Afghanistan will reach the semi-finals! These 2 teams will have to lose so many matches

World Cup 2023: Afghanistan team has performed amazingly in the ODI World Cup 2023. Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka in a spectacular fashion by 7 wickets. This is the third victory of the Afghan team in the current World Cup. The bowlers and batsmen of the team are in excellent form. Afghanistan's hopes of reaching the semi-finals have come alive after registering a win against Sri Lanka. With a big equation, the Afghan team can qualify for the semi-finals.

Afghanistan has won so many matches

Afghanistan has played 6 matches so far in the current ODI World Cup and has won three and lost 3 matches. The team is at fifth position in the points table with 6 points. Afghanistan team is 2 points behind New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand team is at third position and Australia is at fourth position. Afghanistan still has three matches left in the World Cup, it has to play matches against Netherlands, South Africa and Australia. To reach the semi-finals, the Afghan team will have to win all three matches by a big margin, which will increase their net run rate. By winning three matches, it will have 12 points.

It is necessary for these two teams to lose

On the other hand, the fourth-placed Australian team also has to play matches against England, Afghanistan and Bangladesh in the current World Cup. If the Australian team loses the match to Afghanistan. At the same time, the Afghan team would like one of the teams from England and Bangladesh to defeat Australia. Due to which Australia will get 10 points. New Zealand, in third place, has to play matches against South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In such a situation, Afghanistan will have to pray that New Zealand loses its two matches, which will give it 10 points. Then with 12 points the Afghan team can qualify for the semi-finals. Only then can the door to the semi-finals open for Afghanistan. When New Zealand and Australia lose two each of their remaining matches.

Took part in the World Cup three times

Afghanistan participated in the ODI World Cup 2015, 2019, but the team was not successful in qualifying for the semi-finals even once. Before this World Cup, Afghanistan had won only the match against Scotland in the World Cup 2015. The team appeared to be in a different rhythm in this World Cup and has won three matches so far and the team can also reach the semi-finals.