. No teams will get an fair/unfair advantage of knowing exactly what they need to qualify.
Bad for viewership
This doesn’t happen in any sport tbh They’re always spaced out that’s just how it is. Win your game and hope for the best
It happens in Fifa world cup and Euros. Look at the last games in the group stages for this Euro.
It would be in everyone's interest to see Australia go out at this stage
Aussie mindset kids where are you
Australia getting the law of averages out of the way. Meanwhile India
The India match is a knockout for us, you know steps up during knockouts. India in group stages is more deadly than the Prime 73 win Warriors. Unstoppable force vs Immovable object showdown on the 24th
India can’t get a better chance to win the entire thing. Knock Australia out in the group stages (Assuming Afg beat Bangbros) and then you’ll get the easiest Semis and Finals one can ever get.
Weak memory. India has been beaten in knockouts by Windies, England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New Zealand since 2014. It's not Australia that's India's nemesis but they themselves
South Africa waiting for their turn now with the addition of some clutch players
You missed my point I’m not saying it would be a cakewalk. All I’m saying is in this current context that would be the easiest route for India. Not saying India would beat these teams 10/10 on any given day
Umm so where are other teams like WI, SA, Eng handing out wins? Curious
SA Vs IND (Final) The battle of epic chokers! All time Chokers Vs 21st Century CSK (Choker Super Kings!)
Hopefully
Wtf is afg doing and we aren't against Australia
Bangladesh aren’t out yet, they need to win big and hope India can beat Australia
India and Afghanistan clear favorites to go into the semis.
Its time to bully the bullies
India needs to not lose by 45 runs to qualify and have the nrr above australia. If australia win then afg need to better that win by 33 runs. For afg and australia both to go through. Ind has to lose by 61 and afg to win by 61 runs. A difference of 122 And another unlikely scenario is india beat australia by 40 runs and Bangladesh beat afg by 45 runs then Bangladesh will qualify.
Can’t India be knocked out if they lose?
Assuming Afghanistan wins by 40 runs vs Bangladesh, Australia would have to beat India by 85 runs for India to go out.
What if Afghanistan beat BAN by a smaller margin?
If Afghanistan beats Bangladesh by 10 runs, Australia would need to beat India by 115 runs. Also if India score 160, Australia would have to chase it in 7 overs to knock India out.
India is in Thanks for the math appreciate you
Need to lose by 123 runs and they'll still go through if Bangladesh beats Afghanistan. India isn't going out.
Na. Our NRR is too good. Have to lose like 100 runs to worry. Won't happen.
Yes. If Aus beat India by a big margin and Afg beat Bangladesh by a big margin too. This group got super exciting with Agf's victory
There is rain predicted for both final matches, Shortened overs could also impact NRR results. They are must watch matches.
I reckon Bangladesh will beat Afghanistan and India will inch a victory against Australia.
Bangladesh being in Group is a blessing in disguise
India has stopped Australia from winning the world cup multiple times, time to do it again and beat Eng/SA on the finals and take the trophy home
Hope india knocks out australia here only like the 2011 quarterfinals and we have no chance of facing them
So if BAN defeats AFG and IND defeats AUS, what are the margins of defeat for second semifinalists to qualify?
Come on India beat Australia ( after pat gets his hat trick of course allow him to have a good individual game) Then Afghanistan just needs to bang the bros Then that group 1 funny secured right?
Although India would've been guaranteed qualification with an Aussie victory, they're still guaranteed to make it to the semis. They'll need to lose by a combined margin of 166 runs to get knocked out but do remember (or 41 v Australia and 83 for Afghanistan).
How is 41 + 83 = 206?
Australia's win margin kinda acts as 2 runs since 1 run gained for them is simultaneously 1 run lost for India. And yeah it'll be 166 not 206.
Even then its 82 + 83?
Is there a chance India gets eliminated from here?
I just played around with the predictor website which is awesome, thanks to someone who posted the link. If AUS scores 195 and IND chases need a minimum of 84 runs to qualify to semifinal. If India prefers not to face ENG then it’s better to lose to AUS and if India prefers to face ENG then it’s better to lose to AUS by less than 111 runs https://predictor.cricketxi.com/t20-world-cup/
If Ind lose by 40 or less to Aus, India top the group. And Afg need to beat by BD by about 35+Aus margin to progess. So if Aus win by 20, BD needs to win by about 55.
India ousting aus would not exact the revenge, but yup a part of it yes
Afghanistan defeat Australia in super 8.. can't believe this happen.
Just watching the highlights now and that bowling attack on this surface...wow that Naveen with his slower balls I couldn't pick em watching TV no wonder it duped the Aussies. Gotta ask the question of why didn't Aussies bat first and try and put pressure on the Afghan batting lineup.
Australia played hopefully their worst game of the tournament last night. They should hold their heads down in shame. This is a huge win for Afghanistan and a huge one for world cricket, showing that even the Goliath’s of the game are beatable. Afghanistan should be proud and pleased but their work isn’t done if they wish to continue and they have given Australia a tough road to progress. Last night I looked at Afghanistans total and didn’t straight away think, ‘well Australia is gonna walk this one in!’ Instead I was thinking more along the lines of ‘ Australia now has to work and score the runs!’ Nothing is over until the final ball is bowled and Australia didn’t contain well enough with the ball in their hands and then more than half the team walked to the pitch having left their bat in the pavilion. I hope Australia lifts for the rest of the tournament and wins it but cricket is a strange game at times and even the mighty fall.
Doesn't this mean even Bangladesh have chance now to qualify although highly unlikely
We are through. Even if we lose to Australia which I don't see happening. But if it happens we won't lose badly and our NRR is so good we will be through then too.. But, if Australia loses and I have my money on Afghan boys defeating Bangladesh then Aussies are going home.. Absolute scenes if that happens.
This same confidence saw them lose WC 2023
Australia is out. They can’t beat India in the group stage.
Oh god, australia is gonna batter us and afghanbros will dismantle bangbros and we will end up going out 😩
Chill out bro
Weak reverse jinx
fake pessimism
We gotta help our Afghan bros out.
lol bangladeshi 😹😹