Afghanistan’s happiness is under threat, it is out of World Cup 2024 without playing the semi-finals

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|26-06-2024

The Afghanistan Cricket Team has created history by qualifying for the semi-finals of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Rashid Khan's team won by eight runs after giving a tough challenge to Bangladesh in St. Vincent on Tuesday.

Since then the Afghan team has been in the headlines. Meanwhile, bad news is coming out for the Afghanistan team. Due to an ICC rule, they (Afghanistan) are likely to be out of the race for the final. Let's know what is the matter…

Afghanistan eliminated without playing the semi-finals?

  • The first semi-final match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 will be played between South Africa and Afghanistan on the morning of 27 June.
    Both the teams will face each other in Trinidad.
  • Afghanistan had secured a ticket to the semi-finals by defeating Australia and Bangladesh in the Super Eight. But now it seems to be in trouble. In fact, dark clouds of rain are hovering over the SA vs AFG match.
  • According to local time, this match will be played on 26th June at 8:30 pm. According to the report of Accuweather.com, there is a 40 percent chance of rain in this match. Therefore, the match may be affected due to the weather.

AFG vs SA match will be affected by rain!

  • It is worth noting that the match can be stopped for some time due to rain, but there is no possibility of it being cancelled.
    However, if such a situation arises that the match cannot be played due to rain, then a reserve day has also been kept for it.
  • In case South Africa vs Afghanistan cannot be played even on the reserve day, then the winner will be decided on the basis of the Super Eight performances of the teams.
  • In such a situation, South Africa will qualify for the finals because it has won three matches in the Super Eight.
    Whereas the Afghanistan team has won only two matches.
Whereas the Afghanistan team has won only two matches.
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