New Delhi. The battle for the semi-finals in the ICC T20 World Cup has become even more interesting. Till now the place of only 1 team out of Super 8 has been confirmed. The England team secured its semi-final ticket with a resounding 10-wicket victory against America. Australia team is going to play against India in a do or die match. This time the ICC made such a schedule in which the Kangaroo team has to play two matches in two consecutive days. The team will not get a chance to rest.
The Super 8 matches will end on June 25. With the match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh, all the semi-final teams will be confirmed. Of the four teams included in Group 1, India’s claim seems to be the strongest. The Australian team had to suffer a setback against Afghanistan. After this defeat, it will have to defeat India by a big margin otherwise its hopes of reaching the semi-finals will be almost over. The biggest difficulty facing the team is that it has to play the match for the second consecutive day.
Whatever happened to Australia, if Pakistan had been there then there would have been an uproar.
The Australian team played its match against the Afghanistan team in the Super 8 of the ICC T20 World Cup on Sunday, June 23. The next day, on Monday, 24 June, the team has to play with India again. It is very difficult for any team to play two matches in two days. The players do not get a chance to get a chance to overcome fatigue. The amazing thing is that the Australian team is so professional that no issue has been raised about it. If this had happened with Pakistan, everyone from former players to the cricket board would have created an uproar over it.
FIRST PUBLISHED: June 24, 2024, 09:32 IST
