T20 World Cup: Can Pakistan qualify for Super Eight stage if they lose to India in New York? Here are details
T20 World Cup: Can Pakistan qualify for Super Eight stage if they lose to India in New York? Here are details
The stage is set for India and Pakistan as the two giants of the world cricket lock horns in the T20 World Cup on Sunday (June 9). The contest which could decide the fate of Pakistan in the T20 World Cup will see the Men in Green enter Sunday'smatchknowing a defeat could see them face elimination from the tournament, having earlier lost to co-hosts USA on Thursday. So here are the permutations for Pakistan to reach the Super Eighth stage if they lose to India in New York on Sunday.
What is the current scenario?
As things stand, Pakistan’s defeat to USA has seen them lose out on valuable two points while India kick started the tournament with a win against Ireland. Babar Azam’s side can currently reach a maximum of six points but a defeat to India will see them reach only four points provided they beat both Canada and Ireland in their remaining two matches.
If Pakistan lose to India, they will need USA to lose to Ireland and India in their remaining two matches which restricts them to just four points. On the flip side, assuming Pakistan win their remaining two matches against Ireland and Canada by a significant margin it will come down to net run rate (NRR) where the 2009 champions will need to have better margin than the USA.
Also if India lose their remaining two matches to Canada and USA, they could also end with four points and will have to dependon the NRR to reach the next stage. However, considering their level of experience in world cricket losing to USA and Canada is almost unlikely.
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What could see Pakistan get eliminated from the T20 World Cup?
A defeat to India and a win for USA in their remaining two matches will see Pakistan miss outthe next stage of the T20 World Cup. Here we also assume India will not lose to Canada and USA in their remaining two matches. USA are more likely to beat Ireland as they are yet to clickin the T20 World Cup.A win against Ireland will see USA qualifyeven if Pakistan win their remaining two matches.
However, a win for Pakistan against India will help themreach the other stage of the game. WhileUSA could go on the backfoot despite causing the upset of the decade afterbeating Babar Azam’e men.
