Can Afghanistan qualify for World Cup 2023 semifinals?
Afghanistan has won six points in the tournament by beating Sri Lanka in their latest match. If they win all of their remaining three matches, they will reach a total of 12 points. There are only four other teams that can achieve 12 or more points. So, if Afghanistan can reach 12 points, they have a good chance of advancing.
However, it won’t be easy. While they are expected to win against the Netherlands in their upcoming match, their last two matches are against tough opponents, Australia and South Africa. Even if they reach 10 points, they still have a chance if other match results go in their favor.
But there’s a potential problem with the “net run rate” (NRR), which is a measure of how well a team has performed. Afghanistan’s current NRR is -0.718, which is not as good as the NRR of the top four teams, who have NRRs of over 0.95. This could work against Afghanistan if the tiebreaker comes down to NRR.
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Can Afghanistan qualify for World Cup 2023 semifinals?
To get to the next round, they need to get 12 points. Right now, they have 6 points from their 6 games. So, they need to win all their upcoming games to reach 12 points. If they get to 10 points, they still have a chance if other teams don’t do well.
But there’s a problem. If the teams have the same number of points, they look at something called “net run rate” (NRR) to decide who goes forward. Afghanistan’s NRR is not as good as the top four teams, so that might hurt their chances.
Here are the scenarios for Afghanistan Cricket Team To Qualify
- If Afghanistan wins all their games, they need to watch how Australia and New Zealand do.
- If Afghanistan loses one game, it’s risky, especially if they lose to Australia or South Africa.
- If Afghanistan loses more than one game, they’re out of the race.
- If Australia wins all their games, and Afghanistan loses to Australia, Afghanistan is out.
Afghanistan Cricket Team : Remaining schedule of Afghanistan in ODI World Cup 2023:
Against Netherlands in Lucknow on 3rd Nov
Against Australia in Mumbai on 7th Nov
Against South Africa in Ahmedabad on 10th Nov
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Currently Afghanistan is on 5th place with 6 points (3 wins and 3 losses) and they will fight to win their remaining matches to qualify for the semi finals of the world cup 2023 for the first time in their history.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Conclusion
According to Cricflick, it is almost impossible for the Afghanistan cricket team to reach the semi-finals because of the form South Africa and Australia are in, according to us, it is very difficult for Afghanistan to beat both of them but in cricket, anything is possible.
Even in 1983, no one had thought that India could reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. But India won the World Cup.
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