The Super-12 stage of the T20 World Cup being played in Australia is over. Overall 42 group matches were played and during this 6 major upsets were seen. All 12 teams in the Super-12 stage have lost at least one match in the tournament. Not only this, 11 teams have won at least one match in these. Afghanistan was the only team in Group 1 that could not win any match.
The most interesting aspect of the tournament is that even though 42 matches have been played, the top 4 teams of the semi-finals came out in the last 5 matches. In this story, we will know which matches were upset in both groups and how the 4 teams got to the semi-finals.
Unlucky Afghanistan…
Afghanistan, which defeated two-time world champion West Indies in the T20 World Cup 2016, could not win any match in Group 1 this time. Their 2 matches got washed out due to rain. In this way, they definitely have 2 points in the points table. But, the team had to face defeat from Sri Lanka, England, and Australia. Their last group match against defending champions Australia was a very close match.
Despite Rashid Khan’s explosive 48 runs off 23 balls, the team lost the match by 4 runs. Their matches against Ireland and New Zealand were washed out in rain.
All Teams have At least won 1 match in group 2
There were a total of 6 teams including India in Group 2 of the Super-12 stage. All the teams have won at least one match in the group stage and also lost one match. India defeated Bangladesh. Bangladesh defeated the Netherlands. The Netherlands beat Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe beat Pakistan. Pakistan beat South Africa. At the same time, South Africa defeated India.
In this way, neither team dominated unilaterally in Group 2 nor any team got out of the World Cup by losing unilaterally.
Now let’s know what happened in Group 1
Like in Group 2, all the teams in Group 1 also lost at least one match. 5 out of 6 teams in this group also won a match. Afghanistan was the only team that could not win any match.
New Zealand beat Australia in Group 1. Australia beat Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka defeated Ireland. Ireland defeated England. England beat New Zealand.
At the same time, Afghanistan was defeated by 3 teams. In this way, all the teams in this group have lost at least one match. New Zealand and England have reached the semi-finals from Group 1. Both the semi-finalists were decided by the last two matches of Group 1.