India vs Australia: Qualification ticks heavily in favour of Afghanistan as Usman Khwaja remarks…
Amidst the plethora of probabilities and the uphill task of facing India, Australian cricketer Usman Khwaja has come out with a word of encouragement for his teammates.
New Delhi: T20 is a game of unpredictability and all sorts of funny possibilities! This year’s ICC T20 World Cup has also lived up to the full potential of an absolute thriller. In Group 1 of the Super 8 which contains two powerhouses of cricket India and Australia along with Afghanistan and Bangladesh; results and predictions are spinning at random.
As of now, the group 1 looks like this:
- India is the front-runner of Group 1 with 4 points and an NRR of +2.425.
- Australia is in second place with 2 points and an NRR of +0.223.
- Following them is Afghanistan with 2 points and an NRR of -0.650.
- While languishing at the bottom is Bangladesh with 0 points and an NRR of -0.2489.
Naturally, so far neither of the teams has qualified from Group 1 for the semifinals. This leaves the door open for all four teams to qualify for the semifinals. Broadcasting giants have come out with their predictions of qualifications which look like:
PROBABILITY OF QUALIFICATION FOR SEMI-FINALS
With Afghanistan upsetting Australia, they face potential elimination if #TeamIndia defeats them tomorrow, dramatically altering the qualification scenario!
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Usman Khwaja’s words of encouragement…
Amidst this conundrum of probabilities and the uphill task of facing India, Australian cricketer Usman Khwaja has come out with a word of encouragement for his teammates. Khwaja urged his fellow countrymen to keep calm and ‘move past’ from the Afghanistan game. “We still have a chance, we need to beat India. When the pressure is on in the World Cup, Australia usually comes out on top.”
However, things are far from rosy for the Aussies. In the pre-match show, Australia’s dynamic all-rounder Glenn Maxwell said that the game against India is more like a “quarterfinal for us!” In this “do or die” situation it will be interesting to see which team comes out on top.